The European Union’s New Central Asia Strategy: Time for Historical Overview Reflection and Agenda Setting for the Future

The relations between the European Union (EU) and Central Asia (CA) have a peculiar history and development trends. The mutual relations of Central Asia states with the European Union differ from relations with other international organisations. This article pays close attention to the current state and proposes to upgrade these relations through enhancement of public diplomacy tools. Therefore, it primarily tries to re-assess the 27-year old history between the EU and CA, in order to identify existing problems and areas of inefficiency and help find solutions to the issues through academic and scientific instruments