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Makale Özeti:
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By adopting ‘The EU and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership’ in 2007, the European
Union (EU) was supposed to implement a comprehensive strategy for Central Asia. Although the
framework of the Strategy was broad in content, energy and transport links have been the
outstanding priorities regarding EU strategic interests, namely, security and stability. The aim of this
paper is to review and analyze EU’s engagement with the region by examining, the content of the
EU strategy, especially the focus on energy. The analysis shows that although the EU presents a
comprehensive strategy aiming at cooperation with a balanced bilateral and regional approach in
several areas, there are problems with implementation because of its late entry into the region.
Moreover, the focus on energy corresponds to neglect in other areas. This suggests that the EU
strategy is designed to serve EU interests more than those of Central Asian states.
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