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The 21st century has seen a steady growth of the importance of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). It was there that the Great Game, a struggle for supremacy and influence, was played between the British and the Russian empires in the 19th century. Nowadays, the metaphor of the New Great Gameis employed to refer to the rivalry for power over Central Asia between such actors of world politics as China, Russia and the USA, along with the European Union, Iran and Turkey. The region's appeal and signifiance to international politics derive from its huge oil and gas reserves, its geopolitical situation, growing threat of international terrorism (born in Afghanistan and Pakistan), drug trafficking, migrations and religious fundamentalism. This volume adds to the pratical and theorical dimensions of the debate on Central Asia. As such, it will be of interest to researchers, analysts, students, journalists and all those interested in international relations.

Geopolitics --- Géopolitique --- Asia, Central --- Asie centrale --- Foreign relations --- Relations extérieures --- Géopolitique --- Relations extérieures

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Geopolitics --- Géopolitique --- Russia --- Asia, Central --- Russie --- Asie centrale --- Boundaries --- Frontières --- History --- History. --- Géopolitique --- Frontières --- Geopolitics - Asia, Central --- Asia, Central - Boundaries - History --- Russia - Boundaries - Asia, Central --- Asia, Central - Boundaries - Russia --- Boundaries.

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Community organization --- Political sociology --- Asia --- Système politique --- political systems --- Politique de développement --- Development policies --- Politique économique --- Economic policies --- société civile --- civil societies --- Trouble social --- Social unrest --- Changement social --- Social change --- Asie --- Asie de l'Est --- East Asia --- Asie du Sud --- South Asia --- Asie centrale --- Central Asia --- Asie du Sud-Est --- South East Asia --- Economic conditions --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- 21st century

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Since the start of the 2000s, the People's Republic of China has become an increasingly important player on the Central Asian scene, both diplomatically and strategically, in particular through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. At the economic level, China has positioned itself among the largest traders and investors in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. This growing Chinese presence has drastically challenged the traditional influence of Russia and weakened that of the United States and Europe. The purpose of this book is to go beyond a geopolitical analysis by articulating an external influential factor, namely China, and changes in the domestic order in neighboring Central Asia. It engages in an analysis of the contemporary transformations that are occurring within the systems and societies of Central Asia. China has become a subject of public debate, academic and expert knowledge. New cultural mediators, petty traders, lobby groups, migrants, and diasporas, have also emerged. China's rise to power has worked as a catalyst compound of the anxieties and phobias associated with the major social transformations that have occurred in Central Asia over the last two decades. Sinophobia and Sinophilia are now closely associated.

China --- Asia, Central --- Chine --- Asie centrale --- Foreign economic relations --- Economic conditions --- Relations économiques extérieures --- Conditions économiques --- Social change --- Relations --- Civilization --- Chinese influences --- S09/0402 --- S10/0687 --- S01/0500 --- S02/0300 --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and Central Asia --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Asia-China economic relations --- China: Bibliography and reference--Sinology, sinological institutes, proceedings of conferences --- China: General works--Chinese culture and the West and vice-versa --- Relations économiques extérieures --- Conditions économiques --- Social change - Asia, Central --- Asia, Central - Relations - China --- China - Relations - Asia, Central --- Asia, Central - Civilization - Chinese influences