Preface | p. ix |
Introduction: Inter-Imperial Relations | p. xiii |
The West's East | |
Brussels: The New Rome | p. 3 |
The Russian Devolution | p. 10 |
Ukraine: From Border to Bridge | p. 16 |
The Balkans: Eastern Questions | p. 26 |
Turkey: Marching East and West | p. 36 |
The Caucasian Corridor | p. 47 |
Conclusion: Stretching Europe | p. 60 |
Affairs of the Heartland | |
The Silk Road and the Great Game | p. 65 |
The Russia That Was | p. 71 |
Tibet and Xinjiang: The NewBamboo Curtain | p. 78 |
Kazakhstan: "Happiness Is Multiple Pipelines" | p. 85 |
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Sovereign of Everything, Master of Nothing | p. 93 |
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan: Men Behaving Badly | p. 98 |
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Taming South-Central Asia | p. 108 |
Conclusion: A Change of Heart | p. 115 |
The End of the Monroe Doctrine | |
The New Rules of the Game | p. 121 |
Mexico: The Umbilical Cord | p. 132 |
Venezuela: Bolivar's Revenge | p. 137 |
Colombia: The Andean Balkans? | p. 144 |
Brazil: The Southern Pole | p. 152 |
Argentina and Chile: Very Fraternal Twins | p. 159 |
Conclusion: Beyond Monroe | p. 166 |
In Search of the "Middle East" | |
The Shattered Belt | p. 171 |
The Maghreb: Europe's Southern Shore | p. 176 |
Egypt: Between Bureaucrats and Theocrats | p. 191 |
The Mashreq: Road Maps | p. 204 |
The Former Iraq: Buffer, Black Hole, and Broken Boundary | p. 220 |
Iran: Virtues and Vices | p. 227 |
Gulf Streams | p. 234 |
Conclusion: Arabian Sand Dunes | p. 252 |
Asia for Asians | |
From Outside in to Inside Out | p. 257 |
China's First-World Seduction | p. 269 |
Malaysia and Indonesia: The Greater Chinese Co-Prosperity Sphere | p. 278 |
Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam: The Inner Triangle | p. 292 |
Size Matters: The Four Chinas | p. 300 |
Conclusion: The Search for Equilibrium in a Non-American World | p. 321 |
Acknowledgments | p. 343 |
Bibliography | p. 353 |
Notes | p. 377 |
Index | p. 443 |
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