Central Asia’s Leverage Moment: Corridors, Uranium, and the Rise of Multi-Alignment
The source argues Central Asia is shifting from a perceived buffer zone into a regional actor with growing leverage driven by constrained Eurasian logistics, nuclear fuel prominence, and emerging critical minerals potential. Its ability to convert geography and resources into durable influence will hinge on intra-regional coordination, value-added industrial capacity, and resilient multi-alignment under intensifying external pressure.