Problems of Regional Identity in Central Asia: EU Experience

Saida Aspandiyar; Saniya Nurdavletova

doi:10.52536/2788-5909.2022-2.03

Authors

Saida Aspandiyar L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1655-3502
Saniya Nurdavletova L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1826-7398

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52536/2788-5909.2022-2.03

Keywords:

Central Asia, European Union, intergration, Regional identity

Abstract

In the era of globalization, the most diverse processes of modern life are observed through the prism of ‘identity crisis’ and ‘search for identity’. In recent years, the discussion of identity problems has become the main direction of global studies. Some criticize this process and consider that the globalization requires a global, cosmopolitan culture with blurring national identities. Others believe that global interdependence leads to a new level of regional cooperation by giving opportunities and perspectives. In this article the question arose as whether Central Asia will develop regional identity absorbing suitable from European experience or postpone this idea.

Author Biographies

Saida Aspandiyar, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan

Master of International Relations, Ph.D. student at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Master of International Relations (Kazakhstan)
Saniya Nurdavletova, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Faculty of International Relations, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan)

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