Sumqayit-Aktau cable reshapes EurasiaAzerbaijan and Kazakhstan have completed a key milestone in the implementation of a Caspian Sea project, with the subsea section of the Sumqayit-Aktau Trans-Caspian fibre-optic cable now in place. Can Caspian cable provide alternative to Russia and Red Sea routes? Synergy between Middle Corridor and Digital Silk WayCombining freight transport and digital infrastructure within a single geographic corridor offers practical advantages. Azerbaijan’s ambition to become a regional digital hub is closely linked to this synergy. For Kazakhstan, further development of Aktau port and the modernisation of the country’s east-west digital infrastructure will be equally important.