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Iran & Eurasian Economic Union 2010 - 2020

Student: Azish Maryam

Supervisor: Andrey Chuprygin

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

This research also reviewed Iran's future opportunities and challenges on the way of boosting its collaboration with the Eurasian countries. Since most members of the EAEU member states, the Russian Federation, in particular, is chasing the "pivot to Asia". The research is also trying to review different dimensions of economic benefits of Iran's participation in the Eurasian integration process in collaboration with EAEU member states and considers Iran and EAEU affectionate ties a great chance for Tehran to upsurge its incomes from non-oil export at the time of increased US sanctions. Consequently, this paper is trying to answer these questions: 1- What are the reasons behind Iran- EAEU cooperation? The main hypothesis is that Iran prioritizes expansion of cooperation with neighbors, regional countries; Iran's collaboration with EAEU could be considered as a breakthrough for Iran's trade with Eurasian countries and would help Tehran to expand its revenues from non-oil export and lesson the economic pressure exerted by sanctions on Iran. The object of this paper is to study the opportunities of free trade agreement inked between Iran and the EAEU. The subject of the paper is to study different dimensions of the Iran- EAEU free trade agreement and other documents signed between different members of the EAEU like Russia and Kyrgyzstan. The goal of the study is to gain a deeper understanding of the Iran-EAEU free trade agreement, potentials, and opportunities for boosting mutual cooperation. This research answered the above-mentioned questions by reviewing the bellow issues: Chapter One: Literature Review. Chapter Two: Iran's Relations with EAEU Member Sates 2.1. Iran-Soviet Union Relations After Victory of Islamic Revolution 2.2. Iran-Russian Federation Relations 2.3. Iran-Kazakhstan Relations After Victory of Islamic Revolution 2.4. Iran-Kyrgyzstan Relations After Victory of Islamic Revolution 2.5. Iran-Belarus Relations After Victory of Islamic Revolution 2.6. Iran-Armenia Relations After Victory of Islamic Revolution Chapter Three: Eurasian Economic Union Impact on Geoeconomics Situation of Iran: III.1. Economic and Geopolitical Significance of Iran's Cooperation with EAEU III.2. Political Significance of Iran's Cooperation with EAEU -Finally, discussing Iran-EAEU: Opportunities and Challenges. The chronological framework of the study covers the period from the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to the present. The theoretical basis of the study uses the perspective of regionalism, Russia's 'Greater Eurasia' vision, and Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran's "Dialogue Among Civilizations", public diplomacy and soft power theories in the context of international relations and the viewpoints of Iranian university professors, scholars and researchers. The methodology of this paper is applied based on a descriptive-analytical approach. The findings also confirm the validity of the research hypothesis. Data gathering mainly is based on primary resources, secondary, library information, documentation, personal interview, and also online books and articles in three languages including Farsi, English, and Russian. The academic novelty of the research: This research is a proper resource for researchers to become acquainted with Iran's geopolitical, economic, and political potentials, recent developments in EAEU, and Iran-EAEU current relations. It is also anticipated that this study could be considered as a source for future researches about Iran-EAEU collaboration. It will also introduce several precious sources into scientific circulation. Practical implication: This study can be used by Iranian and EUAE interested departments, as well as analytical institutes in the world.

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