China and Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Era: A Bilateral Approach

China and Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Era: A Bilateral Approach

by Muhamad S. Olimat
China and Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Era: A Bilateral Approach

China and Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Era: A Bilateral Approach

by Muhamad S. Olimat

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Overview

This manuscript examines Sino-Middle Eastern relations on a bilateral level. It highlights the depth of China’s involvement in Central Asia with each country on a five dimensional approach: security cooperation, energy security, trade relations, political relations, and cultural relations. Regarding each of these criteria, Central Asia enjoys a strategic significance to China’s national security, vital interests, territorial integrity, sovereignty, regime survival, and economic prosperity. China has been an integral part of the political developments on the Central Asian political scene for over the past two millennia. Their bilateral ties grew steadily since the independence of Central Asian republics in 1992, culminating into strategic partnership two decades later. China and its partners in the region have embarked on the construction of the most ambitious gas pipelines network, joint ventures in oil upstreaming and downstreaming, mammoth highway and railroad projects, trade zones, construction projects, and above all, strategic security coordination in reference to unified and an integrated response to regional security threats. Both sides are also engaged in a process of revival of the Silk Road in terms of its cultural diversity and trade relations. Sino-Central Asian volume of trade reached $50 billion heading steadily toward $100 in the coming five years.



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498518055
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 08/27/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 254
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Muhamad S. Olimat is an associate professor of international relations and Middle East studies at the Institute for Civil and International Security at Khalifa University for Science, Technology, and Research.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: China and Central Asia: An Overview
Chapter 2: Multilateralism: A Five Dimensional Approach
Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Rivalry, Competition, and Accommodation: A Tridimensional Approach
Chapter 4: China and Afghanistan
Chapter 5: China and Kazakhstan
Chapter 6: China and Kyrgyzstan
Chapter 7: China and Tajikistan
Chapter 8: China and Turkmenistan
Chapter 9: Uzbekistan and China
Chapter 10: Prospects and Conclusions
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