Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending the Second China Central-Asia Summit taking place in the Kazakh capital, Astana.

President Xi is meeting with leaders of all five central Asian nations; Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Economic development and security are two of the major issues on the agenda.

Joining the discussion:

• Einar Tangen is Senior Fellow with the Taihe Institute and Founder of Asia Narratives on Substack.
• Assel Tutumlu is Associate Professor in Political Science at Near East University.
• Yan Liang is Chair Professor in Economics at Willamette University.
• Anton Fedyashin is Professor of History at American University.