EURASIAN STUDIES

Alesia Slizhava (PhD)
(Professor in UCM (Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University Complutense in Madrid & Executive Director a Spanish Journal about History, Politics and International Relations)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 4 April 2015

In 2015 the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) was created as a regional organism with its own separate legal identity, composed of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia. It is based in Moscow, with a legal tribunal in Minsk and a financial tribunal in Almaty. Throughout the preceding two and a half years of negotiations, Moscow sought vainly to incorporate other members, in view of opposition from Belarus and Kazakhstan. The EEU plans further development that would create additional omissions and institutions whose ultimate goal would be to achieve a common fiscal, monetary and foreign policy. During 2015 the presidency is held by Belarus...Read more

Najiba Mustafayeva
(PhD Candidate at MGIMO University (Russia) &Expert at the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) (Azerbaijan)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 26 February 2015

The sad experience of history shows that international crime invariably accompanies human society. Indigenous interests of states, as well as security and stability on the planet depend on the ability and commitment of the international community to combat international crimes....Read more

Claudiu-Nicolae Sonda
(Postgraduate student in the M.A. Program - the International and European Relations- in the Linkoping University, Sweden)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication Date: 15 November 2014

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. These are the eleven original Founding Members who by signing on 25th June 1992 the Istanbul Summit Declaration and the Bosphorus Statement gave birth to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation . This project transformed into a fully-fledged international organization on May 1, 1999 with the entry into force of the BSEC Charter, and it reached the size it has today (12 members) in 2004 with the accession of Serbia .... Read more