The concept refers to the intensification of political and/or economic cooperation among states and other actors in a certain geographic region. It includes different aspects of regional cooperation, such as the growth of social and economic interaction and the formation of regional identity and consciousness. The increasing flow of goods, people, ideas, and money bring about regionalism by making the region more integrated and cohesive. Regionalism can come from below (in the form of decisions of companies to invest in the region or of people to move in the region) or from above (in the form of political and state-led efforts to establish regional bodies and formulate common policies) ( Roach, Griffiths & O'Callaghan, 2014 AU26: The citation "Roach, Griffiths & O'Callaghan, 2014" matches the reference "Roach et al, 2014", but an accent or apostrophe is different. , pp. 280-282).
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The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) From the Perspective of International Relations (IR) Theories
Gülşen Şeker Aydın (Ataturk University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1950-9.ch003
Abstract
This chapter examines the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) from the perspective of the main theories in the Discipline of International Relations (IR). The author sketches out the main stages of the development of the EAEU cooperation by highlighting the conceptualization of the scheme by President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan in 1994, the establishment of the Customs Union (CU), and the Common Economic Space (CES) between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan in 2010. Theories analyzed include Neo-Realism, Neo-Classic Realism, Hegemonic Stability Theory, Liberalism, Functionalism, Neo-Functionalism, Neo-Institutionalism, the English School, Constructivism, and Neo-Gramscian Theory. The author makes an overall evaluation and stresses the need for an eclectic approach for analyzing the EAEU experience.