CASI RESEARCH SEMINAR: Major Powers and Regionalism in Central Asia
January 27, 2016
Peter Krasnopolsky, PhD candidate, University of Nottingham, School of International Studies, China, CASI Visiting Scholar
Abstract: After the dissolution of the USSR, post-Soviet Central Asia had predisposition and capacity to emerge as a coherent region. However, in the past decades the degree of cooperation and exchanges between the five states has declined. The literature generally agrees on internal (inter-regional) constraints to cooperation among Central Asian states. However, there is little consensus regarding the roles played by major powers, particularly Russia and China, on Central Asian regionalism.