Today, Eurasian issues are the subject of quite active study in Russia, post-Sovietcountries, and abroad. In Russia, Eurasian studies are actively conducted at St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, MGIMO University, People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Southern Federal University, and others. After the fall of the USSR, subsequent integrational processes in this region came into force and brought a new field of research in scholarly literature – post-Soviet studies. Within this framework, Russian and foreign scholars have been undertaking efforts, on the one hand, to produce an adequate terminological apparatus and conceptual framework and, on the other hand, to analyze the empirical data on the evolution of integrational processes in the former Soviet space. However, in the 2000s, the opinion that the concept of “post-Soviet space” did not reflect the entire range of geopolitical events, and experiences from its “imperial” past became prevalent in political discourse. The so-called civilizational approach to the determination of the space concerned is gradually becoming more popular in Russian political thought. The terms Eurasia and Eurasian space were suggested to be the most accurate. From the perspective of the Russian researchers, three “Eurasias” coexist in social sciences: “Eurasia as the post-Soviet space,” “Eurasia as a framework for the Eurasian ideology,” and “Eurasia as Europe and Asia.” Finally, today, the most popular concept among Russian experts and scholars is the “Greater Eurasia,” which emerged after Russia and China came up with the concept of a Greater Eurasian partnership or community as a common space for economic, logistic, and information cooperation and for peaceand security from Shanghai to Lisbon and from New Delhi to Murmansk. Thus, the subject of modern Eurasian studies in Russia has both regional and global dimensions. It is not limited anymore by “post-Soviet” space and finds itself in current Eurasian integration in the framework of the “Greater Eurasia.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Russian International Relations Studies
Subtitle of host publicationbook
EditorsM. Lagutina, A. Sergunin, N. Tsvetkova
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Pages234-260
Number of pages27
ISBN (Electronic)9781003257264
ISBN (Print)978-100083188-7, 978-103218995-6, 978-1-032-18996-3
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Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2023

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