Middle Corridor, both as a regional economic zone comprising Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey but also as an … increasingly attrac­tive alternative route between Europe and China. Russia’s war has disrupted overland connectivity via the New … common interest in enhancing Eurasian connectivity for several reasons: to promote peace and prosperity in the South Caucasus …

Connectivity, especially in the transport sector, has become a ubiquitous issue in the South Caucasus in recent years …

The South Caucasus has long been a theatre of Turkish and Iranian cooperation and rivalry. While these two regional …

, especially in Iran. China's interests in the Middle East increasingly collide with those of the US, which has brought about a … in the region. Relations with Iran offer China various possibilities for balancing US influence. A decisive factor for … China's Iran policy are its regulatory ideas aiming to establish equality of influence between the major global powers in a …

’s common integrated electricity grid. China is gaining considerable influence in the electricity sector, setting standards and … EU, China, Russia and - across the Black Sea - Iran and Turkey are competing in these zones to influence the …

and China, the security situation on the Korean Peninsula has continued to deteriorate. North Korea is steadily advancing …

Turkic countries of Central Asia, and even Pakistan, India and China” and is “hostile towards any type of pro-Western policy …

time of a deepening eco­nomic crisis at home. Though economic interests can bring the two countries closer, geopolitics can …