IDEOLOGY OF SUPRANATIONAL POLITICAL SPACES AND THE INTEGRATION-CONSCIOUSNESS. A STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EU AND THE EEU

• Published in: RUDN Journal of Political Science
• Main Author: Vladimir Sergeevich Izotov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2018-12-01
• Subjects: аксиология; ЕАЭС; ЕС; Евразия; евразийство; европеизация; внешнеполитическое сознание; идеология; интеграция; интеграционные системы; интеграционное сознание; наднациональность; популизм
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/19061

In this article the author attempts to distinguish the concept of the integration-consciousness in the modern processes of supranational integration. The relevance of this concept, as an integral part of a broader scientific category of the foreign policy-consciousness, is due to the growing role of ideology in integration processes. In article has done a comparative analysis of the ideological components of the two integration systems - the EU and the EEU. It is noted that in Europe and in Russia the influence of the integration on the sociocultural and foreign policy attitudes of citizens is constantly growing. At the same time, in the situation of the so-called “Cold War 2.0”, the perception of integration processes at the level of ideological discourses is becoming increasingly massive and populist. The author comes to the conclusion that the concept of the integration-consciousness has a significant impact on the dynamics of the modern integration processes. One of the main author’s finding is that for Russia within the framework of the EEU the integration-consciousness might play an important role in the much needed geographical diversification of the integration strategy.