Us Policies in Central Asia: Democracy, Energy and the War on Terror

ISBN-13: 9780367876463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 244 str.

Ilya Levine

Opis

Democracy promotion, security and energy are the predominant themes of US policy in Central Asia after the Cold War. This book analyses how the Bush administration understood and pursued its interests in the Central Asia states, namely Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. It discusses the shift in US interests after Sept

Spis treści

Introduction

1. Democratic Peace, Complex Interdependence, and the Bush Doctrine

Part 1: Democracy

2. Confrontation in Kyrgyzstan

3. Engagement in Tajikistan

Part 2: The War on Terror

4. The Rise, Decline, and Collapse of the US-Uzbek Partnership

Part 3: Energy

5. Turkmenistan’s Gas

6. Kazakhstan’s Oil

Part 4: US Policies in Central Asia

7. Bush in Central Asia

8. Bush’s Legacy and Obama’s Policies

Appendix

O autorze

Ilya Levine received his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include US foreign policy, Russian politics, and Central Asia.