Unlocking the Tethyan Belt: The Strategic Vision for the Middle Corridor’s Mineral Wealth

The global race to secure critical raw materials — from lithium and rare earths to cobalt and copper — is redrawing the map of international trade and industrial strategy. At the same time, the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route) is evolving from a simple logistics bypass into a potential integrated industrial belt spanning Turkey, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. This session will explore how the Middle Corridor, supercharged by the TRIPP framework, can successfully evolve into an integrated industrial belt. The session will address the delicate balance between commercial opportunity and regional friction, evaluating how to merge mineral extraction and localised high-value processing with synchronized, multi-modal transport networks to build resilient, de-risked supply chains connecting East and West.