SUMMER SCHOOLS EXPERT COMMENTARIES GUEST LECTURES SCENARIOS NTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TABLES I ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING FOREIGN POLICY DISCUSSIONS REFERENCE BOOKS DIALOGUE ETWORK SCIENCE WORKING PAPERS DUCATION N PROJECTS EPORTS OUND E R NALYSIS AND FORECASTING R A PROJECTS ECURITY OMPETITIONS ORGANIZATIONS C ONFERENCES DUCATION NTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY C I E S DUCATION FOREIGN POLICY TALENT POOL E POOL EPORTS POLITICS R GLOBAL POLITICS ETWORK CENARIOS NTERNATIONAL I N IVIL OCIETY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS S C S LOBAL RELATIONS G TALENT REFERENCE BOOKS INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN DUCATION ORGANIZATIONS SECURITY INTERNATIONALE AFFAIRS COUNCIL SUMMER RELATIONS SCHOOLS POLICY ROUND GUEST LECTURES OCIETY TABLES ISCUSSIONS REPORTS IGRATION S PARTNERSHIP OREIGN NTERNATIONAL IBRARY OADMAPS XPERT R F E I ONFERENCES D IPLOMACY M L GLOBAL NTERNATIONAL MIGRATION COMMENTARIES IVIL C I ACTIVITY ILATERAL NTHOLOGIES POOL D C SCIENCE REPORTS BOOKS ECURITY ISCUSSIONS INTERNSHIPS B A D WEBSITE IPLOMACY PARTNERSHIP INTERNSHIPS S TALENT DIALOGUE ANTHOLOGIES GLOBAL GLOBAL D FORECASTING POLICY SCIENCE ONFERENCES C POLICY EFERENCE NALYSIS SCIENCE IGRATION A IBRARY OADMAPS EBSITE OREIGN R IPLOMACY CENARIOS F R L M OREIGN D S W NALYSIS AND FORECASTING F DIALOGUE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS A AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS NETWORK CLUB MEETINGSSTUDYINGDIALOGUE DIPLOMACY AND TEACHINGPROJECTS DIALOGUE IVIL OCIETY UMMER C S EBSITE ECURITY W COMMENTARIES EBSITE S IGRATION PROJECTS LECTURES MATERIALS S SCHOOLS EXPERT COMMENTARIES FOREIGN POLICY W M RELATIONS XPERT IPLOMACY E D EDUCATION UEST G ARTNERSHIP ETWORK SCIENCE NTERNSHIPS ANALYSIS AND I N P IBRARY FORECASTING L CIVIL SOCIETY ONFERENCES EAEU: ECURITY S C ANTHOLOGIES GLOBAL POLITICS CIENCE S ILATERAL CLUB MEETINGS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION SPACE COMPETITIONS B USINESS ROUND TABLES EPORTS WORKING PAPERS RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL (RIAC) ROADMAPS IGRATION ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING PAPERS 1, B. Yakimanka street, 119180, Moscow, Russia R B ARTNERSHIP SCENARIOS P LOBAL Tel.: +7 (495) 225 6283 REFERENCE BOOKS OMPETITIONS IBRARY ORKING L ARTNERSHIP M Fax: +7 (495) 225 6284 NTERNSHIPS G C W I IBRARY EXPERT COMMENTARIES P L E–mail: [email protected] SCIENCE COMMENTARIES www.russiancouncil.ru No. 8 / 2018 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS REFERENCE BOOKS EDUCATION ISCUSSIONS ISCUSSIONS LOBAL D OADMAPS SUMMER SCHOOLS XPERT OMPETITIONS IVIL UEST LECTURES OCIETY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS G ILATERAL C S C D G R MEETINGS E ANTHOLOGIES B RELATIONS WORKING PAPERS NTHOLOGIES UMMER LOBAL POLITICS ONFERENCES G LUB CIENCE NTERNATIONAL S SCHOOLS C S I A FOREIGN POLICY TALENT POOL REFERENCE BOOKS C RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL MOSCOW 2018 Russian International Affairs Council Аuthor: M.V. Lapenko, PhD in History Copy Editors: E.S. Chimiris, PhD in Political Science; T.A. Makhmutov, PhD in Political Science EAEU: Economic Integration Space. Studying and Teaching Materials No. 8/2018 / M.V. Lapenko, Russian International Affairs Council. Moscow: NPMP RIAC, 2018. 112 p. – Authors and editors are listed on the reverse of the title page. ISBN ISBN 978-5-6040388-0-2 The studying and teaching materials «EAEU: Economic Integration Space» are devoted to the development of Eurasian integration at the present stage. The author considers processes in the theoretical context of integration, the experience of integration entities across the world and the history of Eurasian integration. Some chapters of the studying and teaching materials cover the prospects and scenarios of EAEU development. The materials are intended to be used for educational purposes by teachers, post-graduate students, students, and may be useful for specialists on Eurasian integration issues. The views and opinions expressed by the author herein do not necessarily reflect those of the Russian International Affairs Council. The full text of this teaching materials is available on the RIAC website. – russiancouncil.ru/en/umm8 © M.V. Lapenko, 2018 © Drafting, translation and design. NPMP RIAC, 2018 Table of Contents RIAC Introduction 4 Course Syllabus 5 Lecture Notes Lecture 1. Regional Integration: from Theory to Practice of Development in the Context of Globalization 6 Lecture 2. History of Eurasian Economic Integration 13 Lecture 3. Bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union 21 Lecture 4. Law, Categories, and Definitions of the Eurasian Economic Union 35 Lecture 5. Main Lines of Cooperation within the EAEU 38 Lecture 6. Methods and Techniques for Integration Assessment 67 Lecture 7. First Integration Results within the EAEU Framework 74 Lecture 8. EAEU Development Prospects up to 2025: Control Points, Analysis, and Forecasting 83 Glossary of Terms 95 Topics for Seminars and Round-Table Discussions 99 Test Questions and Assignments 101 Self-Instructional Materials 103 Topics for Written Tests/Group Research Projects 105 List of Information Sources and Bibliography 108 M.V. LAPENKO EAEU: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION SPACE RIAC Introduction In 2015, along with the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a new impetus was given to the topic of economic integration in the post-Soviet space. In the past three years, integration has been gaining momentum and gradually extending into the public and expert space in Russia and other member states of the Union. The rules and institutions to regulate EAEU activity were being formed. These new processes require qualified specialists, both for the implementation of EAEU development programs, and for a comprehensive study of the potential areas for future activities of the Union, including cooperation with other integration entities. All this creates prerequisites for the development of relevant scientific and educational programs. It is important to provide objective and systematized information about the EAEU not only for citizens of the member states of the Union, but also for experts from foreign countries who are interested in developing contacts with the EAEU. RIAC has been working on a study of Eurasian integration since 2015. Understanding the need to promote and share experience in the area of teaching Eurasian integration, RIAC launched an initiative to prepare studying and teaching materials on Eurasian integration. Marina Lapenko, Associate Professor at Chernyshevsky National Research Saratov State University, who has been successfully engaged in the study and teaching of disciplines on integration in the Eurasian space for several years, authored the studying and teaching materials. We expect that these materials will act as an effective catalyst to the formation of an expert network in the area of studying and teaching disciplines related to integration both in Russian universities and in universities of the EAEU member states. 4 Studying and Teaching Materials No. 8 / 2018 M.V. LAPENKO EAEU: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION SPACE COURSE SYLLABUS Course Syllabus No. Topics Lectures Seminars Hours Total 1 Regional Integration: from Theory to Practice of 2 2 4 Development in the Context of Globalization 2 History of Eurasian Economic Integration 2 2 4 3 Bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union 4 4 8 4 Law, Categories, and Definitions of Eurasian 2 2 4 Economic Union 5 Main Lines of Cooperation within the EAEU 4 4 8 6 Methods and Techniques for Integration Assessment 2 2 4 7 First Integration Results within the EAEU Framework 2 2 4 8 EAEU Development Prospects up to 2025: Control 2 2 4 Points, Analysis, and Forecasting Hours Total: 20 20 40 www.russiancouncil.ru 5 M.V. LAPENKO EAEU: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION SPACE Lecture Notes Lecture 1. Regional Integration: from Theory to Practice of Development in the Context of Globalization 1.1. Definition, goals, objectives, and position of regional integration in globalization processes Integration processes are a characteristic feature of modern international rela- tions and represent the most important global trend of the last century. Integra- tion successfully started in Western Europe in the 1950s, and by the 1980s it already extended far beyond Europe. Integration entities appeared in North and Latin America, Africa, and East and South Asia. The term “integration” comes from the Latin “integratio”, which means the com- bining of separate parts into an integral whole. In the context of inter-state rela- tions, it implies a voluntary and mutually beneficial association of separate parts (entities) into some kind of independent integrity (community). At the same time, this integrated association is not just an arithmetic sum of its constituent parts, but it has a synergetic effect, because it is much larger and more meaningful in its scope. Integration can occur in various spheres – economic, political, social, cultural and other – both at the macroeconomic (inter-state) and microeconomic (individual firms and companies) levels. Integration can be performed on the basis of an institutional model (within the framework of a signed interstate agreement) or a soft model (no institutionalization implied, due to the high level of economic interdependence and complementarity). There are also other types of integra- tion, the one affecting only the market sphere, and deep integration, that is made manifest in production sphere. Economic integration is understood as the degree of development of economic relations, when the growing economic interdependence of two or more states leads to the merger of national markets of goods, services, capital, and labor, and the formation of an integrated market space with coordinated or unified mone- tary, financial and legal systems and very close