And yet, it is also a region with a distant history of great economic and cultural achievement in the Silk Road era, and that recently has emerged as a focus of renewed global competition reminiscent of the Cold War. Can Central Asia regain a key role at the center of the huge Eurasian landmass, surrounded by some of the world’s most dynamic economies – China, Russia, and India?
但这些国家在遥远的丝绸之路年代曾取得过经济和文化领域的非凡成就，现在又再次成了全球竞争的焦点，勾起人们对冷战时期的回忆。紧靠着世界最具活力的经济¾中国、俄国和印度，中亚能否重新在欧亚大陆的中心地带发挥重要作用？