ISSN (print) - 0131-7652

ISSN (online) - 2686-7605

Vol. 50 No. 10 (2020)
Тема номера: ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ПОВЕСТКА КУРУЛТАЯ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ И СЕВЕРНОЙ АЗИИ

Is Economic Integration Possible in the Central Asia? A Regional Vector of Kazakhstan’s Policy

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  • G. Duysen,
  • D. Aytghanova,
  • P. Teslya
G. Duysen
Institute of Eastern Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Bio
D. Aytghanova
Institute of Eastern Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Bio
P. Teslya
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS; Novosibirsk technical university; Novosibirsk State Research University
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30680/ECO0131-7652-2020-10-8-33

Published 2020-10-02

Keywords

  • regional studies,
  • the Central Asian region,
  • regional integration,
  • regional conflicts,
  • extraregional influence,
  • the ‘belt and road’ initiative,
  • EAEИ
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How to Cite

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Duysen Г, Aytghanova Д, Teslya П. Is Economic Integration Possible in the Central Asia? A Regional Vector of Kazakhstan’s Policy. ECO [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 2 [cited 2024 May 11];50(10):8-33. Available from: https://ecotrends.ru/index.php/eco/article/view/4125

Abstract

The paper examines problems of regionalism and conflicts of interests in Central Asian countries that create obstacles to intraregional integration, revealing a special role that Kazakhstan plays in the sub-region. The degree of integration of economies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan is estimated according to trade and capital movement statistics. It is shown that use of water resources increases conflicts between the countries of Central Asia. The history of modern integration processes in the Central Asian countries shows a weak potential of intraregional economic and political ties. Such are the economic structures and spatial distribution of productive forces that with the current level of technological development, accumulated capital and alignment of external political and economic interests, Central Asia is most likely to be an object of integration processes rather than its subject. Until the end of the 2010s, the region was dominated by Russia’s economic and military power. By the end of this period, China’s leadership is becoming quite apparent. Kazakhstan plays the first fiddle in the economic ensemble of Central Asian republics. A profile of regional economic and political structures will depend on the choice of who and how enters into alliances.
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