Interpretation of Values in the Conceptual and Strategic Documents of the EAEU Countries: The Factor of Global Turbulence

In a   situation  of growing international confrontation, it is important to clearly identify tools and mechanisms that can contribute to the consolidation of the positions of states friendly to Russia. In the context of one of the lines of global fragmentation — the division of the world into the West and non-West  — the deepening and expansion of the Eurasian integration agenda is actualized.

Aim . To determine the specifics of the interpretation of values in the conceptual and strategic documents of the EAEU   countries in  the context of their adaptation to the current challenges and threats of national and international security, integration dynamics and changes in the external environment in the conditions of global turbulence.

Task . To characterize the axiological aspect of the existing conceptual and strategic documents of the EAEU countries; to  identify key concepts that reveal the concept of values in them; to show common and distinctive features in the approaches of the EAEU   countries in this area and the possibilities of their convergence at the integration level.

Methods. The study was based on comparative analysis and non-formalized qualitative analysis of documents.

Results. The main semantic blocks in the content of the conceptual and strategic documents of the EAEU   countries are  highlighted, taking into account the designated problem field. The focus of attention was on the interpretation of external challenges and threats, manifestations of global turbulence; articulation of certain values in a  changing extern al environment; linking with the ethno-cultural component and identity issues. A  significant  coupling of approaches to the interpretation of values with the influence of external factors has been established. The specificity of verification of sources and directions of destructive influence is shown.

Conclusions. The approaches of the EAEU countries to the interpretation of values in the perspective of events and processes taking place in the external dimension have a   large number of coincidences and common features. The central concept in the studied documents is spiritual and moral values, the preservation and protection of which are embedded in the system of national interests / national  strategic priorities. In the external dimension, international humanitarian cooperation is emphasized, which is conceived as a  way of inter-civilizational dialogue against the background of increasing instability and conflict. A  serious vulnerability can be considered the absence of an explicit interface between the value agenda formed by each of the countries of the Union and their integration guidelines and preferences.

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