From Strategy to Sovereignty: Artificial Intelligence and the Race for Youth-Led Transformation in Central Asia
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar The absence of high-quality local language datasets needed to train Large Language Models (LLMs) could pose challenges to…
Central Asia at the Crossroads of Energy and Strategy: Neomercantilism as the Framework of Great Power Rivalry
The latest issue of Sharp Scope explores one of the most decisive geopolitical theatres of the 21st century…
The CPEC Conundrum: How China’s Energy Ambitions Entrapped Pakistan
The exploitation and extraction of natural resource endowments for its benefit has trapped Pakistan into a spiral circle…
BIMSTEC Adopts ‘Bangkok Vision 2030’ as India Unveils Ambitious Plan for Collective Growth
At the 6th BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok on April 4, 2025, Prime Minister Modi announced that India would…
The Battle Over Caspian Resources: Energy, Geopolitics, and the Struggle for Control
The region's capacity to utilize those deposits, however, is dependent on how well it cultivates ties with the…
Neo-Colonialism in Post-Colonial Territories: A Case Study of Central Asia’s Great Power Rivalry
The zenith of Russian domination is now convened with new strategic players like China and the United States,…
The ‘New Great Game’: Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Rivalries in Central Asia
The battle for control of the Caspian Basin’s enormous oil resources, which includes billions of dollars and significant…