The world wants Central Asia’s critical minerals. The region’s real challenge is ensuring it does not remain the place where the digging happens while the profits are reaped…

The world wants Central Asia’s critical minerals. The region’s real challenge is ensuring it does not remain the place where the digging happens while the profits are reaped elsewhere. Imagine owning a goldmine, but your gold has to be exported outside the country to be converted to jewelry, electronics, or machinery? You have the resource, […] The post Central Asia is Sitting on a Mineral Goldmine. But who will actually get rich? appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

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