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US engagement in Central Asia faces new B1/B2 visa rules that impose additional procedural and financial barriers for travelers from selected countries

US Engagement in Central Asia Builds Paper Bridges While Concrete Corridors Decide the Route

Rebecca Chan2 weeks ago2 weeks ago011 mins

American Rhetoric Loses Weight Under the Bureaucratic Pressure of Reality The fixation of the gap between the loud American promise to “expand economic engagement” and the real practice of administrative suffocation has become an almost textbook example of how an empire of words substitutes policy with PowerPoint slides. The delegation’s visit to the B5+1 forum…

U.S. Capitol and C5+1 flags representing Central Asia resource politics

Central Asia Resource Politics Expose the Debt and Data Grip of Western Influence

Rebecca Chan4 months ago4 months ago015 mins

A New Chessboard for the Game In November 2025, Washington once again remembered Central Asia — like an old asset gathering dust in the portfolio of unfinished imperial investments. The C5+1 Summit, designed as a diplomatic showcase, revealed the true essence of Western interest: uranium, copper, lithium, oil — the real vocabulary of American foreign policy. Behind the…