[PDF] New Central Asia The The Regional Impact Of International Actors eBook

Author : Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 30,50 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9814287563

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This book focuses on Central Asia's place in world affairs and how international politics of state-building has affected the Asian region, thus filling the gaps in ongoing discussions on the rise of Asia in global governance. It also attempts to generalize and contextualize the "Central Asian experience" and re-evaluate its comparative relevance, by explaining the complex dynamics of Central Asian politics through a detailed analysis of the effects of major international actors -- both international organizations as well as current and rising great powers.--Publisher's description.

Author : Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9814466689

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This book focuses on Central Asia's place in world affairs and how international politics of state-building has affected the Asian region, thus filling the gaps in ongoing discussions on the rise of Asia in global governance. It also attempts to generalize and contextualize the “Central Asian experience” and re-evaluate its comparative relevance, by explaining the complex dynamics of Central Asian politics through a detailed analysis of the effects of major international actors — both international organizations as well as current and rising great powers.

Author : Fabienne Bossuyt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 27,32 MB
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000468844

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This book examines the involvement of the European Union (EU) and China in Central Asia and critically assesses the implications this has for the region as a whole. The volume adopts a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach, combining insights from International Relations, EU Studies, International Economics, International Law, Sinology, and History. It concentrates on three thematic levels: (1) historical and contextual, (2) geopolitical and geo-economic, and (3) socio-cultural and institutional. Paying particular attention to the role of the EU and the factors driving the EU’s and China’s relations with Central Asia, it looks at how the Central Asian countries position themselves vis-à-vis China’s growing influence, and how the balance of power between China, Russia, and the EU plays out. Contributors also explore the important historical context of the ‘Silk Routes’, as well as of the erstwhile connection of the Central Asian states with the Soviet Union. Critically analysing the potential areas for collaboration and synergy between the EU and China, the book also discusses the extent to which they share a common ground in Central Asia that could serve as a basis for long-term cooperation. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of International Relations, Economics, Sinology, and History.

Author : Elena Kulipanova
Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,76 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : 9783848702480

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Why have international organizations largely failed to promote regional cooperation in Central Asia? This study addresses the issue of mixed results of organizations' activities in the region and the still-ambivalent patterns of cooperation between and among the Central Asian states. Using the case studies of the ADB and the EU, it assesses the impact of external actors on interstate cooperation at the levels of domestic and regional politics. The study is grounded in the insights from a number of IR theories rooted in both rationalism and social constructivism. While conceptualizing impact in terms of power the book develops an analytical approach to understanding how international organizations try to induce change and identifies three possible explanations for their failure. Detailed investigation of the interests and policies of the Central Asian states - based on the case studies of international transport and trade facilitation - offers another approach to studying cooperation from a "functional" perspective. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Central Asia, international organizations, European studies and development studies.

Author : Kashif Hasan Khan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2023-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811987076

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This book addresses the current state of economic and political development within Central Asia and the importance of European countries and organizations as international actors and supranational organizations for the Central Asian Region (CAR). It aims to provide a better understanding of Central Asia’s multi-faceted relations in rapidly evolving geostrategic dynamics and serves as a timely insight into the contours of Central Asian states’ policies, emerging trends, and significant features of these interactions. The aim is to analyze the main challenges for future between the Europe and Central Asia relations, to make recommendations for improvement, and to identify lines for future research on this matter. It highlights key aspects of current discourses in CAR vis-à-vis the role of European countries and China and other key players. It explores post-Soviet scenarios, considering recent drastic changes in the equation of international relations in general and, more particularly the role of Russia and China vis-à-vis Europe in the CARs. This book covers the different perspectives on the EU’s new strategy (2019), which will contribute to strengthening relations between the two growing regions. It will be beneficial for academics, practitioners, and policymakers.

Author : N. Godehardt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,71 MB
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137359749

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China's commitments in Central Asia illustrate how regional foreign policy works and how long-standing principles of Chinese foreign policy might be revised in the near future. China's rise has 'moved' Asia, which is why it seems that what we have traditionally regarded as the geographic and political scope of Asia might actually considerably change in the near future. Nadine Godehardt gives crucial insights into the Chinese expert discourse on Central Asia - analyzing how Chinese experts define Central Asia when they talk and write about policy issues related to China's immediate Western neighbourhood. In this context, she gives an inside perspective on Chinese voices whose meanings are rarely examined in Chinese International Relations studies.

Author : JeongWon BOURDAIS PARK
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9819940796

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This book addresses how to mitigate regional tensions and enhance cooperative opportunities through well-designed regional institutions and organizations among countries in geographical proximity. We use the case of Central Asia (i.e., Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) to employ our conceptual framework of ‘externally guided regionalism.’ The following questions guide the study: How and by what forces has Central Asian regionalism evolved, and what are the main characteristics and political implications of the continuously evolving regional institutions? We discuss not only the extra-regional influential actors (i.e., Russia, the United States, the European Union, and China), but also intra-regional initiatives, strategies, and struggles in securing stability and sovereignty. Extra-regional actors’ growing competition over molding their own kind of multilateralism involving this region has contributed to the current direction of Central Asia’s regionalization. Concurrently, Central Asia’s political conditions and constraints interactively contribute to ever-increasing institutional sprawl.

Author : Roy Allison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815798538

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This volume is the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the strategic reconfiguration of Central Asia as Russia has become more disengaged from the nations in the region and as these nations have developed new relations to the south, east, and west. The international implications are enormous because of the rich energy sources—oil and natural gas—located in the Caspian Sea area. The authors assess a variety of internal security policy challenges confronting these states—for example, the potential for conflict arising from such factors as a mixed ethnic population, resource scarcity, particularly in relation to water management, and an Islamic revival. They also examine the security policy content of relations between the Central Asian states and regional and international powers—specifically the stakes, interests, and policies of Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, and the United States. These internal challenges and the evolution of relations with external powers may result in new cooperative relationships, but they may also lead to destabilizing rivalry and interstate enmity in Central Asia. It is important to identify new patterns of relevance for future security cooperation in the region, but the potential for a new security system or for new institutions to manage security in the region remains uncertain. These issues are explored by a team of prominent specialists from Western Europe, the United States, Russia and China.

Author : Kirill Nourzhanov
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1793650780

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Central Asia often evokes images of imperial power rivalry dating back to the 19th century. Yet as the region’s international politics becomes more complex in the age of globalization, the need for new ways of looking at its many actors is more pressing than ever. Today even the traditional great powers rely increasingly on subtle forms of influence to augment their military might and economic clout in order to achieve their objectives in Central Asia. Bearing this in mind, Soft Power in Central Asia examines the patterns of attraction and persuasion that help shape the political choices of countries in the region. Starting with an investigation of soft power projection by the US, Russia and China, it sheds light on normative transfer and public diplomacy of the European Union, Turkey and Israel, and concludes with a discussion of the Central Asian republics’ active stance in the competition for the hearts and minds. Containing original chapters contributed by leading experts in the field, the volume will appeal to scholars and professionals with interest in international relations, political science and Central Asian studies.