The Eurasian Project and Europe

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Eurasian Integration as a Response to Neoliberal Globalization

      • David Lane

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3. Eurasianism Past and Present

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Eurasian Vector of Russia’s Development

      • Ovsey Shkaratan

      Pages 25-37

   3. The Asiatic Roots and Rootedness of the Eurasian Project

      • Prajakti Kalra, Siddharth Saxena

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   4. Eurasian Integration: A Project for the 21st Century?

      • Richard Sakwa

      Pages 53-71

4. Eurasianism Under Putin

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Eurasianism and Putin’s Embedded Civilizationalism

      • Ray Silvius

      Pages 75-88

   3. Putin’s Eurasian Dialectic

      • Paul Benjamin Richardson

      Pages 89-101

   4. Ideology and Interests in Putin’s Construction of Eurasia

      • Peter J. S. Duncan

      Pages 102-116

   5. Eurasia as Discursive Literary Space at the Millennium

      • Tatiana Filimonova

      Pages 117-132

5. Eurasia as a Region: Problems of Integration

   1. Front Matter

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   2. European Union Emulation in the Design of Integration

      • Rilka Dragneva, Kataryna Wolczuk

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   3. Economic Developments and Institutional Obstacles to the Eurasian Project

      • Ruslan Dzarasov

      Pages 153-168

   4. Ukraine and Eurasian Regionalism: A Case of Holding Together Integration

      • Vsevolod Samokhvalov

      Pages 169-184

6. Eurasian Integration in International Context

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The European Union and Russia: Prospects for Cohabitation in the Contested Region

      • Elena A. Korosteleva

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   3. Roles and Realities in Russian Foreign Policy

      • P. N. Chatterje-Doody

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7. Back Matter

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This book explains the historical and philosophical understanding of Eurasia and its current relevance to the formation of the Eurasian Union. It considers Eurasia's historical underpinnings, and its current economic, political and geo-strategic relevance in world politics.

• desegregation
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• foreign policy
• geopolitics
• globalization
• Institution
• Policy
• politics
• european union politics
• russian and post-soviet politics

“This well-written, well-structured and relevant volume brings together a very knowledgeable mixture of established scholars such as Lane, Sakwa and Korosteleva with a number of their younger peers to produce a comprehensive work befitting further reference and study. … This book provides just the right amount of fuel to keep the debate alive.” (Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 54 (5), 2016)

“The book is rich in analysis of the historical and philosophical roots of Eurasianism, as well as on the discourse of Russian political elites on the Eurasian project. … The book is worth reading … .” (Katsiaryna Yakouchyk, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (6), 2016)

• Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK

  David Lane

• Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK

  Vsevolod Samokhvalov

P. N. Chatterje-Doody, University of Manchester, UK Rilka Dragneva, University of Birmingham, UK Peter J.S. Duncan, University College London, UK Ruslan Dzarasov, Moscow State University, Russia Tatiana Filimonova, Vanderbilt University, USA Prajakti Kalra, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, UK Elena Korosteleva, University of Kent, UK David Lane, Cambridge University, UK Paul Richardson, University of Manchester, UK Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, UK Vsevolod Samokhvalov Siddharth Saxena, University of Cambridge's Central Asia Forum, UK Ovsey Shkaratan, 'Higher School of Economics', Russia Ray Silvius, University of Winnipeg, Canada Kataryna Wolczuk, University of Birmingham, UK

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