Title Great games, local rules : the new power contest in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley

Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description xiv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents The new multipolar politics of influence in Central Asia -- Local rules: how Central Asian regimes survive -- Washington's Central Asian detour to Afghanistan -- Moscow's quest for a privileged role -- The SCO and Beijing's great leap westward -- Counterterrorism, democratization and human rights -- Geopolitical competition and political stability: Kyrgyzstan's base bidding war -- The price of influence: contracts and corruption -- Chasing the shadow of a region -- Conclusion: the scorecard and lessons for a multipolar world of regions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Geopolitics -- Asia, Central. SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001928 Asia, Central http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008625 -- Strategic aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008690 Asia, Central -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001926 -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 United States -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058 -- Asia, Central. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008625 Asia, Central -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001926 -- Russia (Federation) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92056007 Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005000242 -- Asia, Central. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008625 Asia, Central -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001926 -- China. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79091151 China -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024025 -- Asia, Central. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008625 LC no. 2011044188 ISBN 9780199929825 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 0199929823 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 9780199812011 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 0199812012 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 9780199812004 (paperback: acid-free paper) 0199812004 (paperback: acid-free paper)

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