Description - Thinking Strategically by Robert Legvold
More than ten years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, none of the major powers, including Russia, has developed a cohesive geopolitical strategy for dealing with the countries and regions that once made up the USSR. Even after September 11, 2001, and the sudden importance of Central Asia in the struggle against global terrorism, the US continues to deal with the region in fragmented and incomplete ways. This volume focuses on security challenges posed by the former Soviet Union, and addresses the economic, political and security interests at stake in Kazakhstan for Russia, the US, China, Europe and Japan. Kazakhstan presents an interesting study both because of its role as a pivot point between Russia and the world beyond and because of its position in Central Asia. The contributors to this book call it variously a buffer, a meeting place, a bridge, a gateway and a strategic arena. Because of internal problems - which include great economic uncertaintly despite vast oil wealth, a disintergrating infrastructure and the potential for internal instability - and goepolitical postion, Kazakhstan and the region of Central Asia presents a complex set of opportunities and dangers.
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