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Author: Oktay F. Tanrisever
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614991782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled as "NATO, the Fight against International Terrorism in Afghanistan and Security Situation in Central Asia since 9/11," held at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey between April 10-11, 2011.
Author: Oktay F. Tanrisever
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614991782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled as "NATO, the Fight against International Terrorism in Afghanistan and Security Situation in Central Asia since 9/11," held at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey between April 10-11, 2011.
Author: NATO Defense College Foundation
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788861402362
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 73
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The region of Afghanistan and Central Asia is one of great importance for its implications on the world order. It is a land situated between major powers with concrete political and economic interests in the region, namely, China, India, Iran and Russia. All discussions about Afghanistan confirm that its stability constitutes a common interest for all involved internal and external ac-tors. However, the problem lies in the means by which this interest is achieved. Each stakeholder holds fast to a certain vision of Afghanistan’s future. The lack of compromise is continuing the deadlock for the country. While Central Asian States (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) are starting to dampen traditional rivalries in the quest for a more effective regional cooperation, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India relations remain tense. After the ISAF mission, NATO is reiterating its commitment to ensure long-term security and stability in Afghanistan. Some of these efforts include training of local Afghan National Security Forces, institution-building, provision of expertise and mediation between regional actors. Specifically, NATO is keen to affirm the locals’ support of its mission and the milestones it has accomplished to this date. The rationale for this involvement can be clearly seen through the consequences that a previous disengagement after 1989 brought: another cycle of civil war, increased and more dangerous tensions between two nuclear powers like India and Pakistan, the increase of opium and other illegal trafficking fuelling organised crime worldwide and the rise of transnational terrorism culminating in the horrendous attacks of 9/11.A continued support of the mission from the international community and especially main NATO members (e.g. Italy) is paramount to the mission’s success that aims at achieving goals that are inevitably long term.Part of these objectives include the establishment of a legitimate constitutional government, the control of corruption, the curtailing of the drug trade and eventually, a smooth power transition; all things that are complex to achieve in the midst of a civil war. Regional collaboration is clearly indispensable because aspirations like Afghanistan’s security, the balance between India and Pakistan’s, the stability of South and West Asia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative can be synergic or mutually inter-blocking.
Author: Svante E. Cornell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789185031009
Category : Caucasus
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Unresolved security issues in the South Caucasus have a direct and negative impact on the security interests of NATO and the U.S. They impede access to Central Asia and Afghanistan, threaten the security of needed energy resources as well as access to friendly allies in the Wider Middle East, and create an environment of instability that Russia can both exploit and perpetuate. Unresolved security issues there exercise a decisive and adverse effect on democratic reform, market-based development, and overall prosperity across the South Caucasus. Continuing shortfalls in these areas threaten to turn the region into a haven for transnational organized crime and even terrorism. This paper argues that the national security interests of NATO and its members in the South Caucasus, especially concerning the war on terrorism, NATOs obligations in Central Asia and Afghanistan, and the role of the Alliance in the Wider Middle East, have grown to such a degree that its interests would be significantly affected negatively by instability and unrest in the South Caucasus. The individual and collective interests of NATO members therefore suggest that a larger role of the Alliance in strengthening the security of the South Caucasus is warranted.
Author: Helena Rytövuori-Apunen
Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN: 3847409123
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Western military presence wanes in Afghanistan and a transformed security environment challenges borders and stability in Central Asia. This book examines how the tensions relating to the reorganization of external military presence interact with regional states’ ambitions and challenge the borders already contested by numerous dividing lines. It studies a complex political landscape across which radical Islam connected with international terrorism is feared to spread as the international mission initiated in the wake of the 9/11 attacks winds down.
Author: O. Tanrisever
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614991790
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Instability in Afghanistan has had a considerable effect on regional security in Central Asia, particularly in the aftermath of the events of 9/11, and this has meant that the importance of NATO and its contribution to security in this area has increased considerably. A detailed analysis of this topic is precisely important because it could highlight the areas where the Central Asian countries could increase their security contributions to Afghanistan’s security through enhancing their cooperation with NATO. This book presents the fully revised and updated versions of papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), 'NATO, the Fight against International Terrorism in Afghanistan and Security Situation in Central Asia since 9/11', held in Ankara, Turkey, in April 2011. This ARW was supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme. The book takes a comprehensive approach to the regional security complex in Central Asia by emphasizing the human security, socio-political and energy dimensions in addition to the traditional military dimension of the fight against international terrorism in and around Afghanistan. The findings of the book enhance our understanding of the root causes of international terrorism and the effective ways of coping with the security challenges in this region. The book is divided into five parts: First, NATO’s Contribution to Lasting Security in Afghanistan; Second, Responses of the Central Asian States to Political Instability, Organized Crime and International Terrorism in Afghanistan; Third, Energy Security in and around Central Asia; Fourth, International Competition and Co-operation over Afghanistan and Central Asia; and Last but not least, Regional Security Organizations and the Fight against International Terrorism in Afghanistan.
Author: Gennadiĭ Illarionovich Chufrin
Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
ISBN: 9780199250202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Published in association with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Author: Murat Turarovich Laumulin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Languages : en
Pages : 49
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States recognized the independence of all the former Central Asian republics, supported their admission into Western organizations, and elicited regional support to counter Iranian influence in the region. Congress was at the forefront in urging the formation of coherent U.S. policies for aiding these and other Eurasian states of the former Soviet Union. Soon after the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, 2001, all the Central Asian states offered overflight and other support for coalition anti-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan hosted coalition troops and provided access to airbases. In 2003, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also endorsed coalition military action in Iraq. About two dozen Kazakhstani troops served in Iraq until late 2008. Uzbekistan rescinded U.S. basing rights in 2005 after the United States criticized the reported killing of civilians in the town of Andijon. In early 2009, Kyrgyzstan ordered a U.S. base in that country to close, allegedly because of Russian inducements and U.S. reluctance to meet Kyrgyz requests for greatly increased lease payments. An agreement on cont"transit center" was reached in June 2009. U.S. policy has emphasized obtaining the assistance of the Central Asian "front-line" states in U.S. and NATO stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and in helping them combat terrorism, proliferation, and arms and drug trafficking. Other U.S. objectives have included promoting free markets, democratization, human rights, energy development, and the forging of east-west and Central Asia-South Asia trade links. Such policies aim to help the states become what various U.S. Administrations have considered to be responsible members of the international community rather than to degenerate into xenophobic, extremist, and anti-Western regimes that contribute to wider regional conflict and instability.
Author: Meliha B. Altunışık
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131751114X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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This book explores developments in the countries of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – since the EU included the region in the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2003. It considers issues related to energy, ethnic conflict, steps towards regional integration, and, above all, security – including the involvement of Russia, Iran, Turkey and the United States. It assesses the key importance of energy, argues that the prospects for regional integration are weak, and contends that while the approach of Europe and the United States has been confused and weak, not holding out great hope of EU or NATO membership, Russia’s interest and involvement in the region is strong, and growing.
Author: Omair Anas
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030935159
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
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This book explores shifts in Turkey's foreign policy and the relevance of Turkey's reconnect offensive with Asia. With the end of the Cold War, Turkey and the West had lost the mutuality of interests and threat perceptions, particularly towards Russia. Western countries are now occupied by the rise of China and are in search of new allies in the Asia Pacific. Turkey is left in its region to deal with Russia and crises that are primary outcomes of Western failures in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Qatar. In the absence of its Western allies, Turkey engaged with Russia alone to deconflict and stabilise Syria, Libya, and Azerbaijan. Turkey's ruling conservative AK Party, however, had won elections from 2002 to 2012 on a strong pro-EU and pro-West agenda. Now, it is talking about ‘strategic autonomy’, ‘multidimensionalism’, ‘diversification’, or ‘the world is bigger than five’. The new foreign policy gestures are underpinned by the rise of the domestic defence industry, nationalist politics at home, and increased trade relations with key Asian economies, China, India, and Indonesia. At an international level, the ruling party has instrumentalised strong criticism of the West for injustice and neglect of the Turkish, Muslim, Islamic, and non-western world. Although this reminds of the history of Turkey's failed quests to shift from a West-centric foreign policy to an unknown direction, the book argues that Turkey's reconnect with Asia is rather to complement and strengthen its relations with the West.
