No. 183: Competition or Coordination?

The Eurasian Economic Union and China's One Belt, One Road Initiative

Author(s): Xin Zhang, Lifan Li, Alexander Gabuev
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schroeder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 183
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2016

This edition considers the efforts to coordinate the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and China's One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. Firstly, Zhang Xin critically reviews the perspectives of the Russian and Chinese expert communities about the relationship between the two regional projects. Secondly, Li Lifan examines the challenges facing the attempts to "dock" the EEU and OBOR. Thirdly, Alexander Gabuev suggests that a number of post-Soviet states are keen to capitalise on the OBOR initiative.

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