Connecting Eurasia Dialogue

Laxenburg : IIASA, 2019.

Kofner J. C.

On 15 March 2019, the first “Connecting Eurasia Dialogue: From the Atlantic to the Pacific” was held in Brussels, at Europe’s political heart. The event was organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Conoscere Eurasia Association with the support of the Association of European Businesses and the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. Amid the current political cooldown, this was a unique gathering, enabling a high-level dialogue on trade, economic, and integration issues among stakeholders from the wider Eurasian space, including the European Union (EU), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and China. The focus of high-level policy makers and top business executives attended the Dialogue was on challenges and opportunities of the EU’s engagement with the EAEU, harmonization of soft infrastructure to enhance trans-Eurasian connectivity, and the EAEU’s single pharmaceutical market. This IIASA discussion paper provides a summary of the deliberations, supported by research from inside and outside the Institute.

Keywords: Европейский Союз, European Union, China, общее пространство, евразийская интеграция, eurasian integration, Common Spaces, Китайская Народная Республика, The Silk Road Economic Belt, Евразийский экономический союз (ЕАЭС), Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Экономический пояс Шелкового пути (ЭПШП), Большая Евразия, Greater Eurasia, Belt and Road (BRI)