In der aktuellen Ausgabe von International Affairs

• Rethinking and arresting Eurasian hegemony: the centrality of central Asia to Indo-Pacific strategies
  in China’s bid for Eurasian hegemony. Control of the region would grant China vital resources, connectivity, and even maritime options, challenging the U.S.-led order. Revisiting Eurasia’s “heartland” underscores its enduring importance in global power shifts.
• Corridors, pipelines and electrons: modalities of economic engagement by central Asia with the Indo-Pacific
  This article examines how landlocked central Asian states practice economic statecraft toward the Indo-Pacific. Using the concept of “omni-enmeshment,” it shows how they move beyond hedging by integrating with actors such as China, India, Japan, and the UAE through trade, transport, and energy projects, reshaping regional dynamics and highlighting their growing agency.
• Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific: bridging the divide in an age of great power rivalry
  This special section integrates central Asia into Indo-Pacific debates, highlighting its role in great power rivalry. It shows how China sees the region as key to Eurasian dominance while other states respond cautiously. Central Asian countries actively hedge, diversify, and balance ties, underscoring the need to view the Indo-Pacific and central Asia as interconnected.