LEADER 02683nam 22005534a 450 001 9910812276603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8330-4344-7 010 $a0-585-23506-6 035 $a(CKB)111004368714956 035 $a(OCoLC)44963062 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary2004618 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12021164 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240484 035 $a(PQKB)11277028 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3031501 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2004618 035 $a(OCoLC)923689040 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3031501 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368714956 100 $a19990524d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNATO and Caspian security $ea mission too far? /$fRichard Sokolsky, Tanya Charlick-Paley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (124 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8330-2750-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 99-113). 327 $aPREFACE -- 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 REGIONĖS FUTURE AND CHALLENGES FOR THE WEST -- THE THREAT OF REGIONAL HEGEMONY -- RUSSIA: THE ONCE BUT NOT FUTURE HEGEMON -- CHINAĖS LIMITED INFLUENCE -- TURKEYĖS 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. 606 $aNational security$zCaspian Sea Region 607 $aCaspian Sea Region$xDefenses 615 0$aNational security 676 $a355/.0330475 700 $aSokolsky$b Richard$01090096 701 $aCharlick-Paley$b Tanya$f1968-$0985662 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812276603321 996 $aNATO and Caspian security$93964483 997 $aUNINA