As Secretary of State Colin Powell told the House International Relations Committee in February 2002, the United States "will have a continuing interest and presence in Central Asia of a...
In Defense of Greater Central Asia. Policy Paper,. Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm, 11 pp. Swanström, N. 2007. China's Role in Central Asia: Soft and Hard Power. Global Dialogue 9 (1–2). p.283 14 Unifying ...
The Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) face common security challenges from crime, corruption, terrorism, and faltering commitments to economic and democratic reforms. However, co-operation among them...
The contributors to this volume were asked to focus on the long term significance of the junction between Afghanistan and Soviet Eurasia through the "Midlands" region-a relationship that could have wide implications.
Balancing Military Assistance and Support for Human Rights in Central Asia: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Central Asia and South...
The author examines the trade and economic relations of the Central Asian states and Azerbaijan with their Southern neighbors (Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan). He assesses the Soviet economic and...
The U.S.-led war in Iraq complicates security cooperation between the United States and Central Asia at a time when other regional powers2especially Russia, China, and India2are competing for influence in...
Books in English: Allworth, Edward (ed.), Central Asia: 120 Years of Russian Rule, Durham (Duke University Press) 1989. Allworth, Edward A., The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present, A Cultural History, ...
In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's most respected international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new competition for control of the region since 9/11.
Countering Global Terrorism: Developing the Antiterrorist Capabilities of the Central Asian Militaries