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The situation in the Middle East has grown more tense in the past weeks following Iran’s intensive rocket attacks on Israel to avenge the assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders in Lebanon and Iran and Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iranian territory.

International transport corridors (ITCs) are gaining independent geo-economic importance, where the transit of goods and passengers guarantees a constant source of profit, security and growth. The question lies in the routes and the combination of interests of project participants. What is attractive about the Zangezur transport and communications corridor?

The ‘Blue Horse’ is a project noble in its designs, aiming to bring water to those lands where sand dust rules. Nevertheless, despite all the imaginary (and quite real) prospects created for Mongolia by this initiative, its implementation is almost inevitably associated with negative consequences for the vast Baikal region. Is there an optimal way out of this difficult situation?