The Drivers and Sons of China's Balancing in Central Asia in the New Millennium

Jamshidi, Mohsen; Shohani, Ahmad

The Drivers and Sons of China's Balancing in Central Asia in the New Millennium

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

mohsen jamshidi ¹

ahmad shohani ²

¹ Political researcher and PhD in political science (Iranian issues), Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

² Assistant professor and member of the academic staff of the Department of Political Science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

One of the most central issues that has attracted the attention of all analysts of the international system from the perspective of strategic studies is how China plans and plays a role in the strategic regions of the international system to advance its international interests using the resources and considerations it has. The question is, what parameters will affect China's foreign policy strategy towards the countries of the Central Asian region? It seems that China, by taking advantage of the opportunities that have arisen in the Central Asian region and by increasing its influence and economic, security-political cooperation in line with the construction of a multipolar hegemonic system in the international system, has moved (inclined) towards regional and regional balancing. The above research is of an applied type and has been analyzed and compiled with a qualitative method and a descriptive-analytical approach and in a library manner. The purpose of this research is to identify China's capacities and capabilities in the Central Asian region. The findings of the present study show that, in the new millennium, China, taking advantage of its special international position (status and position), and in order to advance its goals and interests, should take advantage of the opportunities that have emerged and try to move in the Central Asian region by creating regional balance and adopting a new regionalism strategy. ,

Keywords

Central Asia

China

regionalism

economic incentives

regional balancing

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