China, The United States, and the Future of Central Asia: U.S.-China Relations, Volume I

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The first of a three-volume series on the interaction of the USA and China in different regions of the world, China, the US, and the Future of Central Asia explores the delicate balance of competing foreign interests in this resource-rich and politically tumultuous region.  Editor David Denoon and his across the world renowned set of contributors assess the different objectives and strategies the U.S. and China deploy in the region and examine how the two world powers are not directly competitive with one another for influence in Central Asia. Whilst the USA is focused on maintaining and supporting its military forces in neighboring states, China has its sights on procuring natural resources for its fast-growing economy and preventing the expansion of fundamentalist Islam inside its borders.            
 
This book covers important issues such as the creation of international gas pipelines, the challenges of building an important transcontinental roadways that will have to pass through countries facing insurgencies, the efforts of the USA and China to encourage and provide better security in the region, and how the Central Asian countries themselves view their role in international politics and the global economy. The book also covers key out of doors powers with influence in the region; Russia, with its historical ties to the many Central Asian countries that used to belong to the united states, is perhaps the biggest international presence in the area, and other countries on the region’s periphery like Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, and India have a stake in the fortunes and future of Central Asia as well. A comprehensive, original, and up-to-date collection, this book is a wide-ranging look from noted scholars at a vital a part of the world which is likely to receive more attention and face greater instability as NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan.

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