Open AccessIntegration Processes in Central Asia: The Clash of Interests of External Factors
Author(s) -
Алексей Эдуардович Безруков,
Khristo Ivanov,
Е. С. Чимирис
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gumanitarnye nauki. vestnik finansovogo universiteta/gumanitarnye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-1482
pISSN - 2226-7867
DOI - 10.26794/2226-7867-2021-11-3-62-70
Subject(s) - geopolitics , china , position (finance) , political science , foreign policy , central asia , resource (disambiguation) , economic system , political economy , development economics , international trade , sociology , economics , politics , law , computer network , finance , computer science
The article examines the prospects and limitations of the development of integration processes in the Central Asian region, taking into account several prominent external players in relation to the region — Russia, the United States and the EU (“collective West”) China The chosen topic is relevant for several reasons: the high resource capacity of the Central Asian region, the peculiarities of its geopolitical and geostrategic position, the growth of foreign policy and foreign economic activity of the countries of the region The authors of the article proceed from the hypothesis that the interests of the main large geopolitical players: Russia, China and the West, play one of the important roles in these processes The main problem considered in this article is to what extent the interests of large players coincide or contradict each other and whether they contribute to the interests of Eurasian economic integration The study was carried out using resource-actor analysis, taking into account the peculiarities of the behaviour of foreign policy actors The study identifed the most conicting points on the agenda of large external players, possible areas for cooperation, and factors, that inuence Russian integration initiatives in the region