EAEU: Pandemic Takeaways

The article analyzes the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on development and implementation of integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union, which performs activities of strategic importance for the foreign policy of Russia. In order to figure out more precise predictive appraisals of quality and effectiveness of integration in the Eurasian region, the authors perform a research of integration processes based on 3 periods of time: 1. Development of integration processes in the EAEU before the pandemic, 2. Performance and resulting quality thereof during the pandemic, 3. Possible course of events scenario after the pandemic. The authors review current state of international relations, challenges and issues that EAEU is facing, prospects for further development and suggest recommendations on enhancing the organization’s activities.

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