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1 online resource (77 pages) |
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Clingandael report |
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Clingendael report.
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| Contents |
A highly uncertain future -- 3. The Eurasian Union: gaps between theory and reality -- 3.1. Legal foundations: setting the stage for confusion -- 3.2. Eurasian Union structures: the vertical preserved -- 3.3. 'East-West' sanctions: the Eurasian Union ignored -- 3.4. The Eurasian Union Court: signs of life -- 3.5. Institutional weakness and intra-EEU convergence of standards, rules and regulations -- 4. The Eurasian Union: current and future membership -- 4.1. Introduction: 'With friends like these' -- 4.2. Russia: geopolitics meets economic reality -- 4.3. Kazakhstan's choice for Eurasianism -- 4.4. The hesitant trio: Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan -- 4.5. Eurasia's fringes: from Tajikistan and Azerbaijan, to Georgia and Moldova -- 4.6. Ukraine: veritable borderland -- 4.7. Eurasian Union and Turkey -- 4.8. EU-EEU relations: a more effective bilateral approach or a more formal multilateral relationship? -- 5. China and the EU facing Eurasian integration: strategies and interests -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Sino-Russian relations: shifting balance in the axis of convenience -- 5.3. China and the Eurasian Union: cooperation before competition -- 5.4. The EU, China and Central Asia: limited involvement vs vast ambitions -- 5.5. Broader EU-China dialogue and cooperation in a new world (dis)order? -- 6. The EU's Eurasian Union challenge: provisional and controllable -- 6.1. From tragedy to farce -- 6.2. Three options, one choice -- 6.3. Overcoming strategic purgatory in a shared neighbourhood -- References -- List of abbreviations |
| Summary |
The Russia-driven creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) at the beginning of 2015 has provided the EU with a new range of geopolitical and geo-economic challenges, stemming from Moscow's predominantly "competitive" view of this new form of regionalism in the Eurasian space. At the same time, a certain level of engagement with the EEU and its member states could also help Brussels create new channels of dialogue with Russia, thereby increasing its ability to effectively address complex regional issues such as the Ukraine crisis. How to strike the right balance? This report starts with a comprehensive analysis of the EEU, focusing on its pillars but also on the main defining features of the stance towards this new form of regionalism held by each country in the Eurasian. Based on this analysis, which also acknowledges and highlights the key role played by China in the region, the report assesses the pros and cons of three possible strategic options for the EU in dealing with the EEU: Full Engagement, Competing Unions, and Tentative Compatibility. The authors come to the conclusion that the most effective and realistic one is Tentative Compatibility, which provides a pragmatic benchmark based on fostering "technical" cooperation across the blocs. In this light, the report offers several recommendations to the EU to adjust its policies (from the ENP to the Security Strategy, to the strategic partnership with China) accordingly.-- Publisher description |
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At head of title; Clingandael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations |
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"October 2015." |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Clingandael, viewed November 27, 2015) |
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Eurasian Union.
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Eurasian Union. fast (OCoLC)fst01925125 |
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International economic relations.
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European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries
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European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Eurasia
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Eurasia -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries
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Eurasia -- Foreign economic relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign economic relations -- Eurasia
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Eurasia.
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European Union countries.
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Russia (Federation)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Montesano, Francesco Saverio, author.
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Kozak, Iaroslav, author.
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Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen "Clingendael", issuing body
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