Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- CHAPTER ONE- Introduction: Policy Choices for a Remote but Critical Region -- CHAPTER TWO- Defining U.S. Interests in Central Asia -- Background -- Operation Enduring Freedom: Access and Reward -- U.S. Security Priorities Since September 11: Implications for Central Asia -- U.S. Presence and U.S. Interests -- Defining U.S. Policy Today -- CHAPTER THREE- The Military Role in U.S. Relations with Central Asia -- After Operation Enduring Freedom: What Comes Next? -- Permanent Presence: Two Rationales -- A Strategy for Future U.S. Military Engagement in Central Asia -- Bibliography.