TY - GEN AU - Bertsch, Gary K. TI - Crossroads and conflict: security and foreign policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia SN - 0415922739 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - DK509 .C76 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - National security KW - Asia, Central KW - Caucasus, South KW - Foreign relations KW - 1991- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-306) and index; Introduction / Scott A. Jones -- Pt. 1. Foreign Policy Development in the Southern Tier. 1. The Evolution of the Foreign Policy of the Transcaucasian States / Shireen T. Hunter. 2. Regional Security Prospects in the Caucasus / Alexander Rondeli. 3. Turkish Strategic Interests in the Transcaucasus / Scott A. Jones. 4. Trends of Strategic Thinking in Georgia: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects / David Darchiashvili. 5. U. S. Political Activism in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan / Liam Anderson and Michael Beck. 6. Emerging Politcal Order in the New Caspian States: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan / Shrinin Akiner -- Pt. 2. Conflict in the Causcasus and Central Asian Regions: Oil, Secession, and Questions of Outside Intervention. 7. NATO Expansion and Implications for Southern Tier Stability / Ewan W. Anderson. 8. Conflicts, Caspian Oil, and NATO: Major Pieces of the Caucasus Puzzle / Elkhan E. Nuriyev; 9. No War, No Peace in the Caucasus: Contested Sovereignty in Chechnya, Abkhazia, and Karabakh / Edward Walker. 10. A New Cycle of Instability in Georgia: New Troubles and Old Problems / Ghia Nodia -- Pt. 3. Toward a Solution: Stemming the Flow of Weapons and Controlling Trade as a Policy Tool in the Southern Tier. 11. Developing Nonproliferation Export Controls in Georgia in the Context of the Emerging Eurasian Transportation Corridor / Mamuka Kudava and Cassady Craft. 12. Reconciling Disparate Views on Caucasus Security: Nonproliferation at a Vital Crossroads / Cassady Craft. 13. Perspectives on Security in Kazakhstan / Dastan Eleukenov. 14. Security Challenges for Kyrgyzstan / Orozbek Moldaliev ER -