On 3 October 2011, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed the establishment of a Eurasian Union in an article published in the Russian broadsheet Izvestia. The article was entitled “New integration project for Eurasia – making the future today.”
His idea is groundbreaking. According to Putin, the Eurasian Union will serve as a bridge between Europe and the dynamically developing Asia and Pacific region.
Putin’s idea of a Eurasian Union would continue and expand the existing Customs Union, operational since 1 July 2011, and the Common Economic Space (CES), launched on 1 January 2012 and including Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. These are the first supranational bodies that have emerged after the Soviet era. [Read more]
About Chinara Esengul
Chinara Esengul is assistant professor at the International Relations Department of Kyrgyz National University, as well as at the Academy of Management under the President of Kyrgyz Republic. Her research interests include Central Asian politics, regionalism, and security in Central Eurasia.Does the Eurasian Union have a future?
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