“Questions around the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region remain. Whilst this article does not intend to argue that a British military presence in Central Asia will independently answer these questions, it does assert that some form of Central Asian focus to British strategic thought can provide ‘a link between [British] commitments to promoting security in Europe and expanding economic and political influence in Asia’.” – Captain Ben Tomlinson on why Central Asia should be fixed in the UK’s sights.

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