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Bulletin of Abai KazNPU. Series of International Life and Politics

THE EUROPEAN UNION’S APPROACH TO CENTRAL ASIA AS A BALANCING POWER IN THE REGION

Abstract

Cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Central Asian countries has become an area

of strategic importance in recent years. Due to its geographical location, Central Asia attracts attention

with its energy resources, trade routes and cultural richness. This region offers significant

opportunities both to increase the EU’s energy security and to strengthen economic integration. While

the infrastructure of the study is handled with the comments of experts in the region, the aim of the

study is to analyze the EU’s approach to Central Asian countries. According to the results of the

study, while the EU continues its cooperation activities with Central Asian countries in every field

with various projects and programs, it carries out a policy of balancing the activities of other actors

such as China and Russia in the region.

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