Eurasian Integration [electronic resource] : Challenges of Transcontinental Regionalism /
Vinokurov, E.author.
Libman, A.author.
The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is currently gaining economic and political momentum. This book investigates emerging economic linkages in the area, examining the factors shaping this integration, the benefits and risks involved, and the future of these states on the global stage.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Concept of Eurasian Integration; 2 The Scope of Eurasian Integration; 3 The Waves of Eurasian Exchange; 4 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Integration in Eurasia; Part II: Emerging Eurasian Economic Linkages; 5 Spaghetti, Noodle and Lapsha: Continental Bias in Trade in Eurasia; 6 Factor Flows in Eurasia: Mutual Investments, Evolving Eurasian Multinationals and Fragmented Labour Markets; Part III: Infrastructure of Eurasian Integration
7 From a Trans-European and Trans-Asian to a Trans-Eurasian Vision of Transport Corridors8 Borderless Energy: Common Electric Power Markets; 9 Telecommunications Links across the Continent; Part IV: Integration through Mutual Problems; 10 Transborder Ecological Issues on the Continent; 11 'Shadow Integration': Trafficking of Drugs, People and Arms, and the Effects of Microbes and Epidemics; Part V: Formal Intergovernmental Cooperation; 12 Variations between Political Systems; 13 Integration of Large States; 14 Sub-Regional Aspects of Eurasian Integration
Part VI: Northern and Central Eurasia: The Successor of the Post-Soviet Area15 From Post-Soviet to Eurasian Integration; 16 Central Asia at the Crossroads: A Laboratory of Eurasian Integration; 17 Conclusion; Appendix: Basic Macroeconomic Indicators of Eurasian Countries; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is currently gaining economic and political momentum. This book investigates emerging economic linkages in the area, examining the factors shaping this integration, the benefits and risks involved, and the future of these states on the global stage.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Economic policy.
Macroeconomics.
Economic history.
International economics.
Political economy.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Economic Policy.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Economic History.
International Economics.
International Political Economy.