THE EUROPEAN UNION MODEL IN CENTRAL ASIAN INTEGRATION

This article aims to discuss what role the model of European Union can play in forming and nurturing an integration atmosphere in the Central Asian region. Similar to other regions of the world, Central Asian countries have, in recent years, been paying attention to integration. This can be seen in the consultative forums in which the Central Asian heads of state and government meet, which of course helps to forge regional dialogue and is likely to be important in deepening integration in the future. Without doubt, the European Union structure is the best integration model in the world because it is the only international organization which has a legal order, supranational institutions, and a monetary union which illustrate the existence of well functioning integration. Therefore, although it is possible to argue that there is a possibility to construct an integration model in Central Asia using the EU approach, there are many obstacles that stand in the way of making this a reality.