Abstract
Even from the cursory observation, the Eurasian Economic Union appears to be a good example of what is frequently referred to in the comparative regionalism research as diffusion of theEU model - many specific institutional solutions and, more generally, the fundamental agenda and the design of the EAEU are inspired by the EU experience. This article asks two questions: first, how can we explain the diffusion of the EU model in case of Eurasia, and second, which consequences does the diffusion have for the relations between the EAEU and the EU, as well as the EAEU and the Asian integration projects (like the Belt and Road Initiative). Our conclusions are paradoxical: we show that the standard arguments of the diffusion literature show limited empirical validity in the Eurasian case; and that the institutional similarity between the EU and the EAEU makes the interaction of these two organizations more, and not less difficult.
Highlights
The development of regionalism in the global economy and politics over the last decades has been characterized by two trends
As we have shown in the previous subsection, mimicking the European Union (EU) did not improve the ability of the Eurasian regionalisms to engage in a dialogue with the EU – on the contrary, similarity of agendas made cooperation more difficult
Our goal was to investigate the driving forces for “downloading the global script” of the EU in case of the Post-Soviet Eurasia and the effects of this “downloading” for interaction between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and both the EU and the Asian regional projects
Summary
The development of regionalism in the global economy and politics over the last decades has been characterized by two trends. VOLUME 12 NUMBER 2 2019 of the European Union (EU) It became commonplace in the comparative regionalism literature to emphasize the uniqueness of the EU experience and the limits of its applicability to other parts of the world [Söderbaum 2014]. Regional organizations continue systematically imitating and mimicking the EU – to a larger extent than the differences in their local contexts would imply. In this respect, one frequently refers to what one could call a “global script” [Jetschke 2010; Jupille, Jolliff, Wojcik 2013; Lenz, Burilkov 2017]: a “standard model of regionalism”, which is “downloaded” by newly established organizations
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