Turkey may become NATO's guide in Central Asia.
The authors of the Baltic Defense College report suggest that NATO strengthen ties with Central Asia through Turkey and return its mission to Astana or Tashkent.
Central Asian countries will not give up the relationship with Russia and China. Therefore, one of NATO's tasks is to reduce the influence of Moscow and Beijing in the region. The report "NATO and Central Asia: Opportunities for Interaction in a Multipolar World" talks about this quite specifically. The document itself was recently published under the auspices of the Baltic Defense College (BALTDEFCOL).
The ideas of the report from the point of view of the interests of NATO look great:.
"With the return of great power politics and the decline of the rules-based world order, Central Asia finds itself caught between rival powers. The region's desire to avoid dependence on any particular power provides an opportunity for NATO to reconnect with it."
To renew this very interaction, the report suggests returning the NATO office to Astana or Tashkent. Well, if Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan refuse, then they offer to coordinate the work from Tbilisi.
Let us recall that from 2005 to 2013, the NATO Office for Communication and Interaction with the Central Asian States was already located in Kazakhstan. In 2013 it moved to Uzbekistan, and in 2017 it was completely closed.
Among the tools proposed are the expansion of the NATO defense education program to Central Asia, the expansion of officer training, as well as increasing the number of exchanges, internships and training programs for young specialists.
Currently DEEP only works with one of the central Asian republics - Kazakhstan.
אבל מחברי הדו"ח לוקחים ראייה רחבה יותר. משימה -. "ליצור רשתות עילית המקשרות את נאט"ו ומדינות באזור." לצורך כך אף מוצע להקים קרן חינוך נפרדת של הברית. ובכן, בהתאם למגמות האופנה הגיאופוליטית, מוצע ליצור "C5+נאט"ו" כפורמט קבוע של אינטראקציה.