Economic or Geopolitical？ Explaining the Motives and Expectations of the Eurasian Economic Union＇s Member States  

作　　者：Artem Patalakh 

机构地区：[1]Graduate School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Via Pace 10,20122 Milan, MI, Italy

出　　处：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》2018年第1期31-48,共18页复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）

摘　　要：The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants＇ motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, their expectations from inte- gration should correspond to the organisation＇s capabilities. In light of these assumptions, the study endeavours to assess the Eurasian Economic Union＇s （EAEU） potential for stability and development. First, the author analyses the key motives that were driving its member states＇ decisions to enter the organisation, compares them with one another and discusses how the countries＇ motives influence their conduct in the union. Second, the author confronts those motives against the EAEU＇s activities and the general logic of interstate politics on the post-Soviet space to reckon up whether the bloc＇s capabilities fit with the expectations of its member countries. Finally, based on that discussion, the author speculates on how the divergence/convergence of EAEU member states＇ goals, as well as the （in-） feasibility of their expectations, affect the organisation＇s development.

关 键 词：Capability-expectations gap Economic integration Eurasianeconomic union Post-Soviet space Russian foreign policy 

分 类 号：F127[经济管理—世界经济] D0[政治法律—政治学]