Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia

Cooley, Alexander

ISBN 10: 019933143X / ISBN 13: 9780199331437

Published by Oxford University Press, 2014

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This copy is in new condition. It is a softcover edition coming from Oxford University Press. It has not been used.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019933143X
• ISBN 13: 9780199331437
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.75W x 23.11H x 1.78D centimeters 15.75 centimeters width by 23.11 centimeters height by 1.78 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.875 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geopolitics
  • Politics

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Synopsis

Russia, the U.S., and China all see Central Asia as strategically important and have devoted extensive financial and human resources there. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's leading younger international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new competition for influence over the region since 9/11.

About the Author

Alexander Cooley is the Tow Professor for Distinguished Scholars and Practitioners in the Department of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. His books include Contracting States, Logics of Hierarchy, and Base Politics.