Averting a new great game in Central Asia

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-167

  Weitz, Richard ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33744823332     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/wash.2006.29.3.155     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Ann Scott Tyson, "Russia and China Bullying Central Asia, U.S. Says," Washington Post, July 15, 2005, p. A19.
2. See, for example, Adam Wolfe, "The 'Great Game' Heats Up in Central Asia," August 3, 2005, http://www.pinr.com/ report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=339&language_id=1.
3. S. Frederick Starr, A "Greater Central Asia Partnership" for Afghanistan and Its Neighbors (Washington, D.C.: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, 2005), p. 11.
4. For a discussion of Russia's heavy involvement in exploiting Central Asian energy resources, see Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy, "Country Analysis Briefs: Russia," January 2006, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Russia/Background.html.
5. Bruce Pannier, "Central Asia: Russia Comes on Strong (Part 1)," November 17, 2004, http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/11/ 5cb963eb-9823-4a34-9198-801e1f7eacb1.html.
6. Erica Marat, "Reports Suggest Moscow Wants New Base in Kyrgyzstan," Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 24, 2005, http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2369787.
7. "Russia to Build Air Base in Tajikistan," Reuters, October 9, 2005.
8. Yuri Yegorov, "Uzbekistan Looks Toward Russia," Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 23, 2004, http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id =401&issue_id=2996&article_id=2368146.
9. "Kyrgyzstan Says 'No' to U.S. AWACS," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline, February 15, 2005, http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2005/05-02-15.rferl.html#23.
10. Joel Brinkley, "Pro-Democracy Groups Are Harassed in Central Asia," New York Times, December 4, 2005, p. A3.
11. Douglas Birch, "Fraying U.S. Russian Relations Seen in Former Soviet States," Baltimore Sun, August 2, 2005, p. A13.
12. Dmitri Trenin, "Southern Watch: Russia's Policy in Central Asia," Journal of International Affairs 56, no. 2 (Spring 2003): 119-131.
13. C. J. Chivers, "China Backs Uzbek, Splitting With U.S. on Crackdown," New York Times, May 25, 2005, p. A3.
14. EIA, U.S. Department of Energy, "Country Analysis Briefs: China," August 2005, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/china.html.
15. Chietigj Bajpaee, "China's Quest for Energy Security," ISN Security Watch, February 25, 2005, http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10840.
16. See "The National Security Strategy of the United States of America," March 2006, p. 40.
17. For public opinion data on relevant issues, see International Crisis Group, "Is Radical Islam Inevitable in Central Asia? Priorities for Engagement," Asia Report, no. 72 (December 22, 2003), pp. 20-24, http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=2432&1=1.
18. Condoleezza Rice, "The Promise of Democratic Peace," Washington Post, December 11, 2005, p. B7.
19. For a discussion of the many paths by which a conflict within the region could lead to a catalytic clash among the great powers, see Olga Oliker and Thomas S. Szayna, eds., Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Implications for the U.S. Army (Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2003).
20. "Russian-U.S. Bases in Kyrgyzstan Don't Hinder Each Other - Ivanov," Interfax, April 6, 2005, http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3234.
21. For additional information on the CIS and CSTO, see Richard Weitz, "The CIS Is Dead: Long Live the CSTO," Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, February 8, 2006, http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3989.
22. "Istanbul Summit Communiqué," June 28, 2004, http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2004/p04-096e.htm.
23. Bates Gill and Matthew Oresman, "A Romance Worth Entering: China and NATO," International Herald Tribune, November 22, 2002, p. A8.
24. John C. K. Daly, "UPI Intelligence Watch," December 13, 2005.