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CHINESE INFLUENCE ON SECURITY OF CENTRAL ASIA

ÇİN'İN ORTA ASYA'NIN GÜVENLİĞİNE ETKİSİ

Selcen Gulce Cavus(Ghent University)0009-0007-8422-2725
Pages
100–118
Publication Date
2025-06-30
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The report concludes that China's involvement in Central Asia is founded on maintaining economic opportunity and regional stability rather than establishing hegemonic authority, altering conventional security paradigms through cooperative rather than coercive tactics.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Focusing on China's primarily defensive posture in reaction to regional instability and its internal issues in Xinjiang, this essay analyses China's security policy and strategic engagement in Central Asia.
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Key Findings & Data:The paper examines Beijing's efforts to keep terrorism, separatism, and transnational crime from destabilising Central Asia and its western frontiers by analysing its bilateral and multilateral activities, particularly its participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
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⚙️Variables:Bölgesel Güvenlik · Çin · Orta Asya

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Focusing on China's primarily defensive posture in reaction to regional instability and its internal issues in Xinjiang, this essay analyses China's security policy and strategic engagement in Central Asia. The paper examines Beijing's efforts to keep terrorism, separatism, and transnational crime from destabilising Central Asia and its western frontiers by analysing its bilateral and multilateral activities, particularly its participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The study emphasises the region's geopolitical relevance, which is influenced by resource richness, domestic political unrest, ethnic tensions, and the overlapping interests of large countries. The report concludes that China's involvement in Central Asia is founded on maintaining economic opportunity and regional stability rather than establishing hegemonic authority, altering conventional security paradigms through cooperative rather than coercive tactics.

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Çin'in bölgesel istikrarsızlığa tepki olarak esas olarak savunmacı duruşuna ve Sincan'daki iç meselelerine odaklanan bu makale, Çin'in Orta Asya'daki güvenlik politikasını ve stratejik katılımını analiz ediyor. Makale, Pekin'in özellikle Şanghay İşbirliği Örgütü'ne (ŞİÖ) katılımı olmak üzere ikili ve çok taraflı faaliyetlerini analiz ederek terörizm, ayrılıkçılık ve ulusötesi suçun Orta Asya'yı ve batı sınırlarını istikrarsızlaştırmasını önleme çabalarını inceliyor. Çalışma, kaynak zenginliği, iç siyasi huzursuzluk, etnik gerginlikler ve büyük ülkelerin örtüşen çıkarlarından etkilenen bölgenin jeopolitik önemini vurguluyor. Rapor, Çin'in Orta Asya'daki katılımının, hegemonik otorite kurmaktan ziyade ekonomik fırsatları ve bölgesel istikrarı korumaya, zorlayıcı taktikler yerine işbirlikçi taktikler yoluyla geleneksel güvenlik paradigmalarını değiştirmeye dayandığı sonucuna varıyor.

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Cavus, S. G. (2025). CHINESE INFLUENCE ON SECURITY OF CENTRAL ASIA. Dünya Multidisipliner Araştırmalar Dergisi, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1, 100–118. https://doi.org/10.58853/dumad.1682693

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