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Evseev, V. V. Concerning Contradictory Policy of the USA in the Central Asia

Abstract: The article contains the analysis of the USA politics in the Central Asia over the last twelve years, i.e. during the shift from involvement of nearby states into the ‘war against terrorism’ and attempts to reformat the region up to using the ‘smart’ force during Obama’s governance. It is concluded that during both republican and democratic governance the USA regional policy has remained contradictory and inconsistent. It has also been inertial for the most part and has considered peculiarities of the Central Asia from the point of view of Afghanistan. The author describes the process of development of the bilateral relations between the USA, Russia (which at first was viewed as the factor allowing American invasion into the region) and their main regional partners, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It has been discovered that the ‘war against terrorism ’ did not keep the USA from implementing the policy of intervention into internal affairs of their regional partners which could seriously damage the national security system of the Russian Federation and create both internal and external threats for it. Such contradictory external policy of the USA is most likely t remain in the future, too, which pushes Russia towards both cooperation and opposition to national interests of the USA for the purpose of reinforcement of its own security.


Keywords:

political studies, Asia, USA, partner, Russia, involvement, reformatting, security, interests, region.


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