On November 6, President Donald Trump met with the leaders of Central Asia in Washington for the U.S.–Central Asia (C5+1) summit, marking one of the most high-profile American engagement with the region in years. Once a peripheral concern for U.S. policymakers, Central Asia is moving up Washington’s foreign-policy agenda as a result of renewed great-power competition. Geography, energy, and connectivity have turned this landlocked region into a strategic crossroads between Russia, China, and the West.
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