Board #39 - Reigniting the "Silk Road Spirit" and the New Age of Central Asian Diplomacy

• In Event: 74-314 - Poster Session: IR Theory: Revisiting Classic Debates

Brief Overview

This paper examines the rise of Central Asian regional sovereignty initiatives. My “Sovereignty Endurance Theory” builds on past literature by positing that a disruption in the balance of power leads to an increase in regional sovereignty initiatives.

Author

• Alexander Jordan Schrier, University of Pennsylvania