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Integrating domestic politics and foreign policy making: the cases of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan / Anceschi, Luca

Anceschi, Luca	Journal Article
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2010.

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Matters of domestic political consideration exerted a major influence on the processes of foreign policy making established and developed by the authoritarian leaderships of post-Soviet Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The preservation of internal authoritarian stability and the political survival of the national regimes have therefore constituted the key foreign policy ends set by decision makers in Ashgabat and Tashkent. This article unveils and discusses the interconnection between domestic politics and foreign policy making in post-Soviet Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan by looking comparatively at the dynamics through which the regimes manipulated foreign policy to consolidate their internal power. In particular, this article will analyse the crucial role played by foreign policy in the regimes' responses to perceived threats to their political stability.

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Authoritarianism ; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan ; Foreign Policy

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Turkmenistan and the virtual politics of Eurasian energy: the case of the TAPI pipeline project / Anceschi, Luca

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In December 2015, leaders from Central and South Asia took part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project. Sixteen months later, a confusing information flow continues to obfuscate external assessments of the project’s development: official rhetoric notwithstanding, there is no certainty on the details of project financing, while the pipeline route has yet to be determined. To illuminate this obscure implementation path, this article regards TAPI as a virtual pipeline, an infrastructure project that wields invaluable influence only when it is employed as a foreign policy tool or permeates domestic discourses of progress framed by the elites of the four consortium partners. The constituent elements of TAPI virtuality are discussed here through a dedicated focus on the process of energy policy-making of Turkmenistan – the sole supplier of gas for the pipeline project and the consortium’s key stakeholder.

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Authoritarianism ; Natural Gas ; Turkmenistan ; Pipelines

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Tyranny of pragmatism: EU-Kazakhstani relations / Anceschi, Luca

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2014.

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The pragmatic interests of Kazakhstan and the European Union have profoundly influenced the relationship between them, preventing the establishment of successful cooperation in the human dimension. This article investigates these dynamics in detail, placing its spotlight on the role assigned to the relationship with the European Union in the most recent technologies of power devised by the Kazakhstani regime. Particular attention here will be devoted to the tension between the regime's search for international legitimacy and its efforts to insulate itself from EU pressures for political liberalisation.

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International Cooperation ; Central Asia ; Europe ; Kazakhstan ; International Legitimacy ; Political regime ;
Political Liberalisation ; Political Pragmatism ; International Relations - IR ; European Union - EU ; International Organization - IO ; Foreign Policy Dilemma ;
EU-Kazakhstani Relations

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