1. Navigating the Middle Corridor: Strategic Promise, Structural Constraints

Michael Z. Guterbock (European University Institute)  5

2. The Middle Corridor Paradox: Can Georgia and the EU Afford to Drift Apart?

Bako Kheladze (Irregular Warfare Initiative)  9

3. IMEC and the Middle Corridor: Competition or Complementarity?

Leonardo Del Piccolo (ISPI)  12

4. The TRIPP: From a Peacebuilding Tool to a Catalyst for Eurasian Connectivity

Sossi Tatikyan (Sorbonne Nouvelle University)  17

5. The North-South Corridor: Russia's Connectivity Approach Towards the Global South

Denis Cenusa (Geopolitical Security Study Centre)  22

6. Russia and China's Connectivity Narratives in Central Asia

Giulia Sciorati (LSE and ISPI), Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti (ISPI)  25

7. Kazakhstan's Connectivity Vision: Connecting Eurasia to Global Supply Chains

Aliya Tskhay (University of Strathclyde)  29

8. The Political Economy of Azerbaijan's Connectivity Strategy

Gubad Ibadoghlu (LSE)  32