Comments on: Of Bases and Transit Centers http://registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laurence Jarvik http://registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-380868 Laurence Jarvik Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:13:25 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/#comment-380868 Yevgeny Golts has an interesting op-ed about the Kyrgyz bases in the Moscow Times, here: <a href="http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1016/42/379490.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1016/42/379490.htm</a>. Yevgeny Golts has an interesting op-ed about the Kyrgyz bases in the Moscow Times, here: http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1016/42/379490.htm.

]]> By: David M http://registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-380865 David M Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:03:26 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/#comment-380865 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post <a href="http://www.thunderrun.us/2009/07/from-front-07142009.html" rel="nofollow">From the Front: 07/14/2009 </a> News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 07/14/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

]]> By: Nathan http://registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-380856 Nathan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:25:43 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/#comment-380856 I think that we can put competition on hold on our end, but our actions will be interpreted through the lens of other actors' goals and beliefs. And other actors will not necessarily put their own competition for influence in the region on hold. We need to be wary of local states in particular trying to instrumentalize relationships with the United States in their own competition with other actors in the region. I think we're basically saying the same thing. I'm concerned though that we stay mindful of what are the biggest potential pitfalls for us in the region. I think that we can put competition on hold on our end, but our actions will be interpreted through the lens of other actors’ goals and beliefs. And other actors will not necessarily put their own competition for influence in the region on hold. We need to be wary of local states in particular trying to instrumentalize relationships with the United States in their own competition with other actors in the region.

I think we’re basically saying the same thing. I’m concerned though that we stay mindful of what are the biggest potential pitfalls for us in the region.

]]> By: Laurence Jarvik http://registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-380854 Laurence Jarvik Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:24:17 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/07/13/of-bases-and-transit-centers/#comment-380854 Nathan, I'm in favor of better US relations with all the Central Asian states, Russia and China, too. One thing at a time. If and when the US is able to prevail in Afghanistan, against the common enemies of the US, Russia and China, only then might it be time for a new policy in other regards. Until that time, better to focus like a laser beam on the problem at hand, as Bill Clinton said about the economy, and not get distracted by anything else. IMHO Burns' visit is a good thing. Time to put the "Great Game" on hold until this war is over, because to the other side it is not a game...Gordon Hahn makes this same case in a Century Foundation (a liberal Democratic New York-based foundation) report titled: "US-Russian Relations and the Islamist Challenge." It may be downloaded here: <a href="http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=688" rel="nofollow">http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=688</a> Nathan, I’m in favor of better US relations with all the Central Asian states, Russia and China, too. One thing at a time. If and when the US is able to prevail in Afghanistan, against the common enemies of the US, Russia and China, only then might it be time for a new policy in other regards. Until that time, better to focus like a laser beam on the problem at hand, as Bill Clinton said about the economy, and not get distracted by anything else. IMHO Burns’ visit is a good thing. Time to put the “Great Game” on hold until this war is over, because to the other side it is not a game…Gordon Hahn makes this same case in a Century Foundation (a liberal Democratic New York-based foundation) report titled: “US-Russian Relations and the Islamist Challenge.”

It may be downloaded here: http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=688

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