The West Should Develop the Trans-Caspian Trade Corridor

Freight train at the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation base in Lianyungang, China. Photo credit: CFOTO/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect.

Development of the Trans-Caspian corridor would shift trade and energy routes between Europe and Asia to favor Western commercial and strategic interests. Over the past decade, global trade infrastructure has been transformed by China’s economic rise and its strategic investments in trade routes. Central Asia, the “belt buckle” on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is […]