Download or read book U.S. Interests in Central Asia and the Challenges to Them written by Stephen Blank and published by Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College. This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author assesses the interests of the United States in Central Asia and the challenges to them. These challenges consist of the revival of the Taliban, Russo-Chinese efforts to oust U.S. strategic presence from the area, and the possibility of internal instability generated by the regression of local regimes form democratizing and liberalizing policies. The author then recommends policies designed to meet those challenges to American policy in this increasingly more important area of the world.