In this episode, I spoke with Rilka Dragneva-Lewers of the University of Birmingham about the Eurasian Economic Union: what it really is, how it is developing, and whether the recent European Commission plan to use it as a tool of engagement with Russia makes sense. Rilka is the author of a new book with Kataryna Wolczuk, Ukraine Between the EU and Russia: The Integration Challenge.

 

Resources:

EU's Juncker Dangles Trade Ties with Russia-led Bloc to Putin, Reuters, November 19, 2015.

Overview of Kazakhstan's Commitments to the WTO (Annex E)

Dragneva-Lewers and Wolczuk, "Trade and geopolitics: Should the EU engage with the Eurasian Economic Union?" European Policy Center, April 2, 2015.

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