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Axis of Eurasianism
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, New Eurasianism immediately
filled the ideological vacuum of the countries in the "heartland" of
the Eurasian continent, which was originally the Soviet Union, and
based on this, the unity and continuity of the Eurasian steppe system
were maintained to the greatest extent possible. whole.
Such thoughts are more characteristic for Kazakh thinkers, while if one
looks into typical thoughts of, say, Mongolian thinkers, there are some
notable differences, although it's the same "Eurasian steppe system".
But since "Russia" is everywhere to the north, it may somehow serve as something common in contradistinction to which different steppers can
reflect on themselves. It's as well true for sedentary China, although
the China's presence is/was geographically more localized.
Btw, the new president of Kazakhstan Tokaev, who began his career since
the 1970s within the Soviet diplomatic staff, mostly in China, visibly
seeks to mimic Xi Jinping's manners, gestures and facial expressions.
Therefore, from the perspective of ideology and geoeconomics, it is
not difficult to find that the international north-south
transportation corridor is the "core pillar" to maintain the original geopolitical order in Eurasia ..
For a hundred years, the biggest difference between Russia as the
core country in the "heartland" of Eurasia and other "peripheral"
countries is that the foundation of its founding is based on the "Eastern-style" land power and power, and the way to prosperity is It
is built on the basis of the "Western-style" sea power, which seems contradictory but is actually "perfect" ..
Russia never was a Western-style sea power. And it's so due to
historical and geographical reasons. There's no spot really convenient
for global seamanship: either it's difficult to develop ship and port facilities due to natural local factors or the place is so that other
powers can easily occlude the route to the global ocean.
Also, such a talk in "eastern" vs. "western" terms, or in "europe" vs.
"asia" terms represents a traditional approach where "east" and "west"
or "europe" and "asia" serve as densely stereotyped fetishes, and in
the case of Russia this fetishism does not work well, but nevertheless
many great thinkers are constantly sliding into this furrow.
It can be seen from this that the international north-south
transport corridor that "divides" Eurasia into two is not only a
"T"-shaped transnational land and sea transportation system
connecting "four oceans and five places", but also a connection
between the Eastern European Community and the Atlantic Ocean ..
The importance of it cannot be overemphasized.
The whole article looks an overthinking to me: the writer attaches
too big thinking to the fact that Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
Iran and India managed to coordinate a transportation route.
In general, one of the key issues that makes Eurasia weaker against
the West is the insufficient development of connectedness within
the landmass. The lack of connectedness is linked with the both
natural barriers (complex terrain, climatic issues) and historical-
conflict divisions among Eurasian states. Despite the latter, any
development of overland transport lines within the continent plays
in favor of every regional player, it makes Eurasia as a whole less
dependent on the maritime shipping (where the Western powers keep
their dominance since the 15th century).
For both China and India, it makes sense to better diversify their
connections to the world so as to reduce dependence on sea routes. It
would give the Atlanticist fleets less chance of hostile interfering
with transportation in the case of conflict escalation. It would also
help mitigate imbalances in development of richer coastal provinces
vs. poorer inland provinces. And for Russia it certainly makes sense
to reduce its dependence on Europe. The situation implies development
of more and more such routes throughout various continental areas,
and it doesn't seem adequate to overemphasize one route particularly.
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