When: April 9th 2024, 15.15-16.30
Where: Niagara building, 9th floor, seminar room or by Zoom: https://mau-se.zoom.us/j/69798529701
Erik Davtyan is Assistant Professor at Yerevan State University, Armenia.
Abstract
This talk will examine Armenia’s agency in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It will demonstrate how Armenia, being the smallest member state and facing a huge power asymmetry, has been able to influence the decision-making in the EAEU. The presenter will talk about three different strategies Armenia used to protect its interests: a) instrumentalizing the opportunities emanating from the institutional settings of the organization, b) negotiating exemptions from the EAEU legislation and securing core interests in the external relations of the union, and c) promoting specific ideas with the purpose of tailoring EAEU’s policy in a particular field to its economic needs.
