KAZAKHSTAN IN THE SYSTEM OF GEOPOLITICAL AND REGIONAL RELATIONS OF THE EU AND THE PRC
Keywords:
European Union, China, Kazakhstan, cooperation, Caspian region, geopoliticsAbstract
The European Union (EU) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are powerful trade and economic partners in the global market. As of 2019, the EU was the PRC’s largest trading partner (the second-largest was ASEAN, and the United States ranked only third), and for the EU, PRC is the number one partner. In China, there are special forms of partnership with other entities of international relations associated with the new foreign policy strategy. The common interests of the EU and China in the use of the Caspian region’s energy resources lead to mutually bene eration between the two actors. The Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) is the main link in cooperation between these actors in the Caspian region.
Currently, transcontinental communication projects are underway: The Western Europe-Western China highway that spans 8,700 km and traverses Kazakhstan, and railway and pipeline networks. The Kazakhstan initiative to create an integral Eurasian pipeline system in the Caspian region is promising.
The authors examine the role and place of the Caspian region in modern geo- politics, the regional strategic interests of the EU and the PRC, and emphasize the nature of the EU and PRC’s energy policy in the Caspian region. The potential of their economic interaction is analyzed. The purpose of this scienti political interests of the EU and the PRC in the Caspian region. The novelty of the study is determined by the fact that developmental trends of the geopolitical situation in the Caspian region have been analyzed within the framework of EU—PRC cooperation.
Today, the Caspian region is a key space in Eurasia, where the geopolitical interests of the most important actors in modern international relations collide. The establishment of geopolitical control and access to Caspian energy resources is an instrument for ensuring the national security of the EU and China.
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