Central Asia

Azerbaijan Pivot to Central Asia

Azerbaijan Pivot to Central Asia

Azerbaijan's main goals for Central Asian countries are about maximizing its political and economic interests. It may aim to maintain its politically balanced and multi-vector foreign policy and increase its maneuverability.
Turkey’s Vision of the Wider Caspian Region

Turkey’s Vision of the Wider Caspian Region

Azerbaijan is now increasingly seen as a springboard for Turkey to reach out to Central Asia where Ankara taps into its significant cultural leverage, along with Central Asian states’ willingness to diversify their foreign relations away from Moscow and Beijing.
Future of the Anaklia Project 

Future of the Anaklia Project 

Total abandonment of the Anaklia project would limit Georgia’s potential to become a growing place for interregional trade between Central Asia and the Black Sea basin. The successful completion of the port, on the other hand, will boost Tbilisi’s ambitions to position itself on one of the routes in the Chinese ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) and also uphold itself as one of the connectors between European and Asia markets.

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