The Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union: Exploring the “Greater Eurasian Partnership”

Shakhanova, Gaziza; Garlick, Jeremy

doi:10.1177/1868102620911666

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“…Since then, self-organized attempts for regional integration in Central Asia were widely unsuccessful (e.g., Eurasian Economic Community or Central Asian Union) until the EAEU in 2015 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2001 established (Godehardt, 2014;Krapohl & Vasileva-Dienes, 2020). In cooperation with China, there were attempts to integrate the EAEU and BRI and to foster economic development in Central Asia, although the initiatives differed in their administration and investment policy (Defraigne, 2021;Gussarova et al, 2017;Shakhanova & Garlick, 2020). Such emergence could overcome the bidirectional structure with China and Russia, including relatively peripheral regions (Che et al, 2021).…”

Section: B Preparing Scenarios For the Nsr In Eurasiamentioning

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Building Scenarios on the Regional Integration in Eurasia along the New Silk Road

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Erschbamer

2022

Journal of Economic Integration

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Regions are gaining importance as globalization struggles with local sustainable implementation. Thus, regional integration assumes economic development based on transnational cooperation, including regionalization and regionalism. The New Silk Road (NSR) offers a set of policies (including the Belt and Road Initiative) for regional integration that faces challenges in geopolitics and geoeconomics with problems at the local and regional scale, especially along its core corridor, namely, the Eurasian Land Bridge. Therefore, we focus on the NSR implementation by examining the scenarios for future regional integration along the NSR in Eurasia. Using a stepwise scenario building method, including a literature review and qualitative interviews, four scenarios are outlined to explore regional cooperation and the impacts: from (1) withdrawal/reduction of the NSR towards (2) solo efforts by Chinese shareholders, (3) corridorintegration and finally, (4) deep regional integration. This study examines the interface between economic geography and international relations.

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Section: B Preparing Scenarios For the Nsr In Eurasiamentioning

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Building Scenarios on the Regional Integration in Eurasia along the New Silk Road

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Erschbamer

2022

Journal of Economic Integration

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“…This cooperation is usually known as the 'Greater Eurasian Partnership.' 20 China's SREB, launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, offers a multi-billiondollar investment in the transport and energy sector as a vision of free trade across the region. Many projects related to SREB are undergoing in the Central Asian states.…”

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Changing Global Order and Power Realignments in Southwest Asia (Eco Region)

Khan¹

2022

Margalla Papers

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The global political and economic system is undergoing radical transformations, which might not be as obvious, but they are fast changing the existing global order. The weakening of US global hegemony, the gain of Chinese economic might and its increasing influence, the establishment of right-wing populist governments across the world, the prolonged conflicts in the Middle East, the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the recent Ukraine crisis have caused governments to re-assess their foreign policy priorities and to realign themselves in the changing global order. For Russia and China, the emerging new global order should be based on multipolarity and allowed to be developed in different ways. The region of Southwest Asia, as a subset of the international system, is restructuring and realigning itself with the changing geopolitical realities to bring coherence and stability within and across the region. This paper argues that the region's geostrategic importance is instrumental in facilitating the emergence of multipolar global order. Moreover, the new political arrangements also allow the regional states to look beyond western dominance and realign themselves for greater cooperation and stability. There have been predictions that the ECO region could become a centre of global power struggle and play a key role in transforming the global order from unipolar to multipolar. Bibliography Entry Khan, Ayesha. 2022. "Changing Global Order and Power Realignments in Southwest Asia (ECO Region)." Margalla Papers 26 (1): 61-73.

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“…That is why Russia is making moves to make clear that it is the driving force behind the integration process in the region. At the International Economic Forum plenary session in St. Petersburg in June 2016, Putin proposed creating the Greater Eurasian Partnership (GEP), which would include the EAEU as well as China, India, Pakistan, Iran, other CIS members, and other interested countries and organizations (Shakhanova & Garlick, 2020). According to a joint statement issued by the parties on February 4, 2022, Russia and China proposed integrating EAEU and BRI development plans to promote practical cooperation between the EAEU and China and foster a more profound Asia-Pacific-Eurasian interconnection.…”

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The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Its Relations with Serbia

Jovic-Lazic¹,

Lađevac²

2022

International Organizations

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The article looks at how the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) came to be, its fundamental ideas, and how its institutions operate. Even though the EAEU has made some progress compared to previous post-Soviet integration efforts, questions remain about whether it will achieve its objectives, and what its prospects are. By examining the main political, legal, and economic characteristics of the EAEU, the EAEU's inherent flaws and how they limit its outcomes are made clear. Despite its proclaimed goal of being primarily an economic integration project, the EAEU has failed to deliver on its promises because it is founded more on geopolitical rather than economic commitments. Internal weaknesses, such as Russian interests in the region, economic challenges within member states, economic and political strength disparities, and general mutual distrust exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, further hinder the EAEU's potential. External challenges, such as the European Union's and China's role in Russia's "near abroad" and extended Western sanctions, impede the EAEU's integration progress. The article also examines certain benefits and the constraints of Serbia's cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union. By doing this, Serbia's policy to keep moving toward European integration while keeping strong economic and political ties with Russia, an essential member of the Eurasian Economic Union, is considered.

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The Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union: Exploring the “Greater Eurasian Partnership”

Cited by 28 publications

References 24 publications

Building Scenarios on the Regional Integration in Eurasia along the New Silk Road

Building Scenarios on the Regional Integration in Eurasia along the New Silk Road

Changing Global Order and Power Realignments in Southwest Asia (Eco Region)

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Its Relations with Serbia

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