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The New Great Game - Chinese Views on Central Asia. Proceedings of the Central Asia Symposium Held in Monterey, CA on August 7-11, 2005 (Paperback)
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The New Great Game - Chinese Views on Central Asia. Proceedings of the Central Asia Symposium Held in Monterey, CA on August 7-11, 2005 (Paperback)
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The importance of Central Asia to three major powers the United
States, China, and Russia is well understood but not widely
recognized or discussed. Involvement in the region by the United
States has been spotty and uneven over many years, but since 9.11
has taken on renewed importance in the War Against Terrorists.
Russia views the region as its traditional sphere of influence, and
the many strong ties between Russia and countries in Central Asia,
especially Kazakhstan, reinforce this view. China has had a
presence in the region via trade routes for centuries, but has only
recently made a concerted effort to apply its influence. Key issues
for the area include the following: terrorism/transnational
crime/drug trafficking, energy resources (oil and gas), trade,
stable governance, border disputes, the role of cooperative
security organizations (mainly the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization, but there are a score of others), and, particularly,
cooperation by the major powers. The August 2005 Central Asian
Symposium, held in Monterey California, was a way for the Foreign
Military Studies Office (FMSO) to gain a different and uniquely
Chinese perspective on the area's problems and potential solutions.
The timing and topic of the symposium are important, for China is
growing more interested in Central Asia and its resources by the
day. The region is less contentious than the Taiwan issue, however,
and this factor increased the level of open discussion and value of
the symposium dramatically. FMSO invited several top-rank Chinese
researchers and analysts to attend the symposium, and also younger
analysts/researchers with fresh perspectives on the region.
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