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CENTRAL EURASIA IN THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL AND GEO-ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS
Eldar ISMAILOV, Murad ESENOV
Eldar Ismailov, Ph.D. (Econ.), Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus, Chairman of the Editorial Board of
Central Asia and the Caucasus (Baku, Azerbaijan)Murad Esenov, D.Sc. (Political Science), Director of the Institute for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies, Editor-in-Chief of
Central Asia and the Caucasus (Luleå, Sweden)
INTRODUCTION
On the political map of the world, Central Eurasia (CEA), which has stood for centuries at the crossroads of the vital arteries between Western Europe and Eastern Asia, is comprised today of nine sovereign states—Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. Although a historically interdependent, single, socioeconomic area, CEA unites countries which differ immensely in terms of their natural geographic characteristics (territorial relief, supplies of natural resources, area, and so on), economic potential (level of production, investments, incomes, and so on), human development, attitude toward reform, social, environmental, and administrative standing, and willingness to engage in cooperation. Despite these differences, the countries of the region have much in common (mainly of a transitive nature), partly due to their centuries-long common political and economic history (particularly when they formed a part of the Soviet Union) and Soviet heritage, and partly to their significant interdependence in trade, water and energy systems, the environment, difficulties in gaining access to the world markets, and vulnerability to natural disasters and man-induced threats.
Along with this, based on geopolitical and geo-economic expediency, the need and importance of integrating the region into a single integral formation are growing. The stability currently achieved in the region is still rather tenuous, and although the problems arising primarily relate to the……………..
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