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Central Eurasia : prize or quicksand? : contending views of instability in Karabakh, Ferghana and Afghanistan / Kenneth Weisbrode.
LIBRA U162 .A3 no.338
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weisbrode, Kenneth.
- Series:
- Adelphi papers ; 338.
- Adelphi papers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Conflict management.
- Political stability.
- Fergana Valley--Politics and government.
- Fergana Valley.
- Civil war--Afghanistan.
- Civil war.
- Afghanistan--Politics and government--1973-.
- Afghanistan.
- Politics and government.
- Ethnic conflict--Fergana Valley.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Political stability--Asia, Central.
- Social conflict--Asia, Central.
- Social conflict.
- Central Asia.
- Social conflict--Caucasus.
- Caucasus.
- Political stability--Caucasus.
- Asia, Central--Strategic aspects.
- Asia, Central.
- Caucasus--Strategic aspects.
- Geopolitics--Caucasus.
- Geopolitics.
- Geopolitics--Asia, Central.
- Conflict management--Asia, Central.
- Conflict management--Caucasus.
- Intervention (International law).
- Petroleum industry and trade--Asia, Central.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Caucasus.
- Caucasus Region.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Contending views of instability in Karabakh, Ferghana and Afghanistan
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2001.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A 'New' Area on the Map 11
- What is Central Eurasia? 11
- Which Are the Major Powers? 14
- Impressions and Policies 15
- Relations with Russia 16
- The Limits to Courtship 18
- The East and the South 20
- The American Energy Catalyst 22
- Forging a New Pecking Order 26
- Chapter 2 Karabakh and the South Caucasus 27
- America's Inhibition 33
- Russia's Ambivalence 34
- Turkey's Frustration 36
- Iran's Prudence 40
- Outcome 43
- Chapter 3 Ferghana and Central Asia 45
- Western Indifference 52
- China's Fear 53
- Iran's Ambivalence 56
- Russia's Temptation 58
- Outcomes 61
- Chapter 4 Afghanistan 63
- Pakistan's Ambition 68
- Iran's Lament 71
- The Asian Connection 73
- American and Russian Antipathy 74
- The Afghan Vortex 76
- Outcomes 78.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [87]-96) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198510705
- OCLC:
- 47053821
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