The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus

The geopolitical environment surrounding Central Asia and the Caucasus has changed dramatically over the past decade, with important implications for American and European interests. Regional and great powers have accorded the region ever greater attention, and the regional states themselves have developed a greater agency in responding to the geopolitical challenges confronting them. European, and in particular American, perceptions of the region have not kept up with these changes and are in need of updating. In this book, distinguished scholars move the discussion forward in 15 areas: China's Ascent in Central Asia and the Caucasus Russian Strategy Towards the Caucasus and Central Asia Iran's Policy toward the Caucasus and Central Asia The Dawn of Turan The EU'S Growing Presence in Central Asia and the Caucasus India's Changing Approach towards Central Asia and the Caucasus after the Afghanistan Debacle and the War in Ukraine Japan as no 'other' Bureaucratic Morass and Conceptual