Cross-border geopolitics: Ambivalent aspect of the border issue in relationship between Kazakhstan and Russia

Ibrayeva A. Kozhirova S. Nechayeva Y. Shukyzhanova A. Zhanbulatova R.
2023 Routledge

Comparative Strategy
2023 #42 Issue 4 587 - 601 pp.

This article contributes to the discussion of the relationship between the border factor and geopolitics in the post-Soviet area and strives to identify the drivers and obstacles in the sphere of territorial integration between Kazakhstan and Russia. The aim of the article is to characterize the geopolitical landscape of thses countries and to reveal the ambivalent context of Kazakhstan’s cooperation with regions across Russian-Kazakhstani border proceeding from the analysis of the interests of key players in Central Asia and the current status of the cross-border cooperation between two countries.

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Higher School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Astana International University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Center for Chinese and Asian Studies, Astana International Scientific Complex, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Political Science, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Professional Department of Regional Studies, Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Faculty of International Relations, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan

Higher School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Center for Chinese and Asian Studies
Department of Political Science
Professional Department of Regional Studies
Faculty of International Relations

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