Th e genesis of Central Asia within the context of global and macro-regional dynamics: a quest for a harmonious balance between economic, ecological, and political factors

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During many decades already the countries of Central Asia (CA) in its regional and global positioning was considered as the zone of increasing ecological troubles (in particular, combining water, energy and food security’ aspects). On the other hand this sub-region of Big Eurasia represents also the area of rapid growth and potentially of increasing importance in geoeconomics and pending geopolitical dimension. The article is based on the author’s inter-disciplinary methodology and represents the results of complex analysis of given and prospective situation in the CA, and also the positioning of main global actors which becomes more proactive in this region. Following this analysis, some proposals regarding future cooperation between BRICS+ and CA countries on the basis of Megaproject “Ecological Platform for BRICS” were presented targeting the establishment of specific “ecological platform” within this Organization.

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Stepan A. Kozhemyakov

Institute of China and Contemporary Asia RAS; Center for Central Asian Studies

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Russian Federation, 32, Nakhimovsky Prospekt, 32, Moscow 117997, Russia

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