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Bruce Pannier is a longtime journalist covering Central Asia. He currently hosts Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Majlis podcast and is a Central Asia Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, member of the Advisory Board at the Caspian Policy Center, and member of the External Advisory Board at the European Neighbourhood Council.
Central Asian states look to Iran as they seek to expand regional transit corridors
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, it prompted the Central Asian states, and others, to reconsider Iran’s potential role as a transit country. In a little more than two years, Central Asia’s view of Iran has changed from international pariah to key link in lucrative trade routes.
