Article(electronic)#1March 2023
O esfriamento da amizade entre a Ásia Central e a Rússia após a guerra na Ucrânia
In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Issue 77, p. 063-071
Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 faced Central Asian countries with a hard choice. They shared with Russia centuries of cooperation, and they have been keeping close economic and cultural ties since separation from the Soviet empire in 1990s. But the aggression against Ukraine which story reminds a lot their own stories, engendered doubts and even fears in the societies of the region. Our essay delves, firstly, in the political rational of the four Central Asian countries regarding the war in Ukraine. Secondly, the military dimension of their relationship is analyzed. Finally, it is proposed some prospective scenarios on the repositioning of the region.