AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ VE KIRGIZİSTAN İLİŞKİLERİNDE SORUNLAR VE FIRSATLAR
CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE EU-KYRGYZSTAN RELATIONS

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, Central Asian region has become one of the hottest issues in political agenda and turned into an area of power struggle among the global actors such as the US, Russia and China. These global forces began working on various projects with the countries in the Central Asian region in order to increase their political influence and their control over oil and natural gas resources in the region. The newly independent and relatively weak states of Central Asia, in order to strengthen their presence and to be effective global powers in the international arena, are attempting to establish a “balance” with the great powers by adopting their political and economic agenda. In this context, it has become increasingly interesting to analyse the particular place and policy approach Kyrgyzstan will maintain with respect to the European Union (EU). This study will look at Kyrgyzstan's stance with regard to the EU's enlargement process along with the EU's general response to Central Asia. These will be analysed to obtain a deeper understanding of the EU’s interests and policies in the Central Asian region and especially in Kyrgyzstan.

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