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Index
TITLE PAGE
DEDICATION
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: INTER-IMPERIAL RELATIONS
PART I: THE WEST’S EAST
1 BRUSSELS: THE NEW ROME
2 THE RUSSIAN DEVOLUTION
3 UKRAINE: FROM BORDER TO BRIDGE
4 THE BALKANS: EASTERN QUESTIONS
5 TURKEY: MARCHING EAST AND WEST
6 THE CAUCASIAN CORRIDOR
CONCLUSION: STRETCHING EUROPE
PART II: AFFAIRS OF THE HEARTLAND
7 THE SILK ROAD AND THE GREAT GAME
8 THE RUSSIA THAT WAS
9 TIBET AND XINJIANG: THE NEW BAMBOO CURTAIN
10 KAZAKHSTAN: “HAPPINESS IS MULTIPLE PIPELINES”
11 KYRGYZSTAN AND TAJIKISTAN: SOVEREIGN OF EVERYTHING, MASTER OF NOTHING
12 UZBEKISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN: MEN BEHAVING BADLY
13 AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: TAMING SOUTH-CENTRAL ASIA
CONCLUSION: A CHANGE OF HEART
PART III: THE END OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
14 THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME
15 MEXICO: THE UMBILICAL CORD
16 VENEZUELA: BOLÍVAR’S REVENGE
17 COLOMBIA: THE ANDEAN BALKANS?
18 BRAZIL: THE SOUTHERN POLE
19 ARGENTINA AND CHILE: VERY FRATERNAL TWINS
CONCLUSION: BEYOND MONROE
PART IV: IN SEARCH OF THE “MIDDLE EAST”
20 THE SHATTERED BELT
21 THE MAGHREB: EUROPE’S SOUTHERN SHORE
22 EGYPT: BETWEEN BUREAUCRATS AND THEOCRATS
23 THE MASHREQ: ROAD MAPS
24 THE FORMER IRAQ: BUFFER, BLACK HOLE, AND BROKEN BOUNDARY
25 IRAN: VIRTUES AND VICES
26 GULF STREAMS
CONCLUSION: ARABIAN SAND DUNES
PART V: ASIA FOR ASIANS
27 FROM OUTSIDE IN TO INSIDE OUT
28 CHINA’S FIRST-WORLD SEDUCTION
29 MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA: THE GREATER CHINESE CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE
30 MYANMAR, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM: THE INNER TRIANGLE
31 SIZE MATTERS: THE FOUR CHINAS
CONCLUSION: THE SEARCH FOR EQUILIBRIUM IN A NON-AMERICAN WORLD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES
FOOTNOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
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