Does Integration Rhetoric Help? Eurasian Regionalism and the Rhetorical Dissonance of Russian Elites

Libman, Alexander

doi:10.1080/09668136.2022.2120184

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“…First, it was the fear regarding possible attempts by Russia to regain control over territories lost as a result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. All the more so because Moscow's discourse of Eurasian regionalism varies significantly depending on the audiencewhile at the intergovernmental level they declare respect for sovereignty of the EAEU members, when addressing domestic audiences, Russian politicians often resort to 'imperialist statements' [Libman, 2022].…”

Section: State and Sovereignty In Eaeumentioning

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Supranationality and Sovereignty in the European Union and in the Eurasian Economic Union

Treshchenkov

2023

IORJ

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In the last decade, the notion of sovereignty has been increasingly used in public discussions. A variety of actors are appealing to it, from systemic actors looking for ways to overcome the global governance and security crisis to sovereigntists protesting universalism and the weakening of the role of the state. Under these conditions, the transformation of sovereignty within integration associations is of particular interest. The concept of “strategic sovereignty” has appeared in the discourse of the most advanced among them, the European Union (EU). Among the challenges to this sovereignty, Brussels puts emphasis on the policies of China and Russia. The latter also actively appeals to the notion of sovereignty, and is itself the core of another integration association – the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). From the very creation of the Eurasian Customs Union, it has been emphasized that it borrows the experience of the EU and aims to become a nexus in interlinking regional integration agreements across Eurasia. In the context of the conflict between Russia and the west, the EU and the EAEU are increasingly opposed to each other. This study is focused on identifying the features of the transformation of sovereignty in integration associations on the example of the EU and the EAEU. The analytical focus of the evaluation of the two models is set by the concept of four dimensions of sovereignty by S. Krasner and the phenomenon of supranationality. As the study shows, the transformation of sovereignty is not limited to the transfer of power to supranational bodies. In the EU, sovereignty is shared among the levels of this political community, forming a multi-level system of governance. Regarding the EAEU, the literature is dominated by the opinion that the sovereignty of the participating countries is indisputable, and the association itself is purely interstate in nature. Indeed, there are practically insurmountable obstacles to transferring the issues of organization of power to other levels by the EAEU states. At the same time, different dimensions of sovereignty here were affected by asymmetric relations with Russia even before the formation of the EAEU. The union was created on the basis and because of these dependencies, but it also transforms them.

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Supranationality and Sovereignty in the European Union and in the Eurasian Economic Union

Treshchenkov

2023

IORJ

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Verborgene Transformation des autoritären Regionalismus: Biografien der Beamt*innen als Abbildung der Funktionen der Organisationen

Libman

2024

Polit Vierteljahresschr

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Authoritarian regionalism constitutes a challenging topic for empirical research due to a substantial gap between official mandates and the actual practices of regional organizations (ROs). While formally most authoritarian ROs “download” the global script of regionalism and imitate the European Union, in practice, they are used by their member states for different purposes than economic integration—in particular, to legitimize the nondemocratic regimes. At the same time, there are also examples of authoritarian ROs that go beyond simple autocracy-sustaining rhetoric and have actual policy implications. This paper argues that the differences between authoritarian ROs can be better observed if one looks not at the official mandates but at the background of their key officials. Using the case of post-Soviet Eurasia with its proliferation of authoritarian ROs, I show that a look at the biographies of officials clearly reveals the existence of two generations of ROs—one with primarily symbolic importance and one with actual economic integration ambitions.

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The Rise and Fall of the Eurasian Regionalism

Libman

2023

The Economists’ Voice

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The essay traces the evolution of the Eurasian regionalism over the last three decades. It focuses on the inherent contradictions between the centripetal market forces and the geopolitical clashes affecting the economic integration perspectives. In Eurasia, economic integration has been repeatedly reinterpreted in terms of geopolitical power; at the same time, economic interaction emerged across the politically motivated boundaries.

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Does Integration Rhetoric Help? Eurasian Regionalism and the Rhetorical Dissonance of Russian Elites

Cited by 3 publications

References 98 publications

Supranationality and Sovereignty in the European Union and in the Eurasian Economic Union

Supranationality and Sovereignty in the European Union and in the Eurasian Economic Union

Verborgene Transformation des autoritären Regionalismus: Biografien der Beamt*innen als Abbildung der Funktionen der Organisationen

The Rise and Fall of the Eurasian Regionalism

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