With the Chinese engagement and great power competition on the rise, Russia keeps a vigilant eye on the -Stans
The latest months have been chaotic in Kyrgyzstan,... ... a constant effort to maintain stability within its traditional sphere of influence. Central Asia appears to be no less decisive than Belarus or Nagorno-Karabakh in this... ... equally distributed among Central Asian states. Uzbekistan prefers buying weapons from China, while Turkey is the largest arms supplier for Turkmenistan [
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In case of...
The biggest threat to Central Asia’s security is the overflow of terrorist activity from Afghanistan
Central ... ... feel changes in the situation in the Caucasus, in the Xinjiang autonomous territory of China, in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Militants from various terrorist groups in... ... separatists. Cells of the Islamic State (ISIS) (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia) also operate in the region.
Kazakhstan: Effective Peacekeeping Measures
Alexander...
..., then Russia is very likely to
prioritize projects
that are part of the Eurasian Land Bridge, as this corridor transits through Russia. Projects that are part of the China-Central Asia corridor, which circumvents Russia, are less likely to receive Russia’s support.
Sino-European cooperation: only a matter of time?
Yaroslav Lissovolik, Ekaterina Chimiris:
Serbia–EAEU: Integration Prospects in a Free Trade Area
When it comes to possible cooperation on connectivity between the EU and China in Central Asia, there seems to be a much stronger basis. Both sides have already repeatedly mentioned that they want to establish synergies between them to jointly advance connectivity in Central Asia. So far, there has not been any cooperation between ...
The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report
Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation ...
Chinese Presence and Eurasian Integration
Nirmala Joshi, Kamala Kumari:
China’s Silk Road Economic Belt and the Central Asian Response
Economic and political growth of China in the last two decades ... ... without being dependent on the SREB initiative.
RIAC Working Paper
“Prospects for Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Central Asia”
A new factor in Beijing’s policy towards... ... Eurasian integration, as integration initiatives promoted by Moscow and Beijing, such as EAEU и SREB, are addressed towards economic and political structuring of the neighboring...
.... Nor should they support EU initiatives aimed at diversifying infrastructure away from Russia. The majority of states in the region are now members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) which has its own legal and regulatory base. When investing in Central Asia, China should work within the EAEU framework and conform to its legal and technical standards. As one Russian expert put it, China can provide the economic content to fill the institutional framework provided by the EAEU (Bordachev, 2016). The idea of China promoting its own standards developed by the National Development and Reform Commission in the ...
