From Declarations to Corridors: Rethinking Economic Integration In Central Asia 

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. For more than three decades, economic integration in Central Asia has been shaped by ambitious declarations, multilateral communiqués, and periodic summit diplomacy. Yet tangible outcomes have often lagged behind political rhetoric. The emerging shift from abstract integration models toward corridor-based, infrastructure-driven cooperation marks a potentially decisive turning point. Recent developments betwee...

By Fatima Kemelova