Economic prospects of the Russian-Chinese partnership in the logistics projects of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt: a scientific literature review

The article provides a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on the development of Russian-Chinese cooperation in combining economic and logistics projects of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt. The authors analyze popular views on integration processes in Russia, China, and the West to demonstrate the geopolitical picture in the Eurasian space. The first group of works focuses on studying China's concept of 'One Belt - One Road,' which has attracted great attention from Russian scientific circles since its promotion in 2013. Russian scientists such as Uyanaev S.V., Larin A.G., Lukin A.V., Luzyanin S.G., Remyga V.N., and Kuziev N.A. have analyzed this foreign economic concept adopted by China, exploring its main goals, contents, principles, methods of implementation, prospects, and challenges for both China's development and Sino-Russian cooperation. Chinese researchers such as Wu Jianming, Huang Yipin, Jin Lin, Su Ge, Shi Yan, and Yuan Xintao provide detailed analyses of political and economic aspects of China's new strategy. Wu Jianmin's monograph 'The Belt and the Road' is particularly noteworthy for analyzing motivation and specifics of the Chinese initiative under changing external and internal environments. The second group includes works devoted to studying the Eurasian Economic Union since it directly shows Russia's interests in regional arenas. Russian scientists such as Mansurov T.A., Volodin V.M., Kaftulina Yu.A., Rusakova Yu.I., Bekyashev K.A., Moiseev E.G comprehensively explain strategic cooperation in trade/economy, science/technology, military security/culture/education while presenting proposals for practical steps for interaction between China/Russia while Zhao Huizhong interprets importance of Russia in Chinese project and Sino-Russian joint cooperation.. The article concludes that the Sino-Russian comprehensive strategic partnership meets fundamental interests of both countries and peoples with common interests in various fields; therefore suggesting that Russia and China should continue to deepen their cooperation in implementing 'One Belt - One Road' initiative while addressing challenges together effectively .

Russian-Chinese Cooperation: Combining Economic and Logistics Projects of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt

The development of Russian-Chinese cooperation in combining economic and logistics projects of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) has attracted great attention from both scientific circles in Russia, China, and the West. In this article we provide a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on this topic to demonstrate the geopolitical picture in the Eurasian space.

China's Concept of 'One Belt - One Road'

The first group of works focuses on studying China's concept of 'One Belt - One Road,' which has been promoted since 2013. Russian scientists such as Uyanaev S.V., Larin A.G., Lukin A.V., Luzyanin S.G., Remyga V.N., and Kuziev N.A have analyzed this foreign economic concept adopted by China, exploring its main goals, contents, principles, methods of implementation, prospects, and challenges for both China's development and Sino-Russian cooperation. Chinese researchers such as Wu Jianming, Huang Yipin, Jin Lin, Su Ge Shi Yan ,and Yuan Xintao provide detailed analyses of political and economic aspects of China's new strategy with Wu Jianmin’s monograph ‘The Belt and The Road’ being particularly noteworthy for analyzing motivation and specifics under changing external/internal environments .

Eurasian Economic Union

The second group includes works devoted to studying the Eurasian Economic Union since it directly shows Russia's interests in regional arenas. Russian scientists such as Mansurov T.A., Volodin V.M., Kaftulina Yu.A., Rusakova Yu.I., Bekyashev K