Rethinking the Place of Central Asia and the Caucasus in Their Region, in Eurasia, and in U.S. Strategy

Grant Year: 2023

S. Frederick Starr and Svante Cornell will lead an effort to developpolicies to address the security challenges facing the Central Asia–Caucasus region. They will analyze sources of unrest and instability inthe region; explore the efforts of external powers such as China, Russia,and Turkey to pursue geopolitical advantage in these states; and assesshow events in the region affect U.S. interests. The project’s findings willbe presented in a series of monographs and research papers.