CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: CATALYSTS FOR THE RUSSIAN-CHINESE NEW GREAT GAME
CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: CATALYSTS FOR THE RUSSIAN-CHINESE NEW GREAT GAME

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to articulate the key role that small states play in the contemporary security architecture and how their strategies adapt to the dynamics of the geopolitical landscape. Using this analysis on Central Asia’s New Great Game players as a frame of reference, we can further assess how leveraging its position between two spheres of influence can impact the development of a small nation’s security.As such, in the elaboration of this paper we studied the defence measures adopted by Central Asian states, with an emphasis on Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, with the support of either the Russian Federation or P.R. China and focused on their implications on a regional power game scale.

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