NATO and Caspian security : a mission too far? /

This 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sokolsky, Richard
Otros Autores: Charlick-Paley, Tanya, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1999.
Temas:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
National security > Caspian Sea Region.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Military readiness.
National security.
Caspian Sea Region > Defenses.
Caspian Sea Region.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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