Central Asia and Southeast Asia

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Central Asia and Southeast Asia is written by Paradorn Rangsimaporn and published by Palgrave Macmillan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3031101111 (ISBN 10) and 9783031101113 (ISBN 13).

This book explores Central Asia’s relationship with Southeast Asia and ASEAN. It examines the “Southeast Asian vector” in the Central Asian countries’ mostly multi-vector foreign policies and the key dynamics that are transforming interregional relations into one of greater engagement. It argues that Central Asian states are interested in developing stronger ties with Southeast Asian countries, amongst others, as part of their hedging strategy in order to diversify their foreign economic relations and to lessen their overdependence on neighbouring great powers. It also looks at Central Asian views of ASEAN as a successful model of regionalism and as a hedging platform for Central Asian states to collectively manage relations with external powers.