Central Asia as a region in international relations

• Authors: Simant Shankar Bharti

Abstracts

EN

‘Central Asia’ is a unique and diverse region of the world that landmass distinct from other regions and sedentary civilisation is one of the characteristics. The geography of this region is considered a controversial discourse among scholars in international relations and, Europeans prefer to call them ‘Central Eurasia’, but Asian scholars frequently used the term ‘Central Asia’. However, the history of Asia was not stable and similar in the past. In this regard, this article tries to find the status of the Central Asia in international relations from a historical to empirical discussion in academia. Through the discourse analysis applied here to trace scholars, historians, institutions, governments, and sociologists’ perspective how they treat ‘Central Asia’, whether it is a deeply profound ‘region’ or precise existence. The initial argument says that Central Asia is more significant due to the geostrategic point of view and attracts superpowers in the ground of diplomacy play.

Keywords

EN

Central Asia; Region; Area Studies; Geopolitics; International Relations

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Reality of Politics
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 15-27

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Simant Shankar Bharti

• University of Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000295787066

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/rop2022202

Biblioteka Nauki

2057832