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China and India in Central AsiaWhy Central Asia? The Strategic Rationale of Indian and Chinese Involvement in the Region

China and India in Central Asia: Why Central Asia? The Strategic Rationale of Indian and Chinese... [Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the rediscovery of Central Asia by the international community has placed this region in a specific intellectual context, one marked by a return of geopolitical theories and debates around the “end of history” and the “clash of civilizations.” The revival of geopolitical theory, especially Sir Halford Mackinder’s idea that one who controls the Heartland controls the world, has profoundly shaped the new frameworks applied to the post-Soviet states of Central Asia and to Afghanistan. In contrast to the geographical and economic isolation of the region, theories about the revival of the Silk Road flourished in the West and in Asia. The United States and the European Union have used them to promote the release of Central Asia from the Russian sphere of influence by opening toward the south. Turkey, Iran, Japan, South Korea, China, India, and Pakistan have made references to their historical ties with the region, beyond the years of the Iron Curtain.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

China and India in Central AsiaWhy Central Asia? The Strategic Rationale of Indian and Chinese Involvement in the Region

Part of the The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy Book Series
Editors: Laruelle, Marlène; Huchet, Jean-François; Peyrouse, Sébastien; Balci, Bayram
Laruelle, Marlène; Huchet, Jean-François; Peyrouse, Sébastien; Balci, Bayram
China and India in Central Asia — Oct 9, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
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978-1-349-28791-8
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1 –6
DOI
10.1057/9780230114357_1
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Abstract

[Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the rediscovery of Central Asia by the international community has placed this region in a specific intellectual context, one marked by a return of geopolitical theories and debates around the “end of history” and the “clash of civilizations.” The revival of geopolitical theory, especially Sir Halford Mackinder’s idea that one who controls the Heartland controls the world, has profoundly shaped the new frameworks applied to the post-Soviet states of Central Asia and to Afghanistan. In contrast to the geographical and economic isolation of the region, theories about the revival of the Silk Road flourished in the West and in Asia. The United States and the European Union have used them to promote the release of Central Asia from the Russian sphere of influence by opening toward the south. Turkey, Iran, Japan, South Korea, China, India, and Pakistan have made references to their historical ties with the region, beyond the years of the Iron Curtain.]

Published: Oct 9, 2015

Keywords: Silk Road; Iron Curtain; Chinese Authority; Shanghai Cooperation Organization; Strategic Rationale

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