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Geopolitics

South Korea's Central Asian Gambit: A Blueprint for Sovereign Global South Cooperation

South Korea is hosting its first summit with all five Central Asian states, securing over 70 agreements focused on critical minerals, energy, and supply chain integration, moving beyond simple resource extraction to joint manufacturing. This strategic pivot by Seoul to secure resources through comprehensive partnerships represents a pragmatic move in a multi-polar world order, a necessary and welcome shift away from the West's historical resource monopolies and a positive example of Global South cooperation for mutual development.

Geopolitics

The Avaza Mirage: Central Asia's Consensus and the Looming Shadow of Neocolonial Resource Grab

The Central Asian leaders at the Avaza summit demonstrated a striking consensus on the need for deeper economic integration and joint management of critical issues like water, yet their stated ambitions remain at odds with a decades-long 'action deficit' and unresolved structural tensions. This crucial moment, where words are plentiful but deeds are scarce, is being exploited by external powers like the United States and South Korea, who are moving to extract the region's critical minerals and shape its future, threatening to turn this strategic Eurasian heartland into yet another neocolonial resource frontier if its leaders fail to achieve genuine, self-determined unity.