THE C5+1 INVESTMENT PUSH: MARKETING U.S.-CENTRAL ASIA ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS
Abstract
Since 2015, the C5+1 process between the United States and the five Central Asian states, namely, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan has shifted to a more economic-oriented partnership, which is based on connectivity, critical minerals, and attracting investments. Since 2015.1 2 Since 2015 an explicit investment push has been visible, with the 10th-anniversary C5+1 Business Conference and the 6 November 2025 summit in Washington, D.C., where U.S. officials announced a so-called Deal Zone in excess of $25 billion of commercial deals and emphasized well above 50 billion of financing and potential deals mobilized to Central Asia since 2015.
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