... success of the late 20th and early 21st centuries was built. Following its geopolitical victory in Uzbekistan, which will in future retrospect appear Pyrrhic, China will after mid-century begin a definite and irremediable decline, beginning gradually ... ... Eurasian-level effects of technological change would be to Russia’s energy production advantage, while at the regional Central Asian level, demographic change would continue to increase Kazakhstan’s influence at Uzbekistan’s expense....
... that today appear to divide Central Asian peoples should help to integrate them in future. And this will be the central political challenge to the existing borders in the region in the 21st century.
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Andrei Kazantsev:
Five Scenarios for the Future Borders
of Central Asia
It is obviously impossible to make accurate predictions about borders in Central Asia by the start of the 22nd century. However, general patterns of societal changes can well be visualized, particularly given some of the already emerging ...
... in regional affairs suggests that the borders of Central Asian countries may be changed to meet the interests of these outside players. How might national borders in the region change in one hundred years?
Mobile Borders in Central Asia
Contemplating future borders in Central Asia is not an easy task: for one thing, the external boundaries of this region, vis-à-vis the other regions of the world, have never been clearly defined. In terms of classical 19th century geography, Central Asia is the region of the ...
