Crossroads and conflict : security and foreign policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia / edited by Gary K. Bertsch ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-306) and index.

Introduction / Scott A. Jones -- Pt. 1. Foreign Policy Development in the Southern Tier. 1. The Evolution of the Foreign Policy of the Transcaucasian States / Shireen T. Hunter. 2. Regional Security Prospects in the Caucasus / Alexander Rondeli. 3. Turkish Strategic Interests in the Transcaucasus / Scott A. Jones. 4. Trends of Strategic Thinking in Georgia: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects / David Darchiashvili. 5. U. S. Political Activism in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan / Liam Anderson and Michael Beck. 6. Emerging Politcal Order in the New Caspian States: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan / Shrinin Akiner -- Pt. 2. Conflict in the Causcasus and Central Asian Regions: Oil, Secession, and Questions of Outside Intervention. 7. NATO Expansion and Implications for Southern Tier Stability / Ewan W. Anderson. 8. Conflicts, Caspian Oil, and NATO: Major Pieces of the Caucasus Puzzle / Elkhan E. Nuriyev.

9. No War, No Peace in the Caucasus: Contested Sovereignty in Chechnya, Abkhazia, and Karabakh / Edward Walker. 10. A New Cycle of Instability in Georgia: New Troubles and Old Problems / Ghia Nodia -- Pt. 3. Toward a Solution: Stemming the Flow of Weapons and Controlling Trade as a Policy Tool in the Southern Tier. 11. Developing Nonproliferation Export Controls in Georgia in the Context of the Emerging Eurasian Transportation Corridor / Mamuka Kudava and Cassady Craft. 12. Reconciling Disparate Views on Caucasus Security: Nonproliferation at a Vital Crossroads / Cassady Craft. 13. Perspectives on Security in Kazakhstan / Dastan Eleukenov. 14. Security Challenges for Kyrgyzstan / Orozbek Moldaliev.