Regional Integration in Eurasia: The Legal and Political Framework

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenis Kembayev
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Security Treaty ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Economic Union

This article examines the legal and political aspects of regional integration processes in Eurasia since the end of the Soviet era. It contends that both political and economic factors are driving these processes, including the desire of a number of post-Soviet countries to consolidate regional peace and security and, also, to create a larger and more effective economic space, thus increasing these countries’ power and international influence. It also argues that the formation of a united Eurasia is being conducted in the framework of two separate but closely connected—with almost identical membership—international organizations: the Collective Security Treaty Organization (csto) and the Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu). This article provides some background to the csto and the eaeu and explains their consolidating factors. It also examines the institutional framework of these groupings and expounds on their purposes, principles, and major areas of cooperation. It argues that these two organizations, in combination, constitute a single de facto structure that, for discussion purposes in this article, is referred to as the Eurasian alliance. Finally, the article attempts to illustrate problems and to assess prospects related to integration processes in Eurasia.

scholarly journals The Impact of Regionalization on Eurasian Integration: Economic and Political Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
K. Shatila ◽  
M. Alozian
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Security Treaty ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
The Impact

This article discusses the legal aspects of regional integration processes in Eurasia. It argues that these processes are driven by both political and economic factors, which in particular include the desire on the international stage of a number of post-Soviet nations for regional peace and security as well as to create a greater and more effective economic system. It is often claimed that in the sense of two different yet strongly linked international organizations - with the same similar composition - the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the EurAsEC, officially turning into the Eurasian Economic Union, unitedited Eurasia is hierarchical. The article then provides the history to CSTO and EurAsEC and discusses how they are to be combined. It also discusses the structural structure of these relationships and describes their goals, values, and main collaboration zones. Finally, the paper contains closing remarks aimed at highlighting problems and assessing opportunities for incorporation processes in Eurasia.

Eurasian Economic Union as the Space of Security in the Context of English School of International Relations

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Natalia Eremina
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
English School ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Space Forms ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
Integration Space ◽  
Post Soviet Space

Regional integration creates a common economic, social, and political space, which is based on interstate dialogue. A common integration space forms the territory of security, since the security sphere is not only to solve specific tasks, but also to create permanent instruments for preventing various risks. The Post-Soviet space remains a complex territory, the states of which have gone through a period of political destabilization, faced various threats, and come to the idea that only collective security mechanisms in the framework of constant cooperation are capable of preventing risks. Therefore, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is not only an economic project, it is a project that forms a common security space for all participants, and not only for its member states. In this regard, this chapter is structured around two key problems: established conceptual approaches in the field of security in relation to integration processes and tools of the EAEU for the formation of a common and indivisible security space for all its participants.

An Analysis of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Union

2018 ◽  
pp. 76-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahu Coşkun Özer
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Macroeconomic Variables ◽  
Customs Unions ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Economic Union

After the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union in 2015, the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan represented two of the most important regional integration projects launched in the post-Soviet era. However, even though institutions, customs unions, and a common economic space have been established, it has become a matter of debate whether this union is effective in developing trade between the member countries. Russia has enormous power in terms of its share of the trade within the EEU. This shows Russia has economic dominance in the union. This is also the subject of debate about whether the union's members, except Russia, benefit from the customs union. In this chapter, the answers to these questions have been investigated by evaluating the commercial activities and macroeconomic variables of the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Russia

2019 ◽  
pp. 141-170
Author(s):  
Katherine Graney
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Security Treaty ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
The Eu

This chapter examines Russia’s tortured history and present with the idea of its own “Europeanness” and sense of belonging to Europe. It argues that we must see the period of 1989 as the newest iteration of a long historical cycle, wherein Russia is seen as both part of and central to, and also apart from and threating to, “Europe.” After a brief discussion of the historical trajectory of arguments about the level of Russian and Soviet “Europeanness,” the chapter identifies the four different discourses of Europe that are found in contemporary Russian self-identity and politics. It then examines Russia’s Europeanization efforts in the cultural-civilizational, political, and security realms, focusing in particular on Russia’s attempt to create “Euro-alternatives” to the EU and NATO in the form of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

scholarly journals On Overcoming Corruption Barriers in the Services' Market Formation in the Common Economic Space of the Eurasian Economic Union

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 722-730
Author(s):  
Denis Kurochkin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Special Economic Zones ◽  
Service Market ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
The Common ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
Economic Zones ◽  
The Impact

The contractual and legal basis of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) provides for the creation of the common economic space and a common market of services without any administrative, fiscal or other barriers. In fact, access to the market of services is limited by various barriers that possess corruption-generating properties. The paper describes the importance of cooperation between EAEU members in counteracting corruption with the purpose of economic integration. The implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption and other global instruments at the EAEU level is significant because it simplifies the processes of economic integration by overcoming the existing administrative barriers. The author discusses some administrative barriers that prevent investors working in special economic zones from accessing the service market, including those connected with determining the types of activities for special economic zones, selecting the projects of special economic zones participants, drawing contractual agreements between investors and the administration of a special economic zone. The author also summarizes the doctrinal position on the interaction between global and regional instruments of counteraction corruption, studies the impact of corruption on the formation of the common economic space, the volume of foreign investment and other economic aspects of regional integration. He outlines the necessity of overcoming administrative, fiscal and other barriers that have corruption-generating properties by adopting the Eurasian Anticorruption Strategy as a more flexible document that could make it possible to implement the key clauses of the UN Convention against Corruption in the Eurasian conditions and use the experience of creating a regional system of counteracting corruption-generating administrative barriers in the legal systems of APEC, OECD and the Council of Europe.

Kyrgyzstan in regional integration

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
Григорий Стародубцев ◽  
Grigoriy Starodubtsyev ◽  
Айкерим Эрикова ◽  
Aykerim Erikova
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Internal Environment ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
The Status ◽  
Economic Union

The article analyzes the international legal developments related with the introduction of the Kyrgyz Republic in international organizations within regional integration. Briefly discusses the various aspects of the attractiveness of the Eurasian integration for Kyrgyzstan, as well as some of the factors of the internal environment. Conducted a brief analysis of the agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union. And defined the status of the Eurasian Economic Union.

PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTOF MILITARY-POLITICAL COOPERATION OF THE COUNTRIESOF THE POST-SOVIET SPACE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
U.S. ALIYEV
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
World Order ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Security Treaty ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
The World ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
Post Soviet Space

In the context of the formation of a new world order, there is a need to make changes to the development strategy of the Eurasian Economic Union and, even more broadly, integration processes in the post-Soviet space. These changes should take into account the changes taking place in the world, the emergence of new properties of world politics, which are often generically called turbulence. The components of turbulence are conflictness and uncertainty, but this is not the whole list, there are other components. On the example of the Transnistrian conflict settlement, it is shown that success in this process is possible if we are not confined to the conflict itself, but we act on the basis of Russias and the European Unions mutual desire to reduce conflictness in the world and in the European region. Uncertainties can be contrasted with the emergence of military-political factor as the leading one of Eurasian integration in the form of rapprochement and the gradual merger of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

«Soft law» in the law of the Eurasian Ec onomic Union: place and possibility of challenging

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
P.P. Myslivsky ◽  
◽  
I.N. Shchurova
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Binding Force ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
The Law

In international law, there are sources that do not formally have binding force, but may indicate the emergence of the opinio juris of states, as well as emerging practice. The Eurasian Economic Union also issues acts that are not formally binding: they are adopted by the Eurasian Economic Commission in the form of recommendations. In addition, the Union takes into account the recommendatory acts of other international organizations. At present, the practice of the EAEU Court indicates that this body takes into account “soft law” in the course of argumentation, but proceeds from the impossibility of challenging acts that are recommendations of the EEC. The authors give ways to establish the possibility of challenging the EEC recommendations in the EAEU Court.

scholarly journals Problems of the preliminary customs informing system and the introduction of the Single Window at the sea check points of the Russian Federation

2018 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 04004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Maydanova ◽  
Igor Ilin
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Check Points ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
National Governments

The Single Window concept in the international trade and logistics has been explored by international organizations and national governments over the last two decades. International standards and recommendations, government decisions on this approach are widespread today in both developed and developing countries. Similar decisions and legal acts were implemented during the last ten years by the Russian Federation, as a member of the Eurasian Economic Union. This article provides overview of the following coherent stage – the implementation of preliminary customs informing system at sea check points of the RF with concerns of the Single Window introduction.

scholarly journals Nothern European Lessons for Eurasian Integration

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
L. S. Voronkov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
The Eu

The paper is dedicated to the differences between the classical instruments for regulating interstate political and trade-economic relations from those used in the development of regional integration processes. Traditionally, the Eurasian Economic Union is compared with the European Union, considering the EU as a close example to follow in the development of integration processes. At the same time, there exist the other models of integration. The author proposes to pay attention to the other models of integration and based on the analysis of documents, reveals the experience of Northern Europe, which demonstrates effective cooperation without infringing on the sovereignty of the participants. The author examines the features of the integration experience of the Nordic countries in relation to the possibility of using its elements in the modern integration practice of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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