Russia, China, and the United States in Central Asia
Subtitle: prospects for great power competition and cooperation in the shadow of the Georgian crisis
By: Elizabeth Wishnick.
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Carlisle Barracks, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781584873792
Subjects: Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation); China -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- China; United States -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- United States
Description: "This monograph explores the appearance and reality of a consolidation of anti-U.S. interests in Central Asia via the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Sino-Russian partnership. The author asserts that while there is considerable suspicion of U.S. designs on Central Asia, divergent interests within the SCO, among Central Asian states, and especially between Russia and China, serve to limit any coordinated anti-U.S. activity. The monograph takes a critical look at the Sino-Russian partnership and points to differences on energy and economic integration in Central Asia, despite common interests in maintaining regime security and limiting U.S. influence in the region."--P. vi-vii.
Notes: "February 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-72).

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