China and Kazakhstan: Belt and road cooperation

Duisekina A. Baisultanova K. Ashinova Z.
2021 CA and C Press AB

Central Asia and the Caucasus
2021 #22 Issue 2 101 - 109 pp.

T hroughout its fairly short history, the Belt and Road initiative has demon-strated its good prospects, which ex-plains why the government of Kazakhstan heeds a lot of attention to economic cooperation with China within this project. It has the greatest stake in the initiatives related to further development of cargo traffic routes and pipelines in different directions (primar-ily, Africa, the Middle East and Europe) and their potential impact on Kazakhstan’s economic health. Comprehensive studies are especially necessary in the current time of crisis, when the active realization of the Chinese initiative has run into certain problems. The authors examine the key ideas of the Chinese initiative to reveal the basic con-ceptual provisions and trends and analyze the problems and prospects of its realiza-tion. It is even more important to consider the ways to coordinate it with the projects of the Eurasian Economic Union and Kazakh-stan’s Nurly Zhol (Bright Path) program. The possible threats and challenges that the Chinese initiative may create for Kazakhstan, or the positive effects that will help Kazakhstan realize its national interests should not be overlooked, either. The various processes related to the initiative and its numerous trends should be carefully studied against the background of the current dynamic changes in world politics.

Belt and Road initiative , China , Cooperation , Intergovernmental connectivity , Kazakhstan , National interests , National strategy , Nurly Zhol

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Department of Chinese Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Oriental Studies, Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Far East Department, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Department of Chinese Studies
Department of Oriental Studies
Far East Department

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