David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, and previously was Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

• Preface David Lane Part I: Eurasia in a Global Context 1. How the Eurasian elites envisage the role of the EEU in global perspective Richard Sakwa 2. The global crisis and its impact on the Eurasian Economic Union Ruslan Dzarasov 3. The Eurasian Union and global value chains Elena Ustyuzhanina 4. Post-socialist regions in the world system David Lane Part II: The Eurasia Union and Regional Developments 5. Eastern partnership and the Eurasian Union: bringing ‘the political’ back in the eastern region Elena A. Korosteleva 6. The new Eurasia: post-Soviet space between Russia, Europe and China Vsevolod Samokhvalov Part III. Eurasia in the Asian Context 7. Eurasian Economic Union integration in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Diana T. Kudaibergenova 8. The Eurasian Economic Union and China’s silk road: implications for the Russian–Chinese relationship Jeanne L. Wilson 9. Eurasian encounters: the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Ivaylo Gatev and Glenn Diesen

David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, and previously was Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

• Preface David Lane Part I: Eurasia in a Global Context 1. How the Eurasian elites envisage the role of the EEU in global perspective Richard Sakwa 2. The global crisis and its impact on the Eurasian Economic Union Ruslan Dzarasov 3. The Eurasian Union and global value chains Elena Ustyuzhanina 4. Post-socialist regions in the world system David Lane Part II: The Eurasia Union and Regional Developments 5. Eastern partnership and the Eurasian Union: bringing ‘the political’ back in the eastern region Elena A. Korosteleva 6. The new Eurasia: post-Soviet space between Russia, Europe and China Vsevolod Samokhvalov Part III. Eurasia in the Asian Context 7. Eurasian Economic Union integration in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Diana T. Kudaibergenova 8. The Eurasian Economic Union and China’s silk road: implications for the Russian–Chinese relationship Jeanne L. Wilson 9. Eurasian encounters: the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Ivaylo Gatev and Glenn Diesen

David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, UK, and previously was Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

• Preface David Lane Part I: Eurasia in a Global Context 1. How the Eurasian elites envisage the role of the EEU in global perspective Richard Sakwa 2. The global crisis and its impact on the Eurasian Economic Union Ruslan Dzarasov 3. The Eurasian Union and global value chains Elena Ustyuzhanina 4. Post-socialist regions in the world system David Lane Part II: The Eurasia Union and Regional Developments 5. Eastern partnership and the Eurasian Union: bringing ‘the political’ back in the eastern region Elena A. Korosteleva 6. The new Eurasia: post-Soviet space between Russia, Europe and China Vsevolod Samokhvalov Part III. Eurasia in the Asian Context 7. Eurasian Economic Union integration in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Diana T. Kudaibergenova 8. The Eurasian Economic Union and China’s silk road: implications for the Russian–Chinese relationship Jeanne L. Wilson 9. Eurasian encounters: the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Ivaylo Gatev and Glenn Diesen