01798nam a2200373 a 4500 EDZ0000092409 StDuBDS 20150804193935.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120712s2012 nyua fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199950485 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JZ1711.5 .C66 2012 327.58 23 Cooley, Alexander, 1972- Great games, local rules [electronic resource] : the new great power contest in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource : ill. Russia, the US, and China all see Central Asia as strategically important and have devoted extensive financial and human resources there. In this book, Alexander Cooley explores the dynamics of the new competition for influence over the region since 9/11. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Asia, Central Foreign relations 1991- Geopolitics Asia, Central. Asia, Central Strategic aspects. Asia, Central Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Asia, Central. Asia, Central Foreign relations Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Asia, Central. Asia, Central Foreign relations China. China Foreign relations Asia, Central. Print version 9780199929825 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199929825.001.0001 37656 37656