The corridor the sanctions rerouting runs through, and the clearest live test of whether Russian influence survives Russian weakness. Two patrons, five states, and infrastructure built to point north being redirected east — a squeeze that is tightening, not easing.
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Who competes here
arena · not an actorThis region is defined by who is competing for it rather than by what it projects. That is precisely why it gets no Influence Score of its own: the interesting number is not Central Asia's power, it is the gap between the two patrons bidding for it.
The figures are each actor's global Influence Score, not their weight inside Central Asia — we do not have that number and will not estimate one. What is specific to this region is why each power is here. how we score
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What we intend to cover
Editorial intent, not findings. Nothing below has been analysed yet.
- Whether rerouted Russia–China trade makes the region a beneficiary or a bottleneck.
- The Middle Corridor: how much EU–Asia freight can actually bypass Russia.
- Kazakhstan scored individually — the one state here with the size to set its own terms.