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Title | VISITING SCHOLARLY DEBATES ON REGIONAL SECURITY: NATO'S POLICY ON CENTRAL ASIA |
Authors | Tursunmuratov Turdimurat Makhamatkulovich |
Page No | 1-7 |
Code | Int./JAN17/H1326 |
Affiliation | University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Abstract | The paper critically analyzes the concept of ‘Central Asia’ in the context of NATO. The current debate on Central Asia in terms of NATO centered on five main inter-textual discourses: firstly, a discourse on efficiency with regard to NATO’s policy; secondly, a discourse on a resurgence of the Taliban, that is, a new interpretation of Taliban threat in the post-ISAF period; thirdly, a discourse on Iran; that is, Iran becomes a new face of threat in the region; fourthly, a discourse on Forward Operating Locations (FOL) within the geographical boundaries of Central Asia which is regarded to be a mobile group that could tackle any security and humanitarian challenges once such challenges arise; fifthly, a discourse on Islamic insurgency and geopolitics; that is, the countries of Central Asia, in particular Uzbekistan, could counter regional Islamic insurgency as well as Russian influence. |
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