CONTEMPORARY EURASIA IX ( 2 )
TATUL MANASERYAN
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION
Abstract : The first two decades of the third millennium have clearly displayed the need to deal with the burden of historical heritage related to human security and , in fact , to growing insecurity . Moreover , no nation is able to solve this issue unilaterally – isolated from regional , transregional , as well as global trends and developments . Therefore , the emerging trend of regionalization presumes the mounting synergy of nations in an attempt to reveal , reduce and eliminate existing threats to human security . Regional security issues were aggravated by Azerbaijan with its widespread aggression along the entire border against the unrecognized state of Artsakh . This became a real threat to neighboring countries and the entire region due to the active involvement of Turkey ’ s army with the use of NATO weapons and internationally restricted missiles and other armaments . This is considered a terrorist attack against a peaceful population , involving thousands of specially trained mercenary terrorists from Turkey , Pakistan and Syria . Soon after the start of the war , terrorists appeared in Armenia , Iran , Russia , and even in Europe , bombing synagogues , churches , and attacking peaceful citizens . The war , terrorism and their consequences are spreading rapidly . Joint efforts are required not only for the fight against terrorism , but also against other threats during this fragile peace . Issues related to environmental security are among the various threats that face the human race in the era of digitalization and the Fourth Industrial Revolution . While many threats are prioritized globally and formulated in Sustainable development goals , others are justified by national and international experts . 1 Our study concentrates on threats at the regional level , particularly covering the relatively new regional formation called the Eurasian Economic Union ( EAEU ). Keywords : economic threats , environmental security , Eurasian Economic Union , regional challenges , war in Artsakh .
Introduction
Despite all the existing economic , political , cultural and other particularities in many post-Soviet countries 2 , there are several common
1 Matt McFarland , “ The 12 threats to human civilization , ranked ,” The Washington Post ,
February 20 , 2015 , https :// www . washingtonpost . com / news / innovations / wp / 2015 / 02 / 20 / the-12-threats-tohuman-civilization-ranked /. 2 Evgeny Vinokurov and Alexander Libman , Eurasian integration : Challenges of
transcontinental regionalism , ( Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan , 2012 ). 75