TY - BOOK AU - Cooley,Alexander TI - Great games, local rules: the new great power contest in Central Asia SN - 9780199950485 (ebook) : AV - JZ1711.5 .C66 2012 U1 - 327.58 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Geopolitics KW - Asia, Central KW - Foreign relations KW - 1991- KW - Strategic aspects KW - United States KW - Russia (Federation) KW - China N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Russia, the US, and China all see Central Asia as strategically important and have devoted extensive financial and human resources there. In this book, Alexander Cooley explores the dynamics of the new competition for influence over the region since 9/11 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199929825.001.0001 ER -