Geoeconomic Integration of Central Asia

The U.S. sees regional integration and global connectivity as the way to loosen the grip of Russia and China.

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In a hyperconnected world, Central Asia is the final frontier, a vast region with few links to the international community. In the more than three decades since the end of the Cold War, the region’s remoteness and lack of oceanic access have benefited its gigantic neighbors, Russia and China. But now the United States and […]

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