THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH

Abstract

This article analyses modern history of Central Asia by scientific researches of English, American, German and French scholars. Despite many foreign, primarily French, works on the problems in development of Central Asia published in recent years, this topic has not been studied from this perspective and did not cover publications published in recent years. In anticipation of the development of a new EU Strategy which actualizes the choice of the topic of the article.

The main method was chosen historical, problem-chronological and comparative approach which allowing to trace the evolution of theoretical approaches and concepts on the relationship between the countries of Central Asia and France, to identify their features and differences at each stage of their development.

An analysis of foreign and local literature on French-Central Asian relations showed an increase in the last decades of the mutual interest between the Central Asian republics and France in the development of full-scale investment cooperation in the areas of advanced technology, energy, culture, science and education. The publications of 2018 year are devoted to the development of specific directions, trends and problems in bilateral relations with an emphasis on the tasks forecasted in the new EU Strategy for Central Asia.