Central Asia: Europe’s Asia Pivot?

Commentary feature on the need to develop European relations with the countries / region of Central Asia. Raffaello Pantucci is a visiting scholar at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). His research can be found at chinaincentralasia.com.

Commentary feature written in the context of the EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting in Bishkek, 27 November 2012 and visits by Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-
President of the Commission to the countries of the region.

Wikipedia: Central Asia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia

EU: EEAS: EU's relations with Central Asia http://eeas.europa.eu/central_asia/index_en.htm

Blog: China in Central Asia http://chinaincentralasia.com/

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