The “New Great Game” in Central Asia: From a Sino-Russian Axis of Convenience to Chinese Primacy?

Pizzolo, Paolo; Carteny, Andrea

doi:10.1080/03932729.2021.2007611

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“…On the contrary, the EU has always been particularly pessimistic in cooperating with the EAEU, perceiving it not as an economic organization but as a Russian geopolitical tool to reaffirm its power in the post-Soviet space. Instead, China has been viewing the EAEU in pragmatic terms, believing there could be a connection between the Union and its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for promoting mutually beneficial projects (Kuznetsova, 2017: 192), despite the mounting Russo-Chinese competition in areas with overlapping interests like Central Asia (Pizzolo and Carteny, 2022).…”

Section: The Eurasian Economic Union: Post-imperial Geopolitical Esca...mentioning

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Exploring Eurasian integration through the lenses of Carl Schmitt: The Eurasian Economic Union as an example of Schmittian “Great Space”

Pizzolo

2023

Journal of International Political Theory

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The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) embodies Russia’s latest attempt to restore interconnections among former Soviet countries through economic means rather than military might. The literature on the EAEU views the initiative as a geopolitical tool, a post-imperial escamotage, a platform to enhance reforms, or a counterhegemonic strategy. This article wishes to understand the EAEU as an example of Carl Schmitt’s theorizations, especially in relation to the concept of Great Space. The EAEU resembles the Schmittian Great Space in four main respects: the existence of a regional hegemon with spheres of interest beyond its fixed borders, the expression of an “imperial” community of cultural and historical affinity, the overcome of the rigid Westphalian state model expressed by the jus publicum Europeaum in favor of a large space, and the manifestation of the nomos of the Earth, that is a telluric civilization within the Schmittian contraposition between Land and Sea. The application of the Schmittian Great Space paradigm to the EAEU—in tandem with the proliferation of other regional integration initiatives and organizations—confirms the ongoing global shift from rigid Westphalian nation-states to highly integrated political-economic blocs based on civilizational identity in the frame of a multipolar world.

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Exploring Eurasian integration through the lenses of Carl Schmitt: The Eurasian Economic Union as an example of Schmittian “Great Space”

Pizzolo

2023

Journal of International Political Theory

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“…Previously, the region served as a theatre of conflict between the Russian and British Empires in the nineteenth century, known as the Great Game (Abbas, 2014; Wani, 2021). Afghanistan and Central Asia are currently witnessing a New Great Game, focused on intense competition over the abundance of hydrocarbons and other natural resources in the region (Pizzolo & Carteny, 2022: 85–7).…”

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India-Afghanistan Relations in Changing Regional Geopolitics

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2023

South Asia Research

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Afghanistan’s recent political transformations starkly confirm the country’s inevitable connectedness to volatile global geopolitics, currently witnessing the transformation of the role of the entire South Asian region within global geostrategic re-alignments. The US disengagement from Afghanistan put India and China into a new competitive scenario of cultivating their respective relations with Afghanistan. Before this complex backdrop, the article focuses on India’s policy options in Afghanistan, but first of necessity engages briefly with the changing regional geo-politics and the emerging new world order. In light of these new geopolitical realities, it becomes evident that despite much distrust and many misgivings, India’s Afghanistan policies have to be robust, focused on defending its geopolitical interests and concerns against China’s expansionist clout, while seeking to promote a multipolar world order, a strategy that appears like a reincarnation of India’s earlier path of non-alignment.

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“…[2] Others refer to the power-shift theory that China as a challenger is replacing Russia's hegemony and becoming the dominant power through regional competition. [3] This paper argues that China's interests in Central Asia are limited to regional stability and economic cooperation and it helps with regional stability and independent development through a combination of bilateral and multilateral methods. Although its role rises in the region, the gap in influence, public goods and the common interests of China and Russia further confirm that China is not being the dominant power in Central Asia.…”

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China's Role in Central Asia

2023

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After the end of the Cold War, the presence of external powers in Central Asia is receiving more attention and discussion. Among them, China, marked by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is strengthening its security and economic ties with Central Asia through expanding cooperation. Since the rapid rise of China's presence is often compared to the decline of dominating Russia in the region, China is seen as competing for dominance in Central Asia. However, China's interests in Central Asia are limited to maintaining regional stability and economic cooperation, and the way to these goals is equal cooperation. In addition, China's influence and public goods in Central Asia are not as high as Russia's, and the interests of cooperation between the two countries in Central Asia outweigh the competition. This paper will analyse China's interests in Central Asia and the ways in which they are realized, and focus on the areas in which China and Russia may compete in Central Asia to show that China is not becoming the dominant power in Central Asia.

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The “New Great Game” in Central Asia: From a Sino-Russian Axis of Convenience to Chinese Primacy?

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

Exploring Eurasian integration through the lenses of Carl Schmitt: The Eurasian Economic Union as an example of Schmittian “Great Space”

Exploring Eurasian integration through the lenses of Carl Schmitt: The Eurasian Economic Union as an example of Schmittian “Great Space”

India-Afghanistan Relations in Changing Regional Geopolitics

China's Role in Central Asia

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