The Geo-economic Relations Between Russia And Central Asia After The Cold War And The Effects On The Economic Security Of China

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the cold war, the world geographical bipolarization has changed. The concept of territorial enlargement is obsolete. The tendency that political relations and military opposition substituted with economic benefit and relations has been developing. In the fight by the way of large countries geographical strategies, the geo-economic strategies have been becoming more and more important.Central Asian states used to be a vast arc region of Soviet Union's southwest territory. In modern times Central Asia has been being the focus point where the big countries fight. After the cold war Central Asian states' international position has risen because of its' distinctive worth of geographical strategies and function of energy economic. It makes Central Asia to be a very important strategic area in international relations. Russia gradually realized the importance of Central Asian states, and the disregard Central Asian states will make damage to Russia, even bring serious menace to national security of Russia, and Russia strengthens the contacts with Central Asian states depend on its geographical superiority. To Central Asian states, Russia is still their extreme important neighboring country and partner. The economic dependence of Central Asian states on Russia is hard to be changed. The geo-economic relations between them have been becoming compacted.Russia and independent Central Asian states which was the only country that could be against with the USA in the past have experienced fifteen years' predicament. What are the changes of the geo-economic environment of Russia and Central Asian states? What about the geo-economic relations between them? What will the characteristics and changes of the geo-economic relations between Russia and Central Asian states influence China which is their common and important neighboring country? Studying these problems has practical importance to preservation of the national security of China, especially the economic security of China.