The situation has changed. Russia, which is turning to the east, naturally changed with it. Now, Russia does not object to China's overall layout in Central Asia, and it seems to be more happy to see it happen, as long as Central Asia does not turn to the West.

The Russian-Ukraine conflict, the Western siege changed Russia's situation. The situation has changed. Russia, which is turning to the east, naturally changed with it. Now, Russia does not object to China's overall layout in Central Asia, and it seems to be more happy to see it happen, as long as Central Asia does not turn to the West.

In the past, China's cooperation with Tajikistan was almost concentrated on the economy, but now, the two sides have begun to strengthen military cooperation. Last month, China and Tajikistan signed an agreement that formally determined the growing military cooperation between the two countries, systematically and formally the unregulated joint anti-terrorism drills of the two sides in the past. According to the agreement, the military forces of China and Tajikistan will hold a joint anti-terrorism drill every two years to strengthen coordination capabilities and improve the ability of the two countries to fight against terrorism.

There is no doubt that military cooperation with Tajikistan is an important layout of China in Central Asia to prevent terrorist forces and extreme thoughts from spreading to northwest of my country through Central Asia. To prevent terrorist forces from spreading to the country, if we only have a defense line in Xinjiang, it will have a great impact on us. We are not ignorant of the principle that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. The security and stability of neighboring countries are closely related to our security and stability. Therefore, moving this line of defense forward to Tajikistan and Central Asia is the most beneficial for us, and it can also help other Central Asian countries maintain security. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

In addition, although the Afghan Taliban regime has been showing goodwill to us now, we are still waiting and watching. After all, the Taliban regime is still unstable, and there have been fire exchanges with neighboring countries such as Pakistan recently. From a geographical perspective, China, Tajikistan, and , Afghanistan, are bordered by each other. From another perspective, we set up defense lines in Tajikistan, which is also to a certain extent, guarding against the Taliban. The heart of being defensive is necessary. The Taliban can now have conflicts with other neighboring countries, and no one can guarantee that they will not have conflicts with China in the future.

However, we all know that some Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan, come from the collapse of the Soviet Union of , like Russia. Even after the end of Cold War, , Russia still regards these countries as its back garden. Of course, Russia does not want to see anyone get involved in its ban, even if the other party is a friendly country like China. Therefore, if it were placed in the past ten or twenty years ago, China's layout in Central Asia would most likely make Russia feel very disgusted.

Carnegie International Peace Foundation researcher Temuir Umarov said, "The biggest question of this kind of cooperation between Tajikistan and China is whether Russia agrees with this point."

But one time and another, Russia is happy to see China's layout in Central Asia now. According to observers, the recent counter-terrorism agreement between China and Tajikistan seems to be very popular with Russia now.

In fact, the reason is very simple. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the strong Western sanctions that followed have already put Russia in breath. Russia now does not have much energy to take into account the matters in Central Asia. As Russia's economic strength in Central Asia weakens, Central Asian countries have begun to seek to attract new partners and deepen their ties with other powers, thus ushering in more diplomatic contacts with Europe.

In the past October and November, European Council Chairman Charles Michel and European Union Foreign Policy Head Josep Borre visited Central Asia one after another. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan leaders also visited France. Of course, in addition to the West, China is also a key target for Central Asian countries to seek cooperation.

Not to mention the current friendly relations with Russia. Just from our military layout in Tajikistan, neither functional positioning nor geographical location are aimed at Russia, and it will not pose any threat to Russia at all.In this case, instead of waiting for the West to take advantage of the situation, it is better to let China fill this vacuum, because China's layout in Central Asia, even if it is a military layout, will at least not pose a threat to Russia's security.

China expands security cooperation in Central Asia with the goal of combating terrorism, preventing the spread of terrorist forces into China, and maintaining the security and stability of its own country and the entire Asia-Pacific region. But if the West is allowed to intervene, it will be another phenomenon. Therefore, for Russia today, as long as Central Asia does not turn to the West, they are more happy to see China's layout.

Moreover, the security needs in Central Asia have always existed, and seeking security cooperation with third parties is an inevitable process. If Russia insists on stopping it, it will only push Central Asia further, or even to the West, resulting in counterproductive results. No matter how you look at it, Russia has no reason to oppose China's layout in Central Asia. After all, Russia is clear about how to do it best.