{"id":147891,"date":"2026-03-15T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147891"},"modified":"2026-03-15T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:00:14","slug":"beyond-a-buffer-zone-how-the-iran-war-is-recalibrating-central-asian-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147891","title":{"rendered":"Beyond a \u2018buffer zone\u2019: how the Iran war is recalibrating Central Asian ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCentral Asian governments are leveraging the diplomatic fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran to assert their autonomy and reinforce their long-standing strategy of balancing major powers, according to analysts.<br \/>\nFor decades, the five former Soviet republics have been seen as Russia\u2019s \u201cbackyard\u201d. However, as the conflict in Iran deepens, these nations are moving to recalibrate their geopolitical ties, signalling a shift away from their role as a passive buffer zone for great powers.<br \/>\nThe shift&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3346611\/beyond-buffer-zone-how-iran-war-recalibrating-central-asian-ties?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCentral Asian governments are leveraging the diplomatic fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran to assert their autonomy and reinforce their long-standing strategy of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147891"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}