(Working Paper) The topic of regional organisations in Central Asia is one of the most hotly debated in the policy and scholarly community, and the conclusions are greatly contrasting; some underscore the total failure of Central Asia’s ‘regionalisation’, others highlight the success of new patterns of integration in the region. However, these works are often confused in their terminological usage: regional cooperation or regional integration, regional organisations or regionalism, multilateralism or a push towards a multipolar world? […]
Regional Organisations in Central Asia: Patterns of Interaction, Dilemmas of Efficiency (PDF)
by Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse
Working Paper No. 10, December 2012
Institute of Public Policy and Administration
University of Central Asia