Abstract:
Until recent time, the region of Central Asia did not play an important role on Eurasian continent, basically because of its economic weakness, domestic problems, and distrust of integration. Russia’s presence in the region as the primary political mediator and economic partner was incontestable. In the last few years, though, China’s growing economic interest in Central Asia has come to be more active in the region. Many scholars analyze deeply the competition between the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union and their particular influence on Kazakhstan, which is considered to be a key state in any integration project. It looks like to become a field between China and Russia for regional influence.
