Emerging Patterns In The International Relations Of Central Asia

Abstract

This paper will first examine Ccntral Asia's political evolution as well as the foreign policies favored both by ruling and non-ruling parties in the region. Next, the foreign policies toward Central Asia of important external powers will be studied in order to explore how they might affect the region's political evolution. Lastly, there will be a discussion of how both the political evolution of the various Central Asian states and the foreign policies of external actors toward them interact and may affect the region's international relations.