ГЕОПОЛИТИЧЕСКИ ГАМБИТ: ЦЕНТРАЛНА АЗИЯ МЕЖДУ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТТА И ”МЕКАТА СИЛА” НА РУСИЯ И КИТАЙ
GEOPOLITICAL GAMBIT: CENTRAL ASIA BETWEEN INTERDEPENDENCE AND “SOFT POWER” OF RUSSIA AND CHINA
Author(s): Lachezar RadevSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Political Theory, Governance, Public Administration, Geopolitics
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: geopolitics; China; Russia; Central Asia; South Asia; Southeast Asia
Summary/Abstract: After the collapse of USSR, Central Asia becomes independent but the ethnical non homogeneity as well as the instability are the main factors for the existence of the “European Balkans”. This is the reason for the acquired independence to be balanced between the both regional neighbors – Russia and China. A possible display of the similar “balancing” is compliance with “soft” power plus participation in tree initiatives: Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union and “One Belt, one Road” as well as obedience with the upcoming strategic triangle Russia-Iran-China.
Journal: ПУБЛИЧНИ ПОЛИТИКИ.bg
- Issue Year: 12/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 48-75
- Page Count: 28
- Language: Bulgarian