The Impact of Belt – Road Initiative on the Future of China-Russia Partnership in Central Asia

The one Belt one road Initiative constitutes a milestone for shaping the new and independent economic order vis-a-vis the United States in the Central Asian region, as one of the key areas for China and Russia to shape a strategic partnership between the two countries with a view to preventing the expansionism of the United States. The present study as a qualitative method with an analytical-descriptive approach and utilising library method for data collection, tries to explain the one belt-one road initiative, to study China-Russia relations in Central Asia, and to examine the impact of the one belt-one road initiative on China-Russia relations in the Central Asian region. In order to answer the question of what would be the impact of the one belt- one road initiative on China-Russia relations in Central Asia? The authors, by emphasizing on the neo-regionalist approach, believe that despite Russia's skepticism towards China's activities in Central Asia, the one belt-one road initiative  would pave the way for the convergence of Russian-Chinese relations in Central Asia, taking into account the Western economic sanctions against Russia and the pressure of the United States towards China in the East Asian region.