Abstract

As global investment corridors reshape the spatial dynamics of economic power, Central Eurasia is emerging as a pivotal intersection in the reconfiguration of trade, technology, and governance flows across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. This paper examines how evolving frameworks of international economic law and investment regimes are transforming the region’s geopolitical and socio-legal landscapes. Drawing from comparative analyses of Central Asian and Latin American experiences, it explores how post-pandemic recovery strategies, energy transitions, and infrastructure partnerships—notably under China’s Belt and Road Initiative—redefine sovereignty, development priorities, and institutional agency within smaller states. The research argues that Central Eurasia’s legal geographies are not merely zones of external influence but active laboratories of legal innovation and hybrid governance. By bridging insights from treaty interpretation, investment arbitration, and South–South cooperation, this study invites a (re)thinking of Central Eurasia as a fluid, negotiated space where societal agency and global power coevolve through law.