CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Gabrielyan, Akop |
|---|---|
| Title | THE PERSPECTIVES OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: THE IMPACT OF ARMENIA'S ACCESSION TO THE EURASIAN CUSTOMS UNION |
| Summary | The research aims to show economic, political and other perspectives of integration initiative in the South Caucasus. Particularly, the project of the Eurasian Customs Union and its impact on Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan under the conditions of Armenia’s accession is viewed. As today there is no single assessment about positive or negative outcomes of accession, the research aims to deliver both perspectives, using Neofunctionalist approach, Historical Institutionalism and other theories for a comprehensive study, as well as observation of the survey conducted by the Eurasian Development Bank for presenting the opinion of regional peoples of those three mentioned states about the Union. As the research finds, understanding of outcomes of Armenia’s accession requires differentiation of corresponding economic, political and cultural-ideological dimensions. Respectively, for Armenia the accession promises dual economic effects, and no changes in the political freedom in the realm of international relations. Armenia’s accession might be beneficial also for Georgia under some particular circumstances, whereas for Azerbaijan there is not much room for cooperation given the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh Republic. With regard to the opinion of regional peoples, the research confirms initial expectation, that is, Armenians to be more positive about the Eurasian Customs Union integration project than Georgians and Azerbaijanis. |
| Supervisor | Gabor Toka |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/gabrielyan_akop.pdf |
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