A Critical Analysis on the Impediments of Regional Integration in Central Asia
Journal: RUDN Journal of World History (Vol.15, No. 2)Publication Date: 2023-06-03
Authors : Ejazul Ateed; Merve Özel Özcan;
Page : 137-157
Keywords : Central Asia; Regional Integration; Regionalism; Organization; Relations; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Uzbekistan; Turkmenistan; Tajikistan;
Abstract
Central Asia emerged as an internationally important region after the five republics gained their independence from the USSR in 1991. The new regional identities that gained independence in Central Asia soon had the potential to motivate the regional integration process in this region. Until recently, the region’s independent identity was often blurred by Eurasia, as it was not unanimously recognized as a separate geopolitical region. At present, nearly three decades after independence, these countries yet could not break the spell of traditional interstate interaction. Central Asia is the only region in the world that lags behind other regions in terms of indigenous regional integration. The purpose of this article is primarily to emphasize that Central Asia is an influential regional entity with an independent identity. Second, it focuses on the factors behind the regional integration process or situation and the absence of an indigenous regional institution. It is argued that regional distinctive features and influence of interregional actors have frozen the regional integration process in Central Asia.
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