From Regional Integration to Soft Institutionalism: What Kind of Regionalism for Central Asia?

dc.contributor.authorKairat Moldashev
dc.contributor.authorIkboljon Qoraboyev
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-09T11:07:23Z
dc.date.available2025-09-09T11:07:23Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe first term of Shavkat Mirziyoyev as president of Uzbekistan, has opened the country to higher levels of cooperation with its neighbours. Mirzoyev’s proactive position towards strengthening cooperation in Central Asia and support of other regional states has since 2017 attracted the interest of scholars to the dynamics of regionalization in Central Asia. The consultative meetings among CA leaders, cooperation among their governments’ strategic think tanks, and official discussions on mutual visa recognition between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are all evidence of increased collaboration in the region. Experts and journalists in the region have started to talk about regional integration in Central Asia and the possibilities for establishing a regional organization. Although the progress in cooperation has been significant, we argue that it’s not feasible and not necessary to create regional organizations at this stage, and suggest soft institutionalism as a possible way of strengthening relations in CA. Two main research questions addressed in this paper are: (1) Why do we need a new debate on Central Asian regionalism? (2) What kind of regionalism project is viable for CA?
dc.identifier.citationMoldashev Kairat and Qoraboyev Ikboljon/ From Regional Integration to Soft Institutionalism: What Kind of Regionalism for Central Asia?/ Integration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia, Bishkek/ 2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.sdu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/1973
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIntegration Processes and State Interests in Eurasia
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectCentral Asia
dc.subjectSoft Institutionalism
dc.subjectRegional Integration
dc.subjectComparative Regionalism
dc.titleFrom Regional Integration to Soft Institutionalism: What Kind of Regionalism for Central Asia?
dc.typeArticle

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