КИТАЙСКО-АМЕРИКАНСКОЕ СОПЕРНИЧЕСТВО И БОЛЬШОЕ ЕВРАЗИЙСКОЕ ПАРТНЕРСТВО: ВЛИЯНИЕ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the role and nature of the Russian initiative for the Greater Eurasian Partnership in the context of the US-China confrontation. The author focuses on the context of the emergence of the Greater Eurasia concept, which was formulated and put forward as an initiative in 2015-2016, when the key regional rivals -- the United States and China - also came up with their own mega-initiatives. However, if other mega-initiatives were of an emphatically trade and economic nature and largely lost their relevance with the growth of regional confrontation, the Russian initiative was initially political by its character and turned out to be more flexible to changing strategic context. The article analyzes the nature of the Greater Eurasian Partnership and its initial parameters, as well as its development prospects. It is concluded that the initiative for the formation of Greater Eurasia as a geopolitical and geo-economic reality is intended not so much to form a unified institution of regulation and cooperation as to develop a common logic of coexistence and development of both existing and new formats, which will subsequently increase the efficiency and stability of the institutional architecture of Greater Eurasia. It is assumed that Russia should play a more significant role in this process.