scholarly journals Regional Security and Energy Geopolitics of Central Asia

10.15535/387 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javed Zafar
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Regional Security

SCO AS AN INTERNATIONAL -INTERGOVERNMENTAL REGIONAL ORGANIZATION: ITS ROLE IN PROVIDING SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Barkhayot Nosirov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Regional Organization ◽  
Political Situation

In this article, the author tells about the history, legal bases and structure of SCO and underlines the role of organization in ensuring security of the region. The Counter Terroristic Structure of SCO was highlighted and briefly examined the main functions and goals. Moreover, social -economic and political situation in Afghanistan was considered as an important part of regional security and the author puts forward his proposal on ensuring stability in Afghanistan within the framework of the SCO.Keywords: SCO, security, terrorism, Regional Counter Terroristic Structure, Central Asia, Afghanistan, stability

BRI and its digital dimension: twists and turns

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kozłowski
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Digital Version ◽  
Integration Strategy ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Soviet Central Asia

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the perspectives of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Belt and Road strategy. The challenge in terms of studying the New Silk Road concept comes from the fact of dramatic difference between the declared ambitions of the Chinese state and the elusive character of concrete Chinese involvement, in particular as far as the digital dimension of the strategy is concerned. Design/methodology/approach The goal will be achieved by comparing the Chinese expansion in the Post-Soviet Central Asia with nowadays declarations concerning the digital version of the New Silk Road. For China, the Post-Soviet Central Asia was the first frontier approached on the basis of genuinely own integration strategy: the New Silk Road Diplomacy, which later evolved into the New Silk Road concept. An overview of Chinese activity in the region tells a lot about its grand strategy of today. Findings To paraphrase T.S. Kuhn, what one sees depends on not only what one is looking at but also what one has learned to notice. The Post-Soviet Central Asia shows the way Beijing thinks about integration. PRC achieved the most by basing on the free rider effect: concentrating on economic expansion, while other Powers provided relative regional security and stability. Originality/value The comparison of the beginnings of the New Silk Diplomacy in the 1990s with the plans of the New Digital Road gives a unique angle to grasp the specific features of the Chinese approach to international integration.

China Intensifies Economic Relations with Central Asia

2012 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Sarah Y. TONG ◽  
Min-hua CHIANG
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Trade Imbalances ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Poor Infrastructure

China's recent deepening relations with Central Asia aim to ensure regional security, satisfy its rising energy demand and generate economic gains for China's western regions. Bilateral relations will likely intensify, as China's energy demand continues to rise; serious constraints however remain, including possible protectionist sentiments in Central Asia due to rising trade imbalances, growing competition for influence among big powers and the relatively poor infrastructure in the region.

scholarly journals Cooperation in the sphere of regional security strengthening – priority task of SCO

2015 ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
C. Yurong
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Priority Task

The author insists that cooperation in the sphere of security remains the main task of SCO. The achievements of recent 10 years as well as new threats and challenges for security are considered, the author argues for necessity to provide common for all members of SCO legal basis for further approaches to security issues in the region of Central Asia.

Military and Political Security of Central Asia and CSTO Role in Its Provision

2012 ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
M. Basharat’yan
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Multilateral Cooperation ◽  
Security Treaty ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Security

Since early 2000s, the countries of Central Asia increasingly make an emphasis on the broad multilateral cooperation in the security sphere. It is planned to provide so the regional security in the face of the rise of international terrorism and extremism. In this regard, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is likely to play an important role. The article considers the formation of the system of collective security in Central Asia, the functions and tasks of the CSTO and other peace organizations in the region.

US Policy in Central Asia and Regional Security

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny F. Troitskiy
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Regional Security

scholarly journals Post-Soviet Central Asia in the Focus of Interests of Major Asian States (2019-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-99
Author(s):  
D. B. Malysheva
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
Independent States ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Economic Landscape ◽  
Soviet Central Asia

The study aims at identifying some areas of international political interaction between post-Soviet Central Asian states and the major economic powers of Asia -China, India and Japan. The task is to determine their interests in the Central Asian region with an emphasis on the political component. The current state of political cooperation between China, India, Japan and the countries of Central Asia is considered. Their joint efforts to solve the problems and threats facing the sustainable development of the region are characterized, while overcoming those problems occurs within the framework of the formation of both bilateral and multilateral relations. The dynamics of political and military interaction between China and its Central Asian partners is revealed. It is shown that the regional security sphere is directly linked by China with the problem of protecting its own economic interests in the countries undergoing its Belt and Road program, aimed at changing the economic landscape not only in Central Asia, but throughout Asia. India and Japan, whose positions have come closer against the background of rising China, has defined their own strategies for Central Asia. Politics of major Asian powers in post-Soviet Central Asia are analyzed through the prism of the emergence of a polycentric world in Asia. Its distinctive features are: the emergence of new regional “centers of power”; their confrontation along the line of Sino-Pakistani, Sino-Indian rivalries; involvement of external players (the U.S.) in regional processes. In this regard, attention is drawn to the activities of such a multilateral international structure as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), as well as to the development of alternative infrastructure projects and concepts - QUAD, Indo-Pacific, Blue Dot Network. The results of the study are formulated in the following conclusion: the countries of Central Asia and the major regional economic powers in Asia base their relations on the foundation of mutually beneficial interests and equal partnership of independent states.

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