本文认为中亚市场一体化是经济现代化的主要因素。作者首先确定降低国家间交易成本障碍的潜在的渠道（“一体化模式”）。其次考察这些渠道的形成并指出两种困惑：单个国家集权化的成功相对于它们之间国际合作的失败，公司和贸易网络非正式合作的成功相对于政府协调行动的缺失。最后探究致力于权力平衡的中亚市场一体化模式的相对成功及其影响。

The paper considers the problem of the integration of markets in Central Asia as a main factor of economic modernization. It first identifies the potential channels of reduction of transaction costs barriers between countries (“models of integration”). Second, it looks at the emergence of these channels, and identifies two main puzzles: success of centralization in individual countries vs. failing international cooperation among them and successful informal cooperation of companies and trade networks vs. deficits of intergovernmental concerted actions. Third, it looks at the impact of the relative success of emerging models of market integration for the balance of power in Central Asia.