The Strategic Path of Russia in Eurasia

Abstract

The transformation of the bipolar world order into unilateral or American globalization began following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ever since, the regions, countries, and markets of the world have been bizarrely interconnected with American economy and politics. Within this model, the US has become the centre of the world security, political and economic affairs. The re-emergence of Russia in the early 21th century raised the geopolitical and geo-economic importance of the entire Eurasian continent. China, India, Turkey, and Iran have coordinated some of their interests with Russia. These Eurasian powers are likely to create a common or shared geopolitical and geo-economic dominance in the region. This paper posits the hypothesis that Russian Eurasianist foreign policy strategy implies a comprehensive regional security, including political and economic cooperation initiatives by applying global partnership theory instead of heartland and rimland theory. It seeks an answer to the question of how Russia can shape a multi-vector diplomacy to convince the Eurasian great, middle and small powers to cooperate and coordinate their policies.