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US foreign policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia : politics, energy and security / by Christoph Bluth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bluth, Christoph, author.
- Series:
- Library of international relations (Series) ; 68.
- Library of International Relations ; 68
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geopolitics--Caucasus.
- Geopolitics.
- National security--United States--21st century.
- National security.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Caucasus.
- United States.
- Caucasus--Foreign relations--United States.
- Caucasus.
- Caucasus Region.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 268 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- United States foreign policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia
- Place of Publication:
- London : I. B. Tauris, 2014.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: US National Security and the Caspian Region 1
- Understanding US National Security after the Cold War: Theoretical Approaches 3
- Structural Realism 5
- The Role of Ideas 8
- Organisational Behaviour and Decision-Making Theories 15
- The United States and the Caspian Region 16
- Research Questions and Methodology 26
- Chapter 2 The Geopolitics of the CaspianRegion 33
- Russian Security Policy at the Southern Periphery 37
- Conflict and Peacekeeping in the Caucasus and Central Asia 53
- The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region: The Major Powers 57
- China 57
- Iran 62
- Turkey 64
- The European Union 65
- Regional Security Organisations 66
- The Collective Security Treaty Organization 66
- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization 71
- GUAM 74
- The Global War against Terrorism and the Geopolitics of the Caspian Region 75
- Chapter 3 Engaging with the Caspian Region - US National Interests in the Post-Soviet Era 79
- The United States and the Former Soviet Space 80
- Engaging Central Asia and Pipeline Politics 91
- The Bush Administration and US National Security Interests in Central Asia 99
- The Impact of 9-11 100
- Engaging Central Asia 105
- Conclusion 110
- Chapter 4 US Policy towards the Caspian Region: The Security Dimension 113
- Co-operative Threat Reduction in Central Asia 119
- Conflict Regions in the Former Soviet Space 122
- Armenia and Azerbaijan 124
- Georgia 133
- Tajikistan 138
- US Military Engagement in Central Asia 140
- Terrorism 13
- The Case of Uzbekistan 158
- Security and Democracy 154
- Appendix to Chapter 4 164
- Chapter 5 The United States and Energy Resources in the Caspian Region 167
- US Energy Policy and the Caspian Region 169
- The Structure of Caspian Hydrocarbon Resources 170
- Kazakhstan's Oil Production and US Interests 174
- Kazakhstan as an Energy Producer 179
- The Baltic of the Pipelines 181
- US Policy towards Caspian Oil and Gas Resources in the Bush Administration 188
- Conclusion 191
- Appendix to Chapter 5 194
- Chapter 6 Conclusion 195
- The Obama administration and the trajectory of US policy towards the Caspian region 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780769189
- 1780769180
- OCLC:
- 869000940
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