Into Eurasia: Monitoring the EU's Central Asia Strategy - Softcover

Michael Emerson; Jos Boonstra; Nafisa Hasanova

9789290799665: Into Eurasia: Monitoring the EU's Central Asia Strategy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9290799668 ISBN 13: 9789290799665

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2010

The EU introduced its Strategy for Central Asia in 2007 to upgrade its cooperationwith the five states of the region: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Concerns over energy security and the war in Afghanistan dominated the political context at that time, but the strategy sought to take a broad and comprehensive approach, with priority actions addressing political dialogue, education, economic development, energy and transport links, human rights and the rule of law, drug trafficking, environmental sustainability, and water, among other concerns.

This book offers the first assessment of this ambitious plan, undertaken by independent analysts from the EU and Central Asia. The roles of Russia, China, the United States, Turkey, Iran, and other major players, as well as the current state of politics and economics in the region, are all analyzed through the prism of the EU strategy.

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About the Author:

Michael Emerson is senior research fellow and program director for European foreign, security, and neighborhood policies at CEPS.

Jos Boonstra is a senior researcher at the Fundaci�n para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Di�logo Exterior (FRIDE), Madrid, Spain.

Nafisa Hasanova is coordinator of the EU-Central Asia Monitoring project based at CEPS.

Marl�ne Laruelle and S�bastien Peyrouse are senior research fellows with the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University's SAIS and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm, Sweden.

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