{"id":156453,"date":"2021-12-27T20:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=156453"},"modified":"2021-12-27T20:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:09:22","slug":"central-asian-republics-cars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/central-asian-republics-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS (CARS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About the CARs:<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-156461 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CARs.png?resize=382%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CARs.png?w=674&amp;ssl=1 674w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CARs.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CARs includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.<\/li>\n<li>The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 created these countries.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>whole subregion is land-locked<\/strong>, thus making all CA countries land (and\/or air) transport dependent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Boundary:<\/strong> It is flanked by the <strong>Russian Federation in the North<\/strong>, <strong>China and Mongolia in the East<\/strong>, and Islamic Republic of<strong> Iran and Pakistan in the South<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Caspian Sea at the subregion&#8217;s western boundaries<\/strong> provides some water transport connections,\n<ul>\n<li>Leading to Ukraine and further to Europe (possibly to the countries of the Mediterranean basin).<\/li>\n<li>To the Russian Federation and the Baltic Republics in the North.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central Asia sits at the <strong>heart of Eurasia<\/strong> and, historically, made up <strong>half of the ancient Silk Route.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The region is <strong>strategically vital<\/strong> for many countries like China, Russia, India, the US and Europe, as it served as a pivot for geopolitical transformations within the world island.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The \u201cNew Great Game\u201d in Central Asia<\/strong>\u2014characterised by fierce competition between various states all aiming to increase their influence, hegemony and power over the region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In this \u2018game\u2019, the important players are Russia, the US, European Union (EU), China, Turkey, Iran and India.<\/li>\n<li>Many analysts point to India and China as the two major players in the \u201cnew great game\u201d in Central Asia.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>China<\/strong> has perhaps the biggest <strong>economic footprint in the CARs<\/strong> region, principally owing to its massive project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).<\/li>\n<li><strong>India <\/strong>has started <strong>reviving its old civilisational links<\/strong> with the region, laying the groundwork for building <strong>trust and goodwill<\/strong> by extending assistance through capacity building and human resource development, in the areas of information technology, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the CARs: The CARs includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 created these countries. The whole subregion is land-locked, thus making all CA countries land (and\/or air) transport dependent. Boundary: It is flanked by the Russian Federation in the North, China and Mongolia in the East,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/central-asian-republics-cars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS (CARS)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10335,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}