Supranational ideas have always been used throughout history both to create and to destroy empires. For instance, in the 19th century, Britain and Russia supported Turkish nationalism in overthrowing the Ottoman Empire, which was built on the idea of Islam. For Islam, nationalism is, naturally, an anti-ideology where there is no such notion as a nation. There are devout Muslims, irrespective of nationality or race. Turkism is the opponent of Islamism. It is true that in today's Turkey they try to sit on "two horses" at once - Islam and Turkishness, but those "horses" cannot ride in the same direction.
China and Russia, which are considered to be the main contenders for the collective West, as specified in their officially accepted national security doctrines, can challenge the acting hegemony – the collective West. It is stated in the United States National Security doctrine that its dire national security threat is posed by China and Russia.
In order to restrain Russia and China one of the 19th century projects - Pan-Turkism in the form of the Turkic world - was recalled, and this process is well underway. The Turkic world should play the role of a wedge between Russia and China and become an ally of the West. It is natural that Turkey, which has assumed the role of the locomotive of that World, does not have the resources for such a large project, however, it is obvious that the Turkic world has a considerable number of supporters as a tool in the above-mentioned competition.
How viable is the Turkic world and what is it in general?
It is clear that for the dictators of Central Asia human rights and freedoms are empty words, as shown by the experience of Afghanistan, therefore, they are not going to use their power for the sake of these democratic values for any supranational purpose, however, they did not oppose any geopolitical project through which they could expand their sovereignty getting the opportunity to attract investments and use new communications. Moreover, it will also be possible to weaken the Russian-Chinese forceps, in the middle of which is Central Asia.
The geopolitical goal of the Artsakh war, which gives Ilham Aliyev the courage to go beyond his impudence, should be considered in this context. The so-called "Zangezur Corridor" opens the way for the Central Asian states to the Mediterranean Sea, to Europe, and their ideological and organizational leader is Turkey.
The fate of Artsakh and Armenia should be seen in the logic of the rivalry between these two powerful poles, the Turkic world and the Russia-China tandem. And that competition promises to last for a long time. Only time will tell how vibrant the Turkic world will be.