ENERGY OF GREATER EURASIA: PROSPECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Abstract

The author analyzes Greater Eurasia concept and the prerequisites for the implementation of this geopolitical project. During Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine the concept became a trigger in the transformation of Comprehensive Eurasian Partnership which includes the countries of the EAEU, SCO and ASEAN and their opposition to the collective West led by the United States. In such circumstances Greater Eurasia is strengthening as a new pole of power in a multipolar world based on political parity between Moscow and Beijing. We believe that in the global economic confrontation between the US and China the countries of the Eurasian partnership should pursue a more consolidated domestic policy of non-interference of Western countries in internal affairs. This also applies to the implementation of their new economic strategies, taking into account the realities of the global recession from Beijing to Istanbul and from Moscow to Jakarta. It is also worth mentioning the BRICS format that 20 non-Western countries (from Argentina to Saudi Arabia) would like to join. In our opinion, the return to a bipolar system led by the United States and China will be established in the long term. The goal of Russia is to preserve and enhance the Eurasian space which it does by conducting Special Operation on the territory of Ukraine. It should be noted that in such complicated geopolitical conditions Moscow as the manager of Greater Eurasian Partnership is striving for greater economic and political cooperation with non-Western countries. Particular attention is focused on the development of energy projects as connecting links in cooperation of the countries of Central and South Asia, Iran, Mongolia, China, Azerbaijan and Turkey. Moscow is redirecting its energy policy towards the Southeast thereby strengthening and expanding its energy presence on Eurasian continent and also in Africa and Southeast Asia. Successful implementation of energy projects in these regions will have a favorable future impact on formation of the Comprehensive Eurasian Partnership.