The Elgar Companion to the Eurasian Economic Union (Elgar Companions to International Organisations series)

This insightful Companion provides an in-depth, systematic analysis of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an economic union of several post-Soviet Eurasian states. Bringing together an international collective of established academic experts on the EAEU and Eurasian regionalism, the editors showcase a diverse range of perspectives and backgrounds on the EAEU to reflect its complex reality. The Companion reviews the available evidence on the EAEU, examining its evolution, governance, policies, and outlook as well as delving into key theoretical and policy debates on this particularly contested regional organization. Taking stock of the tectonic changes occurring in the post-Soviet Eurasia, it highlights potential gaps in the collective knowledge and discusses possible scenarios for the future of the EAEU. Exploring the EAEU’s impact on trade, migration, and foreign direct investment in the post-Soviet Eurasia, this astute Companion will prove indispensable to academics and researchers in the fields of political science and economics, particularly those with an interest in Russian and Eurasian studies and comparative regionalism. Its analysis of the challenges the EAEU is currently facing will also benefit think tank analysts with a focus on Russia, China, Central Asia and Eurasia in general. Front Matter Copyright Contents Figures Tables Contributors Abbreviations 1. Introduction to The Elgar Companion to the Eurasian Economic Union PART I HISTORY AND IDEATIONAL FOUNDATIONS 2. What is Eurasia and Eurasianism? 3. From the Customs Union to the Eurasian Economic Union PART II COMMON MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS 4. Trade, Customs Union, and the EAEU Common External Tariff 5. Functional markets of the EAEU: selected case studies 6. Mutual foreign direct investments in the EAEU 7. Labor markets and migration 8. Crisis finance in Eurasia: the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development 9. EAEU institutions PART III EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 10. EAEU and the European Union 11. EAEU and Belt and Road Initiative 12. EAEU and other post-Soviet integration organizations 13. EAEU and Greater Eurasia: mission impossible? PART IV PERSPECTIVES 14. EAEU and authoritarian regionalism 15. Power asymmetries and integration process: challenges ahead for the EAEU 16. EAEU and economic sanctions 17. “Made in Kyrgyzstan”: an ethnographic exploration of “new entrepreneurs” entering the Eurasian Economic Union 18. Conclusion to : Eurasian Economic Union at the crossroads Index