Central Asian Regionalism or Central Asian Order? Some Reflections

This article reflects on how the concept of regionalism has been used to explain and interpret Central Asian politics since independence. It argues that regionalism, often a norm-laden analytical category based on Eurocentric assumptions, tends to paint the region as “failed” and regional states as incapable of institutionalizing multilateral relations. In its place, the article suggests the concept of order, which is more neutral and—through its focus on the operation of sovereignty, diplomacy, international law, authoritarianism, and great power management—is able to incorporate elements of both the conflict and cooperation that have marked the region’s politics since 1991.

Author

• Buranelli, Filippo Costa

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.30965/22142290-bja10015

Keyword

• interdisciplinary
• insitutions
• Regionalism
• order
• theory
• Central Asia

Date created

• 2021

Type of Work

• Article

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Central Asian Affairs Journal

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/h702q718s

In Collection:

• Central Asian Affairs

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