The Perspectives of the U.S. Foreign Policy in Central Asia
- 1 Al-Farabi University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Abstract
The article challenges developments and perspectives of the U.S. strategy in Central Asia 2019-2025. The purpose of the study is to identify the theoretical foundations for the recent evolution of U.S. policy and to carry out a policy-focused analysis, based on three major prerequisites of a reconfiguration of U.S. strategy in Central Asia. The article is aimed at analyzing existing formats of cooperation, identifying practical possibilities of further extension of cooperation, and prioritizing the new ways of partnership. Results to be obtained: an evaluation of prerequisites of revising U.S. strategy for Central Asia; U.S. policy’s analysis in the region; formulation of the priorities for partnership in the new political realities. The practical significance of this project is the elaboration of the key directions of regional connectivity of Central Asia with the U.S. in the contemporary geopolitical environment.
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