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... of the Ottoman Greeks: Studies on the State-Sponsored Campaign of Extermination of the Christians of Asia Minor (1912 - 1922) and Its Aftermath; History, Law, Memory . New York : Aristide D. Caratzas , 2012 . 520 pages. ISBN 978-0-892-41615-8 . $75.00 ( hardcover ). Thomopoulos Elaine...

...Jamie Coomarasamy The essay summarizes a recent reporting trip by the author to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for the BBC, during which he examined the reasons for and observed the practical impact of China’s growing influence in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. The author provides...

...Emilian Kavalski This essay examines the domestic logic informing the creation of Bulgaria's foreign policy. It contextualizes inferences made from Bulgaria's diplomatic attempt to “play the EU” during the visit by the Bulgarian minister of foreign affairs to Central Asia in September 2007...

... Edward Hale Bierstadt, with the editorial assistance of Helen Davidson Creighton: The Great Betrayal: Economic Imperialism and the Destruction of Christian Communities in Asia Minor . Chicago: Pontian Greek Society of Chicago, 2008. 345 pages. ISBN 978-1-934703-11-3. $35. Originally published...

... is a member of the editorial advisory board of Mediterranean Quarterly . The Crisis in Central Asia, NATO, and the International Community Alessandro Minuto-­Rizzo International security is a problem concerning everybody, in the same way that energy...

...Roland Flamini Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo: The Road to Kabul: The International Community and the Crisis in Central Asia (Italian). Bologna, Italy: Il mulino, 2009. 192 pages. €16.00. ISBN 978-88-15-12736-5. Ronald Flamini is a Washington-based writer specializing in foreign affairs. His most...

..., China, and the Territorial Question in South Asia Raju G. C. Thomas The nineteenth-century “great game” has taken on a new twist since 11 September 2001. The struggle over Afghanistan now has regional and global...

...Subodh Atal Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Subodh Atal is a Washington, D.C.–based analyst, specializing in South and Central Asian Affairs. Central Asia Geopolitics and U.S. Policy in the Region: The Post–11 September Era Subodh Atal...

...Giovanni B. Andornino This essay analyzes Sino-Italian relations against the background of the increasing salience of the West Asia and North Africa region in Rome’s and Beijing’s strategic calculus. As China projects westward through its New Silk Road strategy, culminating at the intersection...

... are suspicious of China’s strategic intentions and addressing China’s own knowledge and capacity deficits in dealing with the governmental and nongovernmental actors in the Central Asia, South Asia, and Middle East regions. Minghao Zhao is a research fellow at the Charhar Institute, a Chinese international...

...Gregory Hall; Tiara Grant Increasingly, Central Asia, and specifically the Caspian Sea Basin (CSB), is becoming a crowded place, as government officials and oil interests from European Union countries, the United States, Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, and elsewhere (including increasingly energy...

... parallel courses within the alliance—joining some group actions while remaining aloof to others. Meanwhile, the alliance has over the past two decades changed its posture from defense to offense and from a focus on the European continent to perceived enemies in North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Now...

...Enrico Fardella This essay offers an overview of the Chinese posture and debate toward the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. The author presents China’s outlook toward the region as a laboratory for an innovative course in Beijing’s future foreign policy. The analysis is divided into three...

...Paul R. Pillar The prevailing perception of the threat from international terrorism is that it emanates chiefly from one group, al Qaeda, it is tied to a territorial presence in South Asia, and it is driven by a fixed ideology bent on inflicting maximum damage on the West. The perception stems more...

... in Afghanistan. The policy of increased militarization crystallized publically in response to domestic campaign pressure rather than because of events on the ground in South Asia. Walter W. Hill is professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan...

... security activities are on the rise in the region, especially in the form of joint military maneuvers with nonregional actors such as the United States and U.S. military presence in various local countries. The most important factor to give rise to the New Middle East is Central Asia’s emergence...

... new policies to cope with the new security challenges in North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. However, there is ironically a missing link in this list of confl icted areas: the Black Sea itself. With the reunifi cation of Europe and post–11 Septem- ber perceptions...

... and Central Asia as well as on Islamic fundamentalism. MQ 12.1-03 Candar/Fuller 1/23/01 1:32 PM Page 22 Grand Geopolitics for a New Turkey Cengiz Candar and Graham E. Fuller Turkey is at the center of American geopolitical...

... to security and energy considerations — in West Asia and North Africa ( WANA). 5 It is also a strategy with profound and far-­reaching economic, security, political, and cultural implications for Mediterranean countries, the specific content of which remains highly unexplored and uncertain.6...

... Asia and North Africa region. Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Jordan water blue peace Dead Sea Syria Water: The One Crisis That Also Represents the Biggest Opportunity for a Middle East People’s Peace His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan...