The construction of “post-hegemonic multipolarity” in Eurasia: A comparative perspective

dc.contributor.authorGürcan, E.C.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-19T14:34:33Z
dc.date.available2024-05-19T14:34:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentİstinye Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe 2000s witnessed tectonic changes in the pattern of international relations. Central to these changes is the crisis of global governance and the multipolarization of world politics. Against this backdrop, Eurasian regionalism led by China and Russia is rising as a major force in geopolitical multipolarization. Recent research in international relations attests to growing interest in Eurasian regionalism, with case studies focusing on individual regional mechanisms. Almost entirely absent, however, is comparative research as to how alternative initiatives may promote Eurasian cooperation in a post-hegemonic direction. My research seeks to advance both our empirical and theoretical knowledge of this emerging area. How do geopolitical and economic realignments shape Eurasian cooperation and conflicts in a post-hegemonic direction? What are the historical and institutional settings that are helping Eurasian countries to implement a post-hegemonic agenda of regional cooperation? Using incorporated comparison, this article focuses on the cases of the SCO, the CSTO, the EAEU, and the AIIB; these are regarded as the most coherent and inclusive alternative governance initiatives in the Eurasian region. I argue that post-hegemonic multipolarity in Eurasia finds its strongest expression in regional governance focused on security and economic cooperation at the expense of US global hegemony. These governance mechanisms arise from several competing but complementary initiatives led by China and Russia. A striking characteristic of these mechanisms is that their institutional design reflects a nontraditional security approach, combining conventional security governance with efforts at market and financial and academic integration, business community building, and youth mobilization. The post-hegemonic character of Eurasian regionalism mainly lies in how it provides competing, but coalescing and coexisting schemes for regional governance, which redress Sino-Russian competition into a peaceful framework and do not call for a frontal attack on the US. Their prospects are threatened by Russia and China’s current economic challenges. © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/2329194X.2020.1839911
dc.identifier.endpage151en_US
dc.identifier.issn2329-194X
dc.identifier.issue2-3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85108882587en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage127en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/2329194X.2020.1839911
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/4511
dc.identifier.volume46en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBellwether Publishing, Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofJapanese Political Economyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240519_kaen_US
dc.titleThe construction of “post-hegemonic multipolarity” in Eurasia: A comparative perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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