Bachelor
2024/2025
Integration Processes in Eurasia
Type:
Elective course (International Program 'International Relations and Global Studies')
Area of studies:
International Relations
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When:
2 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course explores dynamics of regionalisation and regionalism in the Eurasian space, focusing on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as the “assemblage point” of Greater Eurasia and on Central Asia as the space of competition and cooperation in this region. The course pays particular attention to the relationship between institutional and ideational dimensions of regional integration, as well as to the agenda-setting and strategies of the EAEU, the CIS and BRICS. The course also examines economic drivers behind the EAEU development, opportunities for its interaction with third countries within the framework of free trade zones, as well as the development of the common agricultural market and interregional cooperation within the EAEU. Moreover, the course discusses specific challenges arising in Central Asia as part of Greater Eurasia, including issues of security, regional connectivity, and the preservation of a common humanitarian space in the region.