This book will be a fine guide for anyone seeking to understand the forces involved or trying to forecast the effects of China's Belt and Road initiative on the chequerboard of Central Asia. Literary Review
Christoph Baumer is a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia. He is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia and is a member of the Explorers' Club, New York, and of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London.