Opening a Trans-Caspian Corridor

It would be a logistical nightmare, but the biggest obstacles are geopolitical.

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A trans-Caspian energy and trade corridor has long captured the interest of many nations that would benefit from its creation, and the war in Ukraine has made things only more urgent. The reasons it has never come to fruition are fairly obvious; ferrying hydrocarbons and other commodities from Central Asia along a route that bypasses […]

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