Eastern Partnership Countries and Eurasian Integration in 2012~2015

Pavel Barakhvostov () and Andrei Rusakovich ()
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Pavel Barakhvostov: Belarusian State University,, Postal: 20Leningradskaya Str., Minsk 220030, Belarus
Andrei Rusakovich: Belarusian State University,, Postal: 20Leningradskaya Str., Minsk 220030, Belarus

Journal of Economic Integration, 2017, vol. 32, issue 4, 804-841

Abstract: This study traces the dynamics of Eastern Partnership countries’ involvement in Eurasian integration for the period 2012~2015. Three types of cooperation−active, neutral, and confrontational−between the Eastern Partnership and the Eurasian Economic Union are analyzed. Special emphasis is also placed on the economic convergence of Eastern Partnership members and the Eurasian Economic Union states. The study reveals clear discrepancies in the economies of the region, revealing a significant obstacle to further integration. It is suggested that the presence of an extra-regional pole of power,namely the European Union, is weakening regional integration. Unmatched clusters of integration and economic convergence are found through heuristic examination of integration at the level of country dyads.

Keywords: Eastern Partnership; Eurasian Integration; Economic Convergence; Market Integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F15 H70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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