Dalal, Saurabh   <br/><br/>
Geopolitical chessboard of central Asia 

 - World Affairs: The Journal of International issues   
 - 29(1), Jan-Mar, 2025: p.82-91   
<br/><br/> rly 1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union. The region is richly endowed with natural resources like crude oil, natural gas, cotton, gold, copper, aluminium, iron, uranium, hydropower potential, etc. Central Asia is also a growing market with millions of customers. India has keen interest in the region; its major concerns include energy, security; trade investment, infrastructure development, and the fight against Islamic fundamentalism. Saurabh Dalal shows how Central Asia is a geopolitical chessboard and which powers are playing a major role on the chessboard.-Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/content.php<br/>