Bulletin n. 1/2015
June 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Juraev Shairbek
    Comparing the EU and Russia engagements in Central Asia
    in Europe en formation (L') , n° 374, 2014/4 ,  2014 ,  77-93
    The paper reviews the engagement of the European Union and the Russian Federation in Central Asia. Both are among major external actors in the region, joined by the USA and China, engaged in sustained political, economic and security relations with Central Asian states. Given the current dynamics of the EU-Russian relations over the conflict in Ukraine, the paper attempted to examine how Brussels and Moscow formulate their interests in this part of the former Soviet Union, and to what extent their the goals and policies in Central Asia can be seen as competitive. The paper concludes that the EU and Russia assign different level of priority to Central Asia in their foreign policies, and despite promoting opposing political values and having competing energy interests, these two actors do not have critical confrontation on matters sensitive to any of them.
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