Geopolitics
The Samarkand Gambit: Decoding America's Neo-Colonial Push into Central Asia
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a historic delegation of over 100 US companies to a C5+1 summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, aiming to dramatically expand American diplomatic and economic influence in Central Asia. This aggressive US pivot into the heart of Eurasia is a classic neo-colonial gambit, designed to create dependencies, force nations into binary 'with us or against us' technological blocs, and contain the organic, multi-vector partnerships that sovereign Global South nations like Uzbekistan have rightfully cultivated.
