تلخیص
In the global politics, Central Asia with its five stans namely, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan playing a vital and a contributing role with other states for a multiple purposes. European Union being the huge and vast union presenting its contribution and part as a new actor in the great game of Central Asia in order to achieve its goals and objectives for the purpose of fulfilling its national interest. The main aim of writing this article that specifies on the part of European Union (EU) as an entrance, arch or as a portal in Central Asian region, also focused on the European Union interests in this landlocked region. Both Central Asia and European Union shared a heightened and widen mutual interest in political as well as in economic relations. European Union is having cooperative and collaborative relations with all the five states of the region. European Union can also be labeled as the United States of Europe mainly concerned, having a keen interest and keeping an eye on Inner Asia for having control of the oil and gas reserves which the region is rich and wealthy especially due to the reason for throwing out the Russia’s interest for this region. Apart from this, for the development of industries, machinery, vehicles, energy pipelines EU making efforts to develop good relations with all the five republics of this region. Thus in the contemporary 21st century, other than the USA, European Union is thoroughly and wholly re-appraise and re-examined its strategy for the bilateral relations, for the democratization, for the better relations with the civil societies within Central Asia. Some of the challenges regarding EU in this land also highlighted. Efforts by the EU in capturing the resources and definitely for the successful outcomes to achieve its main goal are and would be in process in dealing with this large and expand territory so called Heartland of Central Asia. Keywords: Central Asia, European Union, Interests, Co-operation, Silk Road, Energy Resources, Challenges
Mubeen Adnan, Bushra Fatima. (2016) European Union as a New Actor in Central Asia: Its Interests and Challenges, Journal of Political Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1.
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