AT THE CENTER

The Middle Corridor Linking Asia and Europe: Promise and Challenges

The Center for the National Interest is pleased to invite you to the sixth in a monthly series of expert discussions organized by the Center’s Central Asia Connectivity Project. This virtual event will take place on Wednesday, October 16 at 10:00 AM ET. The Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transit Route (TITR),

“The most important summits between leaders in Washington and Moscow—during the Nixon and Reagan administrations—took place precisely when the two governments recognized the dangers of inveterate mutual hostility and sought to limit them.”

-Paul J. Saunders

“The threat to the liberal order comes not from political shifts within democratic societies from liberal to conservative parties; that’s the normal cycle of democratic politics. It comes from resurgent autocrats in Russia, China, North Korea and Iran who do not tolerate such political shifts. Authoritarianism, not nationalism, poses the real threat to the liberal order.”

-Jacob Heilbrunn