Great games, local rules
Subtitle: the new power contest in Central Asia
By: Alexander Cooley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780199812011; 9780199812004
Subjects: Geopolitics; Strategic aspects; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The new multipolar politics of influence in Central Asia; title: Local rules: how Central Asian regimes survive; title: Washington's Central Asian detour to Afghanistan; title: Moscow's quest for a privileged role; title: The SCO and Beijing's great leap westward; title: Counterterrorism, democratization and human rights; title: Geopolitical competition and political stability: Kyrgyzstan's base bidding war; title: The price of influence: contracts and corruption; title: Chasing the shadow of a region; title: Conclusion: the scorecard and lessons for a multipolar world of regions.