Koshel, A. S., Ilyin, I. V. Theoretical and Methodological Grounds for Studying Humanitarian Cooperation Between the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union

Abstract: The topic of the present research is rather complex and consists of the two components. The first component includes the main issues related to the definition of the term “humanitarian cooperation” under the conditions of Eurasian integration as part of the polycentric international system. The second component includes the analysis of the external policy of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, relations between social organizations and citizens interacting with each other regarding humanitarian integration for the purpose of creation and preservation of the unified humanitarian space. Research method is quite a controversial issue of the present work, too. The authors appeal to the methods of global studies as a multidisciplinary sphere of scientific knowledge. Global studies use both general scientific methods as well as research methods adopted from special sciences. The methodological base of the research includes a wide circle of scientific tools such as a comparative analytical method, institutional, structuralfunctional methods and system approach. The authors also view the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the definition of “humanitarian cooperation” in terms of globalization and regionalization. The authors have summarized the main materials on the matter and offered conclusions about the prospects of the humanitarian cooperation at the modern stage. In particular, they have underlined possibilities of the humanitarian cooperation under the conditions of regionalization of the Eurasian space as part of the development of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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