Now Is The Time For Gulf Nations To Enhance Ties With Central Asia – Analysis

By Luke Coffey

The leaders of the five Central Asian states — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, known collectively as the C5 — met their Gulf Cooperation Council counterparts in Jeddah last week for a GCC-C5 summit.

This gathering built on the success of a ministerial meeting between the...