All in Central Asia

Analysis | Geopolitics in the Era of Connectivity: Beijing and Brussels Compete for Central Asia

Analysis | Geopolitics in the Era of Connectivity: Beijing and Brussels Compete for Central Asia

Niko Marcich
European Union, Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Grand Strategy, Economic Policy, Eastern Europe, China, Central Asia, Geopolitics, Connectivity, National Security

Both Europe and China recognize the potential for economic growth at home and abroad by bringing the two ends of Eurasia closer together. Yet Beijing and Brussels have diverging views for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and are poised to compete for infrastructure investment. Connectivity — and the means to control it — is the new currency of geopolitics.