Title Thinking strategically : the major powers, Kazakhstan, and the central Asian nexus / edited by Robert Legvold

Published Cambridge : MIT Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) Series American Academy studies in global security American Academy studies in global security. Contents Introduction: Great power stakes in Central Asia / Robert Legvold -- Russian policy toward Kazakhstan / Vitaly V. Naumkin -- U.S. policy toward Kazakhstan / Robert Legvold -- China's foreign policy toward Kazakhstan / Xing Guangcheng -- European strategy toward Kazakhstan / Neil MacFarlane -- Japanese policies in relation to Kazakhstan: is there a "strategy"? / Tomohiko Uyama -- Great Power policies and interests in Kazakhstan / Bulat Sultanov, Leila Muzaparova -- Conclusion: Strategic challenge of Kazakhstan and Inner Asia / Sherman W. Garnett Summary More than ten years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, none of the major powers, including Russia, has developed a cohesive geopolitical strategy for dealing with the countries and regions that once made up the USSR. Even after September 11 and the sudden importance of Central Asia in the struggle against global terrorism, the United States continues to deal with the region in fragmented and incomplete ways. Thinking Strategically, the first volume in a series focusing on security challenges posed by the former Soviet Union, addresses the economic, political, and security interests at stake in Kazakhstan for Russia, the US, China, Europe, and Japan. Kazakhstan presents an interesting case study both because of its role as a pivot point between Russia and the world beyond and because of its position in Central Asia. The contributors to this book call it variously a buffer, a meeting place, a bridge, a gateway, and a strategic arena. Because of its internal problems--which include great economic uncertainty despite vast oil wealth, a disintegrating infrastructure, and the potential for internal instability--and its geopolitical position, Kazakhstan and the region of Central Asia present a complex set of opportunities and dangers for the major powers. The authors of each chapter, who come from Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Kazakhstan, address the security challenges posed by Kazakhstan and Central Asia from the point of view of their respective countries or regions. From the Russian perspective, for example, Kazakhstan itself is central--as a bulwark against instability and a close economic partner--and Central Asia subordinate; other countries tend to view the entire Central Asia region strategically Analysis SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 237-243) Notes Print version record Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomatic relations Strategic aspects of individual places SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001928 Kazakhstan -- Strategic aspects United States -- Foreign relations -- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan -- Foreign relations -- United States Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation) China -- Foreign relations -- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan -- Foreign relations -- China Japan -- Foreign relations -- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan -- Foreign relations -- Japan Subject Central Asia China Japan Kazakhstan Russia (Federation) United States Form Electronic book Author Legvold, Robert ISBN 9780262278133 0262278138 0585480990 9780585480992

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