By S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell
December 10th, 2015, The CACI Analyst
A number of initiatives have combined to make the development of continental transport and trade across the heartland of Eurasia a reality rather than a mere vision. Some of these have been external, while many have been internal to the region. Yet Europe, which launched the visionary TRACECA program in the early 1990s, is largely absent from the scene today. Yet if Europe works with Central Asian states, it stands to benefit greatly from this process. This would involve work to make the transport corridors more attuned to market logic; to promote the development of soft infrastructure; to pay attention to the geopolitics of transport and support the Caucasus and Caspian corridor; and not least, to look ahead to the potential of linking Europe through Central Asia not just to China, but also to the Indian subcontinent.
- Central Asia
- TRACECA program
- Silk Road
- Kazakhstan
- China
- India
- Caucasus
- One Road One Belt OBOR
- Afghanistan
- Grader port
- Zhezkazgan Beinenu rail link
- Arkalyk Shubarkol rail link
- Pakistan
- TAPI Pipeline
- Aqua port
- Georgia
- Batumi port
- Poti port
- Turkmenistan
- EU Kazakhstan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
- European Union
- Eurasian continental trade