Bullettin n. 1/2011
June 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Jean-Pierre Cabestan
    L’Asie centrale vue de Chine
    in Relations internationales , n°145 ,  2011 ,  53-70
    Security concerns have for a long time dominated China’s policy towards Central Asia. However, economic and energy sector objectives have gradually changed Beijing’s agenda. As in Xinjiang to a certain extent, China has tried hard to solve regional security problems through the development of economic cooperation and trade, in other words through prosperity. In spite of China’s successes in Central Asia, its strategy is facing important obstacles. Culturally distant from China and challenged by multiple domestic tensions, Central Asian countries have not invested as much capital as China in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Neither has Russia. The region remains suspicious of Beijing’s policy in Xinjiang. The war in Afghanistan, the fight against Islamic extremism and drug trafficking have also complicated China’s growing power in Central Asia, a part of the world that remains open to many different outside influences.
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