POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATION COOPERATION OF CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

The article is devoted to the issues of economic cooperation of the countries of the Central Asian region in the conditions of acceleration and deepening of Eurasian integration ties in the post-Soviet economic space, which will ensure the dynamics of foreign trade relations, the expansion of the structure of commodity exchange. There are prerequisites for the development of the economies of the countries of the region - rich natural resources, educated labor force, cultural diversity and strategic location, in particular, proximity to China. However, there are also problems that pose risks to human development in Central Asia, such as the lack of direct access to seaports, the great distance from many global economic and financial centers, political instability in some of these countries, etc. The relation between these drivers and development risks is constantly changing. Understanding this dynamic requires constant monitoring of the situation and a thorough, fact-based analysis of the main drivers of development in the region. The problems arising in the space are exacerbated by the emergence of alternative integration projects in relation to the regions of Commonwealth of Independent States, in particular, Central Asia, by external actors. The core ones here are the projects of the American geopolitical presence in the Central Asian region, as well as the project of Chinese economic expansion within the framework of the informal model of interregional cooperation of the SCO and the Turkish initiative for the integration of the Turkic world.

integration, innovative development, regional development, foreign trade potential, competitiveness of the economy, commodity exchange, economic cooperation, интеграция, инновациялық даму, аймақтық даму, сыртқы сауда әлеуеті, тауар алмасу, экономикалық ынтымақтастық

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