The Nexus Of Global Trade Routes

Here is an analysis from the GEFIRA website:

The five post-Soviet Central Asian republics – Kazakhstan (19 mln inhabitants), Kyrgyzstan (6), Tajikistan (8,5), Uzbekistan (30) and Turkmenistan (5) – making up a joint area of almost 4 million square kilometers (by roughly one million larger than the area of India or Argentina), with the total population equalling 68 million (comparable to that of France or Great Britain) is a very important spot on the globe, landlocked between Russia, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.

You can read the rest @
https://gefira.org/en/2020/07/22/the-nexus-of-global-trade-routes/

Although the region allegedly has been gravitating toward the US, one has to ask why. Other than military aid, what do we have to offer them? Our "strategy" (if that's what it can be called) seems to be based on wrecking China's plans and not on providing the region with anything tangible.

And what the hell is Turkey doing? Among other things, they're screwing with Greece, Egypt, and Libya:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/war-top-trend-greek-twitter-military-high-alert-over-turkish-drilling-incursion

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkey-plans-to-increase-its-forces-in-libya-if-egypt-enters-zaman/

Note the above GEFIRA report says nothing about Islam, which is strange considering the large Muslim populations in the Central Asian republics. As Turkey expands its reach as a regional power, will it continue to be aligned with NATO and the US, or will it stand in the way of US aspirations in the region?