The Eurasian Economic Union – more political, less economic. OSW Commentary Number 157/20.01.2015
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2015

The Eurasian Economic Union is undoubtedly the most comprehensive form of economic integration of the post-Soviet countries since the break-up of the Soviet Union. However, the way in which the integration process has been unfolding, as well as Russia’s aggressive policy over the last year, are indications that the EEU has become primarily a political project, and the importance of its economic aspects has eroded. This has triggered a change in the way Kazakhstan and Belarus treat the EEU. Initi