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Decision time for Central Asia: Russia or China?

Li Lifan and Raffaello Pantucci discuss the options facing Central Asian countries as Russia attempts to draw them into its fledgling Eurasian Union.

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Decision time for Central Asia: Russia or China?

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中亚的抉择时刻:选择俄罗斯,还是选择中国?

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Li Lifan and Raffaello Pantucci discuss the options facing Central Asian countries as Russia attempts to draw them into its fledgling Eurasian Union. Li Lifan is an Associate Research Professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Raffaello Pantucci is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

UK-China Strategic Communication Initiative

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Published 1 July 2013