{"product_id":"2940148525042","title":"CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA","description":"President Obama has outlined a comprehensive\u003cbr\u003estrategy for the war in Afghanistan which is now the\u003cbr\u003ecentral front of our campaign against Islamic terrorism.\u003cbr\u003eThe strategy strongly connects our prosecution of that\u003cbr\u003ewar to our policy in Pakistan and internal developments\u003cbr\u003ethere as a necessary condition of victory. But the\u003cbr\u003estrategy has also provided for a new logistics road\u003cbr\u003ethrough Central Asia.\u003cbr\u003eIn this monograph, Dr. Stephen Blank argues that a\u003cbr\u003ewinning strategy in Afghanistan depends as well upon\u003cbr\u003ethe systematic leveraging of the opportunity provided\u003cbr\u003eby that road and a new coordinated nonmilitary approach\u003cbr\u003eto Central Asia. That approach would rely heavily\u003cbr\u003eon improved coordination at home and the more\u003cbr\u003eeffective leveraging of our superior economic power in\u003cbr\u003eCentral Asia to help stabilize the region so that it provides\u003cbr\u003ea secure rear to Afghanistan. In this fashion we\u003cbr\u003ewould help Central Asia meet the challenges of extremism,\u003cbr\u003eof economic decline due to the global economic\u003cbr\u003ecrisis, and thus help provide political stability\u003cbr\u003ein states that are likely to be challenged by the confluence\u003cbr\u003eof those trends.\u003cbr\u003eThis timely monograph contributes directly to the\u003cbr\u003edebate on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Central\u003cbr\u003eAsia in the hope that policymakers will find it informative\u003cbr\u003eand useful, and those who may be called upon to\u003cbr\u003eimplement the policy will be able to do so more effectively.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156265976048,"sku":"2940148525042","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148525042_p0.jpg?v=1763703842","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148525042","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}