EURASIAN IDEOLOGY IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF MODERN RUSSIA

Abstract

The article is aimed at considering the Eurasian ideology as the unifier of the EAEU and SCO countries in the context of Russian foreign policy. Particular attention is paid to how the Russian understanding of the Eurasian idea evolved and to the potential of its conjunction with alternative unification projects of the European Union and the PRC. Given the complex nature of the stated problem, the authors employed interdisciplinary, systems and problem approaches, as well as political, historical, sociological, comparative and other research methods, which enabled the analysis of the evolution of views on the Eurasian integration held by the Russian leader V. Putin. It is concluded that faced with the West’s desire to reshape the post-Soviet space to suit its geopolitical ends disregarding Russia’s interests, Moscow was forced to switch © CC BY Курылев К. П., Станис Д. В., Баранник М. А., Закарян С. Б., 2019.