TRANSIB VS “TUMANGAN PROJECT” IN THE CONTEXT OF EURASIAN INTEGRATION (TO THE HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM)
The article examines the history of the “Tumangan Project”, examines the transformation of its concept and possible economic and geopolitical consequences of its implementation. The author assumes that the geopolitical architecture of Eurasia in the XXI century could undergo significant changes, initiated by the developers of the “Tumangan Project” in the face of some UN structures and the leadership of China. The Tumangan Project is not as harmless and “progressive” as it was stated in print and electronic media, it contains serious threats and challenges to Russia’s security. Russia’s task, according to the author, is to form a bloc of Central Asian States, Korea and Japan, ahead of China in its natural desire to create a Union of Mongoloid States. The world community has no other choice but to work together to build the structures of a future secure world. In this future world, Russia is destined to play the role of the third (multi-racial) power center of Eurasia (along with the European community and China), reducing to a minimum the “racial tension” between the Europoid and Mongoloid poles of the planet. Two projects can become real steps towards the implementation of this plan: the project of an underwater tunnel between Japan and the mainland with access to the Trans-Siberian railway and the project of the Trans-Korean railway, also with access to the Trans-Siberian railway. Their implementation is the responsibility of the economic and geopolitical interests of Russia.