With heightened geopolitical tensions choking shipping routes like the Strait of Hormuz, the 'Middle Corridor' is gaining attention. This multimodal route offers an alternative East Asia to Europe lifeline via Central Asia.

As the US-Israeli war with Iran chokes off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the “Middle Corridor” is being held up as a critical alternative lifeline linking East Asia to Europe. Also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, the Middle Corridor is a multimodal logistics route that connects China and Europe via Kazakhstan in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea and Turkey. Waqar Ahmad, president of Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University,.....