Analysis of the strategies of China and the United States in Central Asia: a look at the "C5+1" mechanism

Abstract

The subject of the study is a comparison of the policy of China and the United States in the Central Asian region within the framework of the "C5+1" model. Both the United States and China, being the major powers of the modern world, seek to protect their interests in this region. In addition to existing bilateral and multilateral dialogue platforms, the United States and China have established a C5+1 dialogue mechanism with Central Asia. This mechanism has developed differently in both countries, each of which has created its own unique model and achieved a number of diplomatic results. The methodological basis of this research consists in an integrated historical and sociological approach. The authors used a historical approach to analyze the main factual information covered in the article as a whole. The innovation of this article is to scrutinize and compare the development of the “C5+1” model in China and the United States. The conclusion is that each US government has its own strategic priorities and diplomatic plans, the US “C5+1” mechanism has developed unevenly. Compared with the US mechanism, China's mechanism is more complete and at the same time has a higher level. Both China and the United States have developed their strategies in Central Asia according to their own interests, and that the main goal of the United States' current Central Asian strategy is to create a counterweight to Russia and China. For China, preserving sovereignty and stability as well as economic development are its primary interests.