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The International Transport Corridor (INSTC) was established in September 2000 by Iran, Russia, and India in St. Petersburg. The corridor expanded with the admission of 13 major corridor member countries such as Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkey. INSTC connects India to the Caspian Sea, Russia, and Northern Europe through Iran. By bypassing the Suez Canal, INSTC is 40% shorter and 30% cheaper than traditional routes in terms of distance and time.

With the support of the United Kingdom, Turkey is actively developing a revanchist policy within the framework of the doctrines of non-pan-Turanism and neo-Ottomanism, which is not being met with opposition from the US and EU. At the same time, Ankara is trying to take advantage of anti-Russian pressure from the West and Moscow’s preoccupation with the Ukrainian crisis.

The contemporary multipolar world is all the more interesting because current events continue to create surprises for the Western planetary minority and those nostalgic for the unipolar era. In the context of these events, numerous reconfigurations of alliances and various types of interaction are observed. One example is the Sahel region, where Russia and Türkiye support countries that have largely thwarted Western interests. With an increasingly overt interaction.