Neoturanism

              ORTA ASYA’NIN STRATEJİK ÖNEMİ: BİR AMERİKAN BAKIŞI (The Strategic Importance of Central Asia: An American View) STEPHEN BLANK ÇEVİRİ: ÖZGÜR ÖZER İngilizce Undoubtedly Central Asia’s strategic importance in international affairs is growing. The rivalries among Russia, China, United States, Iran, In­dia, and Pakistan not to mention the ever-changing pattern of relations among local states (five former Soviet republics and Afghanistan) make the region’s importance obviously clear. Central Asia’s strategic importance for Washing­ton, Moscow, and Beijing varies with each nation’s perception of its strategic interests. Washington focuses primarily on Central Asia as an important the­ater in the war on terrorism. Additionally, it is viewed as a theater where America might counter a revived Russia or China, or a place to blunt any ex­tension of Iranian influence. Moscow and Beijing view the region as a vital locale for defending critical domesti...