European union’s security policy in regard to central asia within the eu strategy for ca
Zharmakhanova Z. Nurdavletova S. Akhmetzhanova L.
2021CA and C Press AB
Central Asia and the Caucasus
2021#22Issue 37 - 14 pp.
Аs Central Asia undergoes a rapid transformation process, political, economic and security developments re- main uncertain and difficult to predict. External actors will play a key role in defining the contours of transformation in Central Asia. In recent years, a number of powerful coun-tries—mainly China, the Russian Federation and, to a lesser extent, the United States, Japan and Turkey—have sought to increase their influence in Central Asia. There was a timely initiative proposed by Germany, which presided over the European Union at the time, to launch the process of rethinking EU participation in Central Asia, culminating in the development of a Strategy for Central Asia. Thus, the European Union has rein-forced its presence at a strategic moment for Central Asia. The Strategy for a New Part-nership, adopted by the European Council on 21-22 June, 2007, became the main doc-ument for the significant and decisive strengthening of EU policy in Central Asia. The strategy represents the most ambitious EU project in the region and demonstrates a significant improvement in relations. The EU has the needed resources and, in line with the Strategy, it wants to do its part to trans-form the region into a secure and well-gov-erned area, which is also in the interests of Central Asians. In 2019, in order to intensify cooperation, the EU updated and launched the new Strategy for Central Asia. It should be noted that security is a particularly important issue. In both the first Strategy 2007 and the updated Strategy 2019, the theme of security is reflected in various EU programs and projects. Thus, the article will provide a general analysis of EU’s security programs in Central Asia.
Central asia , EU , Security , Strategy
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L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Department of International Relations, L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University
Department of International Relations
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