An opportunity for transformative diplomacy is flying under the radar in Central Eurasia – the Caucasus and Central Asia. Since then-Secretary of State James Baker made the first official U.S. visit to Central Asia in 1992, leading to the establishment of full diplomatic relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, U.S. engagement with Central Asia has been consistent but modest. Geopolitical competition in Central Asia is now ramping up around these same issues. Such a strategy would be a natural complement to the president’s March executive order on the United States’ critical minerals emergency. There will be no security for the United States and Europe if China controls critical mineral supply chains in the Eurasian supercontinent.