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Semi-porous Regions in the World Politics: The Case of Middle Asia
Miloš Popović
; Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Sažetak
This paper starts off from Peter Katzenstein’s premise that American Imperium
affects the porousness of world regions through the processes of globalization
and internationalization, but that regions simultaneously shape US policies.
Expanding Katzenstein’s distinction between porous and non-porous regions
through the introduction of the concept of semi-porous regions, I argue
that the latter are more exposed to the process of globalization than that of
internationalization, that they have a hybrid identity and that their institutions
are shaped by external actors. Semi-porous regions are specific to the extent
that they neither encourage American power nor they oppose it, but aim
to balance it through the absorption of external influences. The empirical
validity of this concept and argument are demonstrated in the case of Central
Asian region, 1992-2010 by analyzing processes that led to the rise and fall of
American military presence, investments into the oil and gas sectors and the
influence of western NGOs.
Ključne riječi
regions; power; globalization; semi-porous; Katzenstein; US, Central Asia
Hrčak ID:
146427
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Datum izdavanja:
10.9.2012.
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