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Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1. A prelude to ‘Meta-geopolitics’ of Central Asia
1.2. Significance and aim of the study, research questions
1.3. Literature review
1.4. Limitations
Chapter 2: Research Design and Methods
2.1. Comparative case study
2.2. Process tracing
2.3. Document analysis
2.4. Semi-structured interviewing, content analysis
Chapter 3: Meta-geopolitics: Theory and Practice
3.1. Why Meta-geopolitics?
3.1.1. Political Realism
3.1.2. Social Constructivism
3.2. Conclusion
Chapter 4: Redefining Central Asia
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Proliferation of outside powers vs. the rise of the ’Stans’
4.3. Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Case of EU’s Meta-geopolitical Influence
5.1. The EU foreign policy: the road to ‘The Strategy for a New Partnership’
5.2. Analysis of EU’s influence in light of meta-geopolitical paradigm
5.2.1. Socialization deficit in EU’s normative stance
5.2.2. EU’s balance-of-power strategy in Central Asia
5.3. Conclusion
Chapter 6: The Case of China’s SCO Influence in Central Aisa
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Xinjiang problem, China’s SCO solution and the ‘Great Leap Westward”
6.3. China’s Defensive Realism through the SCO
6.3.1. Bringing balance of power back in?
6.4. Socialization through the ‘Shanghai Spirit’: the rise of ‘Eastphalian order’?
6.5. Conclusion
Chapter 7: Summary of the Main Findings and Conclusion
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