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Moscow and Beijing Seek to Counter Growing Turkish Influence in Central Asia Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 53 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkmenistan s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in 2016 (Source: Tass) Geopolitical competition over Central Asia is intensifying, with the two most prominent longstanding rivals, Russia and China, now confronted by the rising power of a third, Turkey. Thus, Moscow and Beijing have worked to limit Ankara’s influence in this landlocked region; but each has sought to do so without undermining its respective position across the region or derailing hopes for using Turkey for its own purposes, such as cultivating an anti-Western alliance. That combination means, first of all, that this competition is far from a zero-sum game for any of the participants, and so the common temptation to declare one or another the “winner” should be resisted. Instead, in this latest version of the “great game,” each of the

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