Borodin, E. A. Modern Political Realities of the Central Asia: Russia, China and Kyrgyzstan

Abstract: The purpose of the present article is to provide a description of modern political situation the Central Asia by defi ning the tendencies and patterns of implementation of foreign policies by Russia, China and one of the Central Asian states, Kyrgyzstan. The target of research is to study the political situation in the Central Asia in the modern period. The subject matter of research is to study interests and aspirations of Russia, People’s Republic of China and Kyrgyzstan in the Central Asian region. As a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union and temporary leave of Russia from the Central Asian region, the gap in political infl uence was fi lled in by the alternative actors – PRC, USA, EU, Turkey, Persian Gulf countries and even Iran. Noteworthy that the Central Asia started to play a very important role in the foreign policy of developed countries (not members of the CIS). The interest of foreign states towards the Central Asian countries is mostly caused by their desire to get access to rich strategic mineral and energetic resources of the Central Asian countries such as uranium, gold, oil and natural gas and involve the Central Asian countries into the unifi ed international transport infrastructure as the bridge connecting European countries with rapidly growing economic systems of the East Asia (China, Republic of Korea and Japan) and South Asia (Iran, Pakistan and India).

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