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9780199929825

Great Games, Local Rules The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-07-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter century, a new "great game" has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all struggling for influence over the same region, now one of the most volatile areas in the world: the long border region stretching from Iran through Pakistan to Kashmir. InGreat Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's most respected international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new competition for control of the region since 9/11. All three great powers have crafted strategies to increase their power in the area, which includes Afghanistan and the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Each nation is pursuing important goals: basing rights for the US, access to natural resources for the Chinese, and increased political influence for the Russians. However, overlooked in all of the talk about this new great game is fact that the Central Asian governments have proven themselves critical agents in their own right, establishing local rules for external power involvement that serve to fend off foreign interest. As a result, despite a decade of intense interest from the United States, Russia, and China, Central Asia remains a collection of segmented states, and the external competition has merely reinforced the sovereign authority of the individual Central Asian governments. A careful and surprising analysis of how small states interact with great powers in a vital region, Great Games, Local Rules greatly advances our understanding of how global politics actually works in the contemporary era.

Author Biography


Alexander Cooley is the Tow Professor for Distinguished Scholars and Practitioners in the Department of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. His books include Contracting States, Logics of Hierarchy, and Base Politics.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tablesp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introductionp. xiii
The New Great Power Contest in Central Asiap. 3
Local Rules: How Central Asian Regimes Survivep. 16
Washington's Central Asian Detour to Afghanistanp. 30
Moscow's Quest for a Privileged Rolep. 51
The SCO and Beijing's Great Leap Westwardp. 74
Anti-Terrorism, Democratization, and Human Rightsp. 97
Geopolitical Competition and Political Stability: Kyrgyzstan's Base Bidding Warp. 116
The Price of Access: Contracts and Corruptionp. 134
Chasing the Shadow of a Regionp. 149
The New Regional Contests of a Multipolar Worldp. 162
Laws Passed after Color Revolutions That Introduced New Restrictions on NGOs and the Mediap. 179
OSCE, SCO, and CIS Evaluations of Major Central Asian Elections, 2005-2008p. 185
Notesp. 195
Bibliographyp. 231
Indexp. 243
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