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050 0 0 _aUA853.C27
_bS65 1999
100 1 _aSokolsky, Richard.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNATO and Caspian security :
_ba mission too far? /
_cRichard Sokolsky, Tanya Charlick-Paley.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1999
300 _axix, 113 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Project Air Force."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 99-113).
520 _aThis report attempts to put the Caspian Basin and Central Asia into a comprehensive strategic perspective at a time when NATO is increasingly concerned with challenges on its periphery. The authors examine NATO's interests, capabilities, and constraints as well as the salient trends and factors shaping the regional security environment. In spite of the region's potential energy riches and the jockeying for influence among major powers and oil interests, the authors suggest that NATO should see the region as a potential quagmire rather than as a vacuum waiting to be filled. The report discusses Western objectives and interests in the Caspian, internal and intraregional threats to Western interests, the competition for influence among outside powers, transnational threats, Caspian oil and energy security, and implications for NATO and Western policy and planning. The authors conclude that the West has limited interests and leverage in the Caspian Basin, and the Alliance should focus on promoting the restructuring and professionalization of indigenous armed forces, while resisting new commitments and security responsibilities in the region.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
610 2 0 _aNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization.
650 0 _aNational security
_zAsia, Central.
650 0 _aNational security
_zCaspian Sea Region.
650 0 _aNational security
_zCaucasus.
651 0 _aAsia, Central
_xForeign relations.
651 0 _aAsia, Central
_xStrategic aspects.
651 0 _aCaspian Sea Region
_xDefenses.
651 0 _aCaucasus
_xForeign relations.
651 0 _aCaucasus
_xStrategic aspects.
700 1 _aCharlick-Paley, Tanya,
_d1968-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bStrategy and Doctrine Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1074/
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_d599016