Central Asia: Challenges Intensify, Geopolitics Doesn’t

Author(s): Chatrina Schumacher
Series: CSS Blog
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Russia’s predominant role in Central Asia is set to decline following its war in Ukraine. This creates both an urgency as well as an opportunity for the Central Asian states to diversify their external ties, argues Chatrina Schumacher in this CSS Blog. Many potential partners seem keen to fill some of the void, but their actual engagement remains limited. The region’s relative stability has priority, which favors the ruling elites’ authoritarianism. Conversely, this may foster instability in the long run.

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