Content (Syllabus outline):

• Definition of the basic geographical, historical, political and economic characteristics of Eurasia.
• Political systems of the central EU member-states, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and India (characteristics, advantages, weaknesses).
• Economic systems of the central EU member-states, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and India (characteristics, advantages, weaknesses).
• Political and economic cooperation between the central states of Eurasia (the logic of cooperation and obstacles to cooperation).
• The “Belt and Road Initiative” and the “Eurasian Economic Union”.
• The EU within the frameworks of the Atlantic political and economic cooperation and the Eurasian political and economic cooperation.