• Título:  THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF KAZAKHSTAN: DISINTEGRATION AND RE-INTEGRATION PROCESSES
• Autor:  Solomatina, Natalya
• Universidad:  Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Departamento:  Escuela de Doctorado Internacional (EDIUS)
• Fecha de Lectura:  30/06/2023
• Programa de doctorado:  Programa de Doctorado en Desarrollo Regional e Integración Económica por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Dirección: 
  • RIVEIRO GARCÍA, MARÍA DOLORES (DIRECTOR)
  • FERNÁNDEZ CASTRO, M. BELÉN (CODIRECTOR)
• Tribunal: 
  • BANDE RAMUDO, ROBERTO (PRESIDENTE)
  • Fernández Fernández, Fátima (SECRETARIO)
  • Samambayeva, Aizhan (VOCAL)
• Descriptores: 
  • INTEGRACION ECONOMICA
  • POLITICA ECONOMICA INTERNACIONAL
  • RELACIONES COMERCIALES INTERNACIONALES
• Localización:  BIBLIOTECA XERAL USC
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• Resumen:
  In the early 1990s, the disintegration process which followed the collapse of the USSR resulted in several independent republics. Immediately, under the leadership of Russia, a number of integration agreements between the Former Soviet Republics (FSR) were signed resulting in a sort of emerging reintegration process. Kazakhstan, one of the post-soviet Central Asian countries, tried to integrate into the global economy by participating in a large number of regional agreements. In this context, the main objective of this thesis is to analyze the process of disintegration and reintegration followed by Kazakhstan, contributing to the understanding of the reasons and consequences of the integration strategies pursued by the country after its independence; particularly, in terms of the effects for trade of the EurAsEC-EAEU, the main regional integration agreement in the Eurasian area. To reach the objective, the thesis is structured in four chapters. After a review of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature in Chapter 1, the scope of political and economic disintegration of Central Asia is determined in Chapter 2 by analyzing of the evolution of the main variables in each integration/disintegration level. Chapter 3 deals with the reintegration path followed by Kazakhstan after independence and Chapter 4 analyses the trade effects of EurAsEC-EAEU by estimating several specifications of an Augmented Gravity Model with panel data. The general conclusion is that, after the political and economic disintegration, while there were several possible regional integration options for the Eurasian area, integration under the leadership of Russia in EurAsEC-EAEU appears to be the followed integration strategy. Although closer integration with the EU or with China through the SCO would be of interest from an economic perspective, it is doubtful in terms of general political and socio-economic viability in the medium and long term. Russia's objective to maintain leadership in the region and ¿recomposing¿ the Soviet space means that it will not allow it. However, for Central Asian countries, the alternative of deepening integration with the Islamic world is not the best way to secure stability. Our results also show that EurAsEC-EAEU trade effects were positive for involved countries since this integration agreement generates trade creation without evidence of trade diversion. So, we can conclude that this regional integration agreement was favorable for members welfare through all the potential effects derived from increased trade flows, besides being currently the only plausible one.