Economic Cooperation and Sustainable Development: Kazakhstan and China’s Confidence-Building Measures
Karassayev G. Shurshitbay B. Naimanbayev B. Kaliev D. Tabyldieva O.
2025FrancoAngeli
Rivista di Studi sulla Sostenibilita
2025#2025Issue 2327 - 346 pp.
This study aimed to analyse institutional and diplomatic approaches to confidence-building measures in Kazakhstan and China, with a particular emphasis on assessing their impact on regional security and the sustainability of bilateral relations. The research employed methods such as comparative analysis of foreign policy strategies, content analysis of official documents, and an examination of integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The role of China as a leading economic and geopolitical player in Central Asia was analysed, focusing on its strategy of infrastructure project diplomacy and the use of economic influence mechanisms within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Key challenges identified in the study include border demarcation, water management, Kazakhstans growing economic dependence on Chinese investment, and the necessity to balance economic benefits with the preservation of strategic autonomy. The study underscores the importance of sustainable development in fostering long-term regional stability and cooperation.
conflicts , diplomacy , geopolitics , partnerships , security , sustainable management
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Department of Source Studies, Historiography and History of Kazakhstan, State History Institute of Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan, Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan and Social Sciences, Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Kazakh-Belarusian Center for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, L.N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, Yessenov University, Aktau, Kazakhstan
Department of Source Studies
Department of History of Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan and Social Sciences
Kazakh-Belarusian Center for Scientific and Technical Cooperation
Department of Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan
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