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Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Central Asia
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Blank, Stephen |
| Spatial Coverage | United States Central Asia |
| Temporal Coverage | 2009 |
| Abstract | President Obama has outlined a comprehensive strategy for the war in Afghanistan which is now the central front of our campaign against Islamic terrorism. The strategy strongly connects our prosecution of that war to our policy in Pakistan and internal developments there as a necessary condition of victory. But the strategy has also provided for a new logistics road through Central Asia. The author argues that a winning strategy in Afghanistan depends as well upon the systematic leveraging of the opportunity provided by that road and a new coordinated nonmilitary approach to Central Asia. That approach would rely heavily on improved coordination at home and the more effective leveraging of our superior economic power in Central Asia to help stabilize the region so that it provides a secure rear to Afghanistan. In this fashion we would help Central Asia meet the challenges of extremism, of economic decline due to the global economic crisis, and thus help provide political stability in states that are likely to be challenged by the confluence of those trends. |
| Page Count | 57 |
| ISBN | 1584873914 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, |
| Publisher Place | Carlisle, PA |
| Part of Series | Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Afghan War Central Asia Dime (diplomatic, Informational, Military and Economic) Elements Elements of National Power Foreign Relations Strategic Aspects United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Afghan War, 2001 |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Asia, Central--Strategic aspects |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--Foreign relations--Asia, Central |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Asia, Central--Foreign relations--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | DIME (Diplomatic, informational, military and economic) elements |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Elements of national power |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | DS371.4 .B53 2009 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
