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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">18452</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2018-18-2-262-270</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Contemporary society: the urgent issues and prospects for development</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Современное общество: актуальные проблемы и перспективы развития</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">‘Greater Europe’ or ‘Greater Eurasia’? In search of new ideas for the Eurasian integration</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«Большая Европа» или «Большая Евразия»? В поиске новых идей для евразийской интеграции</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tsvyk</surname><given-names>A V</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Цвык</surname><given-names>Анатолий Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат исторических наук, старший преподаватель кафедры теории и истории международных отношений Российского университета дружбы народов</bio><email>tsvyk_av@rudn.university</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 18, NO2 (2018)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 18, №2 (2018)</issue-title><fpage>262</fpage><lpage>270</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-05-02"><day>02</day><month>05</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Tsvyk A.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Цвык А.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Tsvyk A.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Цвык А.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/18452">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/18452</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">The article considers the genesis of the idea of ‘Greater Eurasia’ which refers to the common humanitarian, economic, political and security space from Lisbon to Shanghai. In the first part of the article, the author focuses on the development of the idea of ‘Greater Europe’ and its historical background. The author notes that the idea of ‘Greater Eurasia’ was preceded by the idea of ‘Greater Europe’ as a project of integration or convergence of the leading European countries and Russia. In the second part of the article, the author considers possible ways and prospects for cooperation of the EU and the EAEU in the framework of the idea of ‘Greater Europe’. The article emphasizes that under the implementation of the project of the Eurasian Economic Union, the idea of ‘Greater Europe’ was associated not only with the interaction of the EU and Russia, but also of the EU and the EAEU. However, from the author’s point of view, today the idea of ‘Greater Europe’ from Lisbon to Vladivostok is losing its relevance due to China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative. The author considers the perceptions of the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative by the EU and the EAEU and concludes that the idea of ‘Greater Eurasia’ with the participation of the EU, the EAEU and China is a new geo-political phenomenon which will represent a common space between Europe, the EAEU states and Asia and in which Russia and other members of the EAEU can become a centre for integration of Asia and Europe. According to the author, this idea has a number of advantages as well as risks that are presented in the article.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">Статья посвящена идее построения «Большой Евразии» как общего гуманитарного, экономического и политического пространства от Лиссабона до Шанхая. В первой части статьи автор рассматривает популярную в 1990-е годы концепцию «Большой Европы», которая предшествовала идее «Большой Евразии». Идея «Большой Европы» затрагивалась в выступлениях таких политиков, как Ш. де Голль, М. Горбачев и др. и предполагала постепенное сближение и последующую интеграцию России и европейских государств. Во второй части статьи автор оценивает перспективы сотрудничества Евразийского экономического союза и Европейского союза в контексте реализации идеи «Большой Европы». Несмотря на множество преимуществ идеи «Большой Европы», автор обозначает ряд факторов, оказывающих на нее негативное влияние: ухудшение российско-европейских отношений, вызванное украинским кризисом и нелегитимной антироссийской санкционной политикой Евросоюза; стремление Евросоюза развивать отношения со странами Евразийского экономического союза на двустороннем, а не на наднациональном уровне и др. В третьей части статьи автор отмечает, что концепция «Большой Европы» постепенно утрачивает актуальность как в связи с ухудшением отношений России и Евросоюза, так и вследствие реализации Китаем инициативы «Один пояс, один путь» - создания сети экономических коридоров и транспортных маршрутов, которая связывает Европу, Россию и страны Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона. По мнению автора, в настоящее время актуализируется идея построения «Большой Евразии» с географическими границами от Лиссабона до Шанхая, в которой Россия и страны ЕАЭС могли бы стать центром евразийской интеграции. Эта идея имеет ряд рисков и преимуществ, которые и обозначены в статье.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>‘Greater Eurasia’</kwd><kwd>‘Greater Europe’</kwd><kwd>EAEU</kwd><kwd>EU</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>‘Belt and Road’ Initiative</kwd><kwd>integration</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Евразия</kwd><kwd>ЕАЭС</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>«Большая Европа»</kwd><kwd>«Большая Евразия»</kwd><kwd>интеграция</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Bond I. The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union and One Belt, One Road: can they work together? Centre for European Reform. 2017. http://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/pb_eurasian_IB_ 16.3.17_0.pdf.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Degterev D.A., Yan Li, Trusova A.A. 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