Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56381 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1763
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our analysis based on the different strategies of Russia (dominance) and China (doing-business) towards the region and present the results of a qualitative study of the main dimensions of autocracy promotion with respect to regional and bilateral schemes. In a second step, we extend a previous framework (Melnykovska and Schweickert 2011) and provide econometric evidence based on a panel of post-socialist countries. We show that bilateral schems are (still) more relevant for external influences in Central Asia and that (unintentionally) China's doing-business approach may in fact promote institutional change. Arguably, democratization should not be a precondition for cooperation as in European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) but rather be promoted by sweeping economic cooperation incentives.
Subjects: 
Central Asia
China
Russia
governance
regional integration
trade
minorities
military threat
JEL: 
F53
F59
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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