Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

Looking deep into the Central Asia will reveal a region with plenty of intact talents and capacities drawing regional and ultra regional powers' attention to. Iran has also deep ties and many commonalities with the Central Asia. Despite the incentives and the willingness of both Iran and the countries in the region and even the considerable progress in multilateral relations, there is still much to manage using these capacities for regional cooperation and integration. There exist issues including energy and its transport, transit of goods, mutual economic needs, Islamic extremism, drug trafficking, identity and cultural crises, that needs Iran to deal with in the regional extensive cooperation and integration.

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