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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812276603321

Autore

Sokolsky Richard

Titolo

NATO and Caspian security [[electronic resource] ] : a mission too far? / / Richard Sokolsky, Tanya Charlick-Paley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 1999

ISBN

0-8330-4344-7

0-585-23506-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Charlick-PaleyTanya <1968->

Disciplina

355/.0330475

Soggetti

National security - Caspian Sea Region

Caspian Sea Region Defenses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-113).

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE -- PROJECT AIR FORCE -- FIGURES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- WESTERN OBJECTIVES AND INTERESTS IN THE CASPIAN REGION -- INTERNAL AND REGIONAL THREATS TO NATO INTERESTS -- INTERNAL THREATS TO STABILITY -- ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND SOCIAL DISCONTENT -- DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH: REALITIES AND EXPECTATIONS -- REGIONAL SOURCES OF CONFLICT AND INSTABILITY -- THE REGIONÌS FUTURE AND CHALLENGES FOR THE WEST -- THE THREAT OF REGIONAL HEGEMONY -- RUSSIA: THE ONCE BUT NOT FUTURE HEGEMON -- CHINAÌS LIMITED INFLUENCE -- TURKEYÌS ELUSIVE QUEST FOR A LARGER ROLE -- IRAN: CHIPPING AWAY AT THE MARGINS -- INDIA AND PAKISTAN -- TRANSNATIONAL THREATS -- THE RISK OF WMD PROLIFERATION -- Tajikistan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Turkmenistan -- Kazakhstan -- Uzbekistan -- Azerbaijan -- The Risk of Leakage -- THE SPREAD OF POLITICAL ISLAM -- CASPIAN OIL AND ENERGY SECURITY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO AND WESTERN POLICY AND PLANNING -- PEACETIME MILITARY ACTIVITIES -- CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND PEACEKEEPING -- MAJOR MILITARY OPERATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.