Subj: Central Asia--Afghanistan and the five former Soviet republics
Date: 10/1/01 1:26:46 PM Pacific Standard Time
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MAKING EURASIA STABLE - Council on Foreign Relations
By S. Frederick Starr
Foreign Affairs, January/February 1996
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The Myth of the Caspian "Great Game": The Real Geopolitics of Energy
Amy Myers Jaffe and Robert Manning - Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.treemedia.com/cfrlibrary/Library/geopolitics/geopolitics.html

[snip]
Central Asia--Afghanistan and the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan--is strategic despite
its seeming remoteness. It borders China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan and
the four major cultural zones they represent; Islam is a significant force
without and within. The region possesses some of the world's largest
deposits of oil, natural gas, gold, and uranium. The site of the bloodiest
war of the past generation, between Afghan rebels and Soviet troops, the
region is now roiled by civil wars in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Huge
stores of conventional weapons in several of the countries pose problems.
The area also produces or acts as a conduit for much of the heroin reaching
Europe. For these reasons alone Central Asia cannot be ignored.
[snip]
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Welcome to the Caspian Sea Discourse library. You can browse this material by
category, or by the author's last name in the Index of Resources. The maps
and charts listed in the Index below can also be accessed in their respective
articles. - Council on Foreign Relations
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Subj: The Failure of U.S. Intelligence
Date: 10/1/01 11:33:55 PM Pacific Standard Time
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The Failure of U.S. Intelligence
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What Energy Resources Lie in the Caspian Sea Basin?
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Will the Americans please stand?
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911 - TERROR IN AMERICA  Part 3
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The Enemy Is Very Much Within
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