Connectivity Politics in a Time of Strategic Power Rivalries
Cross-border connectivity means lifelines – and risks. Historically, whenever great powers have had overlapping spheres of influence, there is almost always conflict. The nations of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – and Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – share a geopolitical reality between the EU, Russia and China,…