https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/b51e434d-4016-4bff-a387-e8a510ae5cd2 Kazakhstan has joined both Washington’s Pax Silica initiative and China’s World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, testing whether Central Asia can cooperate with both powers on AI. A draft American letter reported by Reuters suggests Washington may seek to restrict overlapping memberships, although its implementation remains unconfirmed. Uzbekistan’s request to join Pax Silica could reveal how that approach works in practice. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Jonasz Rewiński and his guest, Bruce Pannier, Board Member at the Caspian Policy Center, examine the competing initiatives, Central Asia’s diplomatic calculations and the importance of critical minerals, and try to answer the key question: what would Washington need to offer to persuade its partners to limit their ties with Beijing? 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Kazakhstan #Asia #Politics Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:11:01 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/b51e434d-4016-4bff-a387-e8a510ae5cd2 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.