{"product_id":"2940148525233","title":"U.S. INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CHALLENGES TO THEM","description":"For the United States, Central Asia is a region of\u003cbr\u003eboth growing importance and of growing challenge. Its\u003cbr\u003eproximity to Russia, China, Iran, India, and Pakistan;,\u003cbr\u003elocation as the center of the Global War on Terrorism;\u003cbr\u003eand its large energy holdings make it a strategic region\u003cbr\u003ewhere the United States has important, some might\u003cbr\u003eeven say vital, interests. Those interests pertain, first of\u003cbr\u003eall, to geostrategic realities of security, particularly in\u003cbr\u003ethe war on terrorism. But they also pertain to energy and\u003cbr\u003eto the effort to support liberalizing and democratizing\u003cbr\u003ereforms.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, today those interests are challenged by\u003cbr\u003eRusso-Chinese and Iranian opposition to U.S. presence\u003cbr\u003ethere, those governments’ and local regimes’ resistance\u003cbr\u003eto reform, and the revival of the Taliban in Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003eTherefore we need to assess how those challenges are\u003cbr\u003emanifesting themselves and how America best might\u003cbr\u003eadapt to meet them and pursue its interests with greater\u003cbr\u003esuccess.\u003cbr\u003eAccordingly, the Strategic Studies Institute is\u003cbr\u003epleased to present this monograph by Professor\u003cbr\u003eStephen Blank who takes a fresh look at the current\u003cbr\u003esituation in Central Asia and makes substantive policy\u003cbr\u003erecommendations to the U.S. Army, the Defense\u003cbr\u003eDepartment, and the U.S. Government concerning the\u003cbr\u003ebest way to","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176311800048,"sku":"2940148525233","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148525233_p0.jpg?v=1763704055","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148525233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}