China's cooperation with Central Asia: Targeting connectivity - Modern Diplomacy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Other minor players, like Turkey and Iran, can also play their cards contesting the regional balance.
53% : The delicate balance may also be easily disrupted by the interests of Iran due to the historical and language relations, especially in Tajikistan.
51% : The countries are the gates to the southern corridor, through Iran or Pakistan to the Indian Ocean.
48% : The connections with Russia were not severed primarily because of concerns over the Tajik-Afghan border - North Afghanistan is heavily populated with ethnic Tajiks - Russian presence can ensure the country's security on the southern border.

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