The Evolution of Washington's Strategy towards Central Asia

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The article examines the evolution of Washington's policy towards the countries of Central Asia. The reasons for the growing US interest in the Central Asian countries, as well as its recently extremely proactive policy against the backdrop of a fierce confrontation with Russia, have been identified. A step-by-step analysis of Washington’s position regarding this region, together with the old and new formats of both bilateral and regional cooperation, is given in the context of the Global South agenda becoming extremely urgent against the backdrop of increasing competition for the region carried out by its key players – China, Russia, and the United States. At the same time, the role and significance of Central Asia could change depending on the place this region will occupy in the constantly changing scale of US priorities while implementing its policy towards the post-Soviet space.

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N. N Gegelashvili

Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN).

Email: ngegel@hotmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2564-0031
Scopus Author ID: 57215842480
Candidate of Sciences (Politics), Leading Researcher Moscow, Russia

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