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The article focuses on the integration implementation in Central Asian region. The integration process is perceived through the concept of positive and negative integration based on works of Jan Tinbergen. The goal is to show the role of interregional organizations such as the European Union (the EU), the Eurasian Economic Union (the EEU), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (the SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (the CSTO) in promoting Central Asia as the whole region. Such cooperation falls ...

The article deals with the prospects of interstate cooperation in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - Russia's integration project - and the Silk Road Economic Belt (One Belt, One Road - OBOR) - China's initiative of building land trade routes from Asia to Europe. The author points out that the political consensus reached on implementation of the EAEU and the OBOR between the leaders of two countries significantly reduces geopolitical risks in Russian-Chinese relations and clarifies rules of regi...