Essential characteristics of Greater Eurasia

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the exploring essential foundation of the idea of Greater Eura­sia and tries to conceptualize it. It is revealed why political and economic researches of Greater Eurasia are inevitably tend to appeal to philosophical methodology. Histori­cally gathering of huge territory follows one of the three ways: imperial, military or polit­ical union and integration. One of the key parts of the article focuses on dispelling the widespread opinion that Greater Eurasia is an integration project. For this purpose, the integration parameters are outlined and comparative analysis with the European union is performed. In the end author outlines the essence of Greater Eurasia as a project of in­tercivilization defense alliance axiologically confronting the Western civilization project.