Glenn Diesen - Russias Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia

Moscow has progressively replaced geopolitics with geoeconomics as power is recognised to derive from the states ability to establish a privileged position in strategic markets and transportation corridors. The objective is to bridge the vast Eurasian continent to reposition Russia from the periphery of Europe and Asia to the centre of a new constellation. Moscows Greater Europe ambition of the previous decades produced a failed Western-centric foreign policy culminating in excessive dependence on the West. Instead of constructing Gorbachevs Common European Home, the leaning-to-one-side approach deprived Russia of the market value and leverage needed to negotiate a more favourable and inclusive Europe. Eurasian integration offers Russia the opportunity to address this overreliance on the West by using the Russias position as a Eurasian state to advance its influence in Europe.Offering an account steeped in Russian economic statecraft and power politics, this book offers a rare glimpse into the dominant narratives of Russian strategic culture. It explains how the countrys outlook adjusts to the ongoing realignment towards Asia while engaging in a parallel assessment of Russias interactions with other significant actors. The author offers discussion both on Russian responses and adaptations to the current power transition and the ways in which the economic initiatives promoted by Moscow in its project for a Greater Eurasia reflect the entrepreneurial foreign policy strategy of the country.