THE CENTRALITY OF THE PROCESSES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA FOR THE GLOBAL SECURITY; AS VIEWED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

Abstract

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Such a statement could be interpreted as a contrast to the extremely unpopular foreign policy of President Bush, as well as a response to the feeling of the majority of Americans wishing their people not to being killed abroad. However, this meant nothing less than the concentration of the U.S. effort wasted in Iraq, for use it in a front of much greater importance such as Afghanistan.

The origins of this change in the orientation of American foreign policy lies in the recognition of the assumption, according to which neither Iraq nor the Middle East, but Afghanistan and Pakistan, along with the newly independent states of post-Soviet Central Asia are the key area for U.S. and the entire West security. Precisely in this region the Islamic threat, embodied in organizations like the taliban and Al Qaeda, is concentrated. These organizations do not act for themselves but supported by the security services and Pakistani troops who use them for its own geopolitical aims in its rivalry with India.