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International Rivalries in Eurasia

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Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia

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Eurasia (the Caucasus and Central Asia) has become and will remain a prime battleground between East and West. The Russo-Georgia war of 2008, the eviction of the US from its base at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia’s establishment of land, sea, and air bases in Abkhazia in early 2009 confirms this. As a result of that war Russia unilaterally abridged Georgia’s borders and then tried to get assent from its partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). To Moscow’s surprise they rejected the creation of ‘independent’ states out of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, not least because such actions threatened their own security and integrity (Blank, 2008b). At the same time President Dmitry Medvedev also strongly reiterated Russia’s claim to ‘privileged relations’; that is, an exclusive sphere of influence in both regions (Medvedev, 2008). These developments underscore Russia’s tough-minded commitment to establishing and consolidating irrevocable neocolonialist relations with CIS members as the main priority of its foreign relations. Moscow has also launched recent economic initiatives to lock up Central Asian gas, lend money to stricken CIS states during the current economic crisis, invigorate its military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), and generally consolidate its exclusive dominance in Eurasia.

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  2. Department of International Studies, University of Miami, USA

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Blank, S. (2010). International Rivalries in Eurasia. In: Freire, M.R., Kanet, R.E. (eds) Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290754_3

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