TY - BOOK ID - 5289973 TI - Central Asian security : the new international context AU - Allison, Roy AU - Jonson, Lena AU - Utrikespolitiska institutet (Sweden) AU - Royal institute of international affairs PY - 2001 SN - 0815701055 9780815701057 PB - London: Royal institute of international affairs, DB - UniCat KW - National security KW - Sécurité nationale KW - Asia, Central KW - Asie centrale KW - Foreign relations KW - Strategic aspects KW - Relations extérieures KW - Aspect stratégique KW - Sécurité nationale KW - Relations extérieures KW - Aspect stratégique KW - National security - Asia, Central KW - Asia, Central - Foreign relations - 1991 KW - -Asia, Central - Strategic aspects KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - Polemology KW - Central Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5289973 AB - A Brookings Institution Press and Chatham House publication This volume is the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the strategic reconfiguration of Central Asia as Russia has become more disengaged from the nations in the region and as these nations have developed new relations to the south, east, and west. The international implications are enormous because of the rich energy sources—oil and natural gas—located in the Caspian Sea area. The authors assess a variety of internal security policy challenges confronting these states—for example, the potential for conflict arising from such fa ER -