Event

The new Eurasian chessboard: Power, connectivity and strategic resources

This event hosted by UK think tank Chatham House explores how the EU, the UK, the US, and Turkey can navigate great power competition in Central Asia.

Central Asia sits at the heart of today’s great power competition — a pivotal arena for East-West connectivity, energy transition, and the restructuring of the global order. Its governments are increasingly asserting their independence from Moscow without aligning with the West, making the region a critical testing ground for a new geopolitical settlement. The second gathering in a two-event series co-hosted by Chatham House and GMF, this expert roundtable will focus on the region’s political trajectory and geoeconomic dynamics amid a shifting strategic landscape. It will also ask how the EU, the UK, the US, and Türkiye can cooperate more effectively to support regional stability and harness its growth potential.

This expert panel will focus on the region’s political trajectory and geoeconomic dynamics amid a shifting strategic landscape. It will also ask how the EU, the UK, the US, and Turkey can cooperate more effectively to support regional stability and harness its growth potential.

Speakers

Event chaired by Galip Dalay.

Galip Dalay – Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and Russia & Eurasia Programmes

Kate Mallinson – Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme

Domitilla Sagramoso – Senior Lecturer, Security and Development, King’s College London

Kadri Tastan – IPC- Stiftung Mercator Fellow, Centre for Applied Turkey Studies, German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Resident Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund