The interest of the West to Central Asia in the last few years has decreased, but It can grow in the case of coming to power in Western countries, proponents of a more active policy in the field or when changing the longtime rulers in the Central Asian countries, experts say, took part in the round table meeting in MIA " Russia today ". experts also believe that in the case of active intervention in these States Political processes in the field of geopolitical confrontation can increase greatly, for this reason, Russia ought to support strategic engagement with the countries of Central Asia. review of the Director of the Analytical center of the Institute of international studies, MGIMO (University) of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Kazantsev, Western countries are paying increasing attention to the region due to the desire of the current administration of the United States to leave Afghanistan. "The interest of the West in Central Asia declined, because the current leadership of the U.S. is very willing to leave Afghanistan, and Central Asia they perceive in this context. The remaining background of US attention to the region associated with the Ukrainian problem, a problem of increasing confrontation between Russia-United States in the post-Soviet space, " - said the expert. at the same time increasing attention to the region begins to pay China, He adds. "China, due to the rapid laying of pipelines, has become a major buyer of Central Asian gas. China is going to continue to expand its influence in the region. For example, for this region the leader of China, XI XI Jinping announced the project area new silk road, " Kazantsev said. in this context, the Russian leadership raises the question of how to relate the Eurasian integration projects and areas of the new silk road, said the expert. However, the downward trend of the interest of the West in the region can quickly be replaced on the contrary, in the event of a change of power in the States of the region and in Western countries. "The interest of the West may increase if some of the Republicans come to power in the United States or someone who takes a more active position than the head of Barack Obama," Kazantsev said. Director of the Institute for Caspian cooperation, political analyst Sergei Mikheyev emphasizes that among the politicians of the West until now, there are those who in Accordance with the classical geopolitical concepts believes that for observation over Eurasia is necessary to establish oversight of the so-called Heartland - region on the continent, variously defined by scholars, but as a rule, includes the territory of Russia and Central Asia. "Political career and the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov nearing completion, this brand steadily. The end of their political careers for one reason or another will be the time of the audit for Central Asia in General and specifically for the state ", - said Mikheyev. "Fear that most of those who believe that heartland should be kept under control, try to play this game, will try to do so in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan came to power other, Pro-Western or more controlled policy, as it steadily will cause destabilization, as was shown by the experience of other countries, where the Americans and their friends tried to lead as if democratic rulers on unprepared soil," He added. He said that such intervention always ended problems within these countries and geopolitical confrontation. "I do hope that it will not. Russia's role is to, together with colleagues from Central Asia to understand the actual overall strategic desires, " - concluded the expert.