ABSTRACT

This paper analyses the ideational interaction underlying attempts at regional integration and cooperation in Eurasia. While the ideas and values of the European Union have been relatively well-studied within the theory of Europeanisation, the key concepts, ideas, values and principles driving Eurasian regionalism have remained out of the main focus of Western scholarship. This paper aims to shed more light on this ideational basis of Eurasian regionalism by unveiling the discourse developed in Russian scholarship and available only in Russian. Understanding interactions between institutions will always remain partial as long as the ideational interaction is not addressed. Such concepts as ‘integrative mentality’, as a segment of the wider category ‘foreign policy mentality’, and the theory of neo-Eurasianism have been incorporated into Russian political discourse and therefore affect public opinion through specific interpretation of economic, political and cultural processes in the EU’s near neighbourhood and the EU as an actor. The analysis presented in this paper indicates the development of new ideational competition, in addition to the well-documented geopolitical one. The paper also aspires to contribute to emerging research on public support to governmental strategic choices and self-legitimation of international organisations in Eurasia.

摘要

本文分析了欧亚大陆区域一体化与合作尝试中的思想互动。尽管在欧洲化理论中对欧盟的思想和价值观进行了相对深入的研究，但驱动欧亚地区主义的关键概念，思想，价值观和原则仍然不在西方学术研究的重点之列。本文旨在进一步阐明这一概念。揭露俄罗斯学术界发展的，仅以俄语提供的话语，从而成为欧亚地区主义的基础。只要不解决观念上的互动，对机构之间的互动的理解将始终保持局部性。诸如“综合心态”（作为更广泛的“外交政策心态”的一部分）的概念以及新欧亚主义理论已被纳入俄罗斯政治论述中，因此通过对经济，政治和文化进程的特定解释而影响公众舆论在欧盟附近和欧盟中扮演一个角色。本文的分析表明了新观念的发展竞争，除了有据可查的地缘政治之一。该论文还渴望为有关公共支持欧亚大陆政府战略选择和国际组织的合法性的新兴研究做出贡献。