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This book examines the U.S. activities aimed at the promotion of regional cooperation among the five post-Soviet countries of Central Asia (CA). The U.S. has been so far the only great power that has made efforts to promote cooperation between the five countries of CA. The analysis of U.S. policy in the region is informed by the careful examination of a.) legal documents and testimonies, b.) statistics, and c.) interviews with experts. The U.S. carries out its policy mainly through the State Department and the Department of Defense in the region as well as the U.S. Trade Representative....

The republics of Central Asia re-emerged as independent actors in the global interstate system in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, their varied histories and geographies offering many different possible opportunities and course of action. In order to explain their often confusing and complicated foreign policy alignments, many analysts have turned again to the theories of Sir Halford Mackinder (1861-1947), the British geographer who is widely regarded as the founding father of geopolitics. This book brings together historical geographers and political scientists to explore this...