Edited by Alexander Libman, Professor of Russian and East European Politics, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and Evgeny Vinokurov, Chief Eсonomist, Eurasian Development Bank, Almaty, Kazakhstan

‘'The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is woefully under-researched in the West, despite the efforts of myself and a small group of researchers. Alexander Libman and Evgeny Vinokurov, along with their contributors, have just made our job immensely easier with this book. Detailing the EAEU’s workings, its challenges, its external relations, and its possible future, this volume will be an invaluable reference source for scholars of the region and those with an interest in authoritarian integration.'

• Contents:1 Introduction to The Elgar Companion to the Eurasian Economic Union 1Evgeny VinokurovPART I HISTORY AND IDEATIONAL FOUNDATIONS2 What is Eurasia and Eurasianism? 13Dmitrii Kofanov and Yoshiko M. Herrera3 From the Customs Union to the Eurasian Economic Union 27Richard SakwaPART II COMMON MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS4 Trade, customs union, and the EAEU common external tariff 41Alexander Knobel and Nikita Pyzhikov5 Functional markets of the EAEU: selected case studies 58Viachaslau Yarashevich6 Mutual foreign direct investments in the EAEU 78Anton Malakhov and Evgeny Vinokurov7 Labor markets and migration 91Andrei Korobkov8 Crisis finance in Eurasia: the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development 107Barbara Fritz and Laurissa Mühlich9 EAEU institutions 121Vladimir Pereboev and Taras TsukarevPART III EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT10 EAEU and thse European Union 137Tom Casier11 EAEU and Belt and Road Initiative 152Marcin Kaczmarski12 EAEU and other post-Soviet integration organizations 162Murad Nasibov and Andrea Gawrich13 EAEU and Greater Eurasia: mission impossible? 176Jacopo Maria PepePART IV PERSPECTIVES14 EAEU and authoritarian regionalism 191Alessandra Russo15 Power asymmetries and integration process: challenges ahead for the EAEU 207Federico Salvati16 EAEU and economic sanctions 226Alexander Libman17 “Made in Kyrgyzstan”: an ethnographic exploration of “newentrepreneurs” entering the Eurasian Economic Union 239Philipp Schröder18 Conclusion: Eurasian Economic Union at the crossroads 251Alexander Libman

Edited by Alexander Libman, Professor of Russian and East European Politics, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and Evgeny Vinokurov, Chief Eсonomist, Eurasian Development Bank, Almaty, Kazakhstan

‘'The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is woefully under-researched in the West, despite the efforts of myself and a small group of researchers. Alexander Libman and Evgeny Vinokurov, along with their contributors, have just made our job immensely easier with this book. Detailing the EAEU’s workings, its challenges, its external relations, and its possible future, this volume will be an invaluable reference source for scholars of the region and those with an interest in authoritarian integration.'

• Contents:1 Introduction to The Elgar Companion to the Eurasian Economic Union 1Evgeny VinokurovPART I HISTORY AND IDEATIONAL FOUNDATIONS2 What is Eurasia and Eurasianism? 13Dmitrii Kofanov and Yoshiko M. Herrera3 From the Customs Union to the Eurasian Economic Union 27Richard SakwaPART II COMMON MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS4 Trade, customs union, and the EAEU common external tariff 41Alexander Knobel and Nikita Pyzhikov5 Functional markets of the EAEU: selected case studies 58Viachaslau Yarashevich6 Mutual foreign direct investments in the EAEU 78Anton Malakhov and Evgeny Vinokurov7 Labor markets and migration 91Andrei Korobkov8 Crisis finance in Eurasia: the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development 107Barbara Fritz and Laurissa Mühlich9 EAEU institutions 121Vladimir Pereboev and Taras TsukarevPART III EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT10 EAEU and thse European Union 137Tom Casier11 EAEU and Belt and Road Initiative 152Marcin Kaczmarski12 EAEU and other post-Soviet integration organizations 162Murad Nasibov and Andrea Gawrich13 EAEU and Greater Eurasia: mission impossible? 176Jacopo Maria PepePART IV PERSPECTIVES14 EAEU and authoritarian regionalism 191Alessandra Russo15 Power asymmetries and integration process: challenges ahead for the EAEU 207Federico Salvati16 EAEU and economic sanctions 226Alexander Libman17 “Made in Kyrgyzstan”: an ethnographic exploration of “newentrepreneurs” entering the Eurasian Economic Union 239Philipp Schröder18 Conclusion: Eurasian Economic Union at the crossroads 251Alexander Libman

Edited by Alexander Libman, Professor of Russian and East European Politics, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and Evgeny Vinokurov, Chief Eсonomist, Eurasian Development Bank, Almaty, Kazakhstan

‘'The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is woefully under-researched in the West, despite the efforts of myself and a small group of researchers. Alexander Libman and Evgeny Vinokurov, along with their contributors, have just made our job immensely easier with this book. Detailing the EAEU’s workings, its challenges, its external relations, and its possible future, this volume will be an invaluable reference source for scholars of the region and those with an interest in authoritarian integration.'

• Contents:1 Introduction to The Elgar Companion to the Eurasian Economic Union 1Evgeny VinokurovPART I HISTORY AND IDEATIONAL FOUNDATIONS2 What is Eurasia and Eurasianism? 13Dmitrii Kofanov and Yoshiko M. Herrera3 From the Customs Union to the Eurasian Economic Union 27Richard SakwaPART II COMMON MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS4 Trade, customs union, and the EAEU common external tariff 41Alexander Knobel and Nikita Pyzhikov5 Functional markets of the EAEU: selected case studies 58Viachaslau Yarashevich6 Mutual foreign direct investments in the EAEU 78Anton Malakhov and Evgeny Vinokurov7 Labor markets and migration 91Andrei Korobkov8 Crisis finance in Eurasia: the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development 107Barbara Fritz and Laurissa Mühlich9 EAEU institutions 121Vladimir Pereboev and Taras TsukarevPART III EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT10 EAEU and thse European Union 137Tom Casier11 EAEU and Belt and Road Initiative 152Marcin Kaczmarski12 EAEU and other post-Soviet integration organizations 162Murad Nasibov and Andrea Gawrich13 EAEU and Greater Eurasia: mission impossible? 176Jacopo Maria PepePART IV PERSPECTIVES14 EAEU and authoritarian regionalism 191Alessandra Russo15 Power asymmetries and integration process: challenges ahead for the EAEU 207Federico Salvati16 EAEU and economic sanctions 226Alexander Libman17 “Made in Kyrgyzstan”: an ethnographic exploration of “newentrepreneurs” entering the Eurasian Economic Union 239Philipp Schröder18 Conclusion: Eurasian Economic Union at the crossroads 251Alexander Libman