Lahore college for women University

DEPARTMENT OF POL.SCIENCEM.S/M.PHILL(2013-15)

WHY CENTRAL-ASIA is important?Presented to :Doc.Qamar

Presented by: Syeda Tahira Hussain

Why CENTRAL-ASIA is important?

IMPORTANT CHUNKS OF C.A:

SUPER POWER interest and neighborhoodGAS-PIPELINE politics 9/11 attacks SILK-ROUTE Natural resourcesTrade with Central-Asia

SUPER-POWERS interest: U.S.AEUROPERUSSIACHINAINDIA

COMMON INTEREST OF STATES

Natural resourcesGrowing GDPTradeSecurity

NATURAL RESOURCES

NATURAL GAS RESERVES

Growing GDP:

SECURITY:

Through this route not only drug but also other weapons of destructions are exported all over the world.Through security point of view this region is highly attaining attentions of other states b/c it is situated in the heart of ASIA and highly concerned for European states also due to the influence of Russia and also SOUTH ASIAN states over there….

What they trade?

SECURITY

GASE-PIPELINE politics:

9/11 Attacks:AL-Qaida and Taliban groupsUS security threatsStrategic Location (Pakistan, Afghanistan)

SILK-Route:

NATURA-RESOURCES they export:

others; 16.30% manu-

factures; 10.50%

ferrous metal; 10.60%

oil/fuel; 62.60%

KAZAKHISTAN

othe

rs

cotton

gold

man

ufac

ture

s0.00%

20.00%

40.00%

others; 36.60% cotton;

20.50%

gold; 29.10%

manu-fac-

tures; 13.80%

UZBEKISTAN

electricity others gold manufact0

2

4

6

8

10

electric-ity;

820.00%

others; 29.90%

gold; 39.20%

manu-fact;

28.40%

KYRGYZSTAN

others manufac oil/oil prod natural gas0

2

4

6

8

10 others; 820.00%

manufac; 9.90%

oil/oil prod;

36.20%

natural gas;

46.60%

TURKMANISTAN

others manufact cotton aluminium0

2

4

6

8

10 others; 820.00%

manu-fact;

6.80%cotton; 18.20%

alu-minium; 43.70%

TAJKISTAN

TRADE with C.A:

CONCLUSION:

CENTRAL-ASIA region is not only important for Russian Federation but due to its strategic and trade route location it make true the MAKINDER HEART LAND theory ……C.A states are searching in new allies and powers b/c still these state are in the state of developing …. Therefore every super power or state like USA, China, India and Russia wanted to capture them ( in sense of trade and resources)..B/c these states provide them route towards not only to the trade but also to enter in SOUTH ASIA … The Central Asian states are highly involved in drug trafficking and smuggling also.. Role of terrorist organizations also prevailed there and the ISLAMIC factor is one major factor for other Islamic states to look towards it.

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