| ID | 147736 |
| Title Proper | If stakes have failed |
| Other Title Information | Central Asia choosing between globalization and regionalization |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Safranchuk, Ivan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | When the Central Asian governments realized that these projects were the main alternatives, the Ukrainian crisis was already raging. It greatly distorted the perception of any initiative by local elites. Their ideas of a geopolitical balance had changed over the previous decade, and now they preferred geopolitical neutrality and were very wary of everything with a shadow of geopolitics. They had long sensed this shadow in the Russian and U.S. proposals, and were therefore more disposed towards the Chinese one. Nevertheless, they were well aware of all the pitfalls and had no intention to end up on the sidelines of the Chinese economy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Russia in Global Affairs Vol. 14, No.4; Oct-Dec 2016: p.124-136 |
| Journal Source | Russia in Global Affairs 2016-10 14, 4 |
| Key Words | Globalization ; Central Asia ; Regionalization |