Russia’s Fate: From Maintaining Political Balance in Europe to “Gatherer” of Greater Eurasia
EDN: MLDSYE
Abstract
Aim. Amid the ongoing global transformation of international relations and world politics, the aim of this study is to analyze the development of Greater Eurasia as a poles of global geopolitics, structure, and civilizational world order. The subject of this study is a comparison of the foreign policies of the Russian Empire and modern Russia, which is building its relations with Europe and within the framework of Greater Eurasia. Methods. The methodology utilizes dialectical and comparative historical methods and approaches to the object of study. The discussion concerns interpretations of the place and role of actors in emerging unions and associations in the Eurasian space and the preservation of national distinctiveness. Conclusions lead to the recognition of the need for a dialectical combination of both the interests of actors in emerging unions and the activities of these unions in the global world order.
About the Author
Igor F. Kefeli
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, North-West Institute of Management of RANEPA
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor F. Kefeli, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Director of the Project of the Research Laboratory of Strategic Planning and Eurasian Integration, Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, Expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor,
Saint Petersburg.
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Kefeli I.F. Russia’s Fate: From Maintaining Political Balance in Europe to “Gatherer” of Greater Eurasia. EURASIAN INTEGRATION: economics, law, politics. 2025;19(4):11-21. (In Russ.) EDN: MLDSYE
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