Creating Central Eurasia – a vision for collaboration between the Silk Road & Eurasian Union projects

I want to share a GREAT analysis from the Valdai Club (see links below), outlining the opportunities for the PRC & Russia to jointly promote development and stability in Central Asia, by integrating the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) & Eurasian Union initiatives. I find it an insightful counter-narrative to the mainstream (mostly western) rhetoric of China & Russia “at each others’ throats” in a zero-sum competition for hegemony in Central Asia – such as this one. It illustrates the magnitude of the opportunity for collaboration, and recommends a framework for execution. To date, I think there is no better scholarship than this one, in terms of clearly articulating the Russian perspective on, and response to, the Chinese SREB project.

Enjoy the read.

Intro link: http://valdaiclub.com/publication/77920.html

PDF download: https://ru.scribd.com/doc/267511978/Toward-the-Great-Ocean-3-Creating-Central-Eurasia (version archived here)