The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Svante E. Cornell

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 Pitfalls: America’s Approach to Central Asia and the Caucasus

Azerbaijan’s Strategic Patience in a Changing World

Georgian Foreign Policy Strategy in Uncertain Times

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy in Pursuit of a New Equilibrium

Kyrgyzstan and the Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia

Turkmenistan Lifts Its Head

Uzbekistan 2.0: Continuity and Change in Foreign Policy

Implications for Policy