SECURITY AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF CENTRAL ASIA -- SECURITY AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF CENTRAL ASIA -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CENTRAL ASIA'S SECURITY: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CENTRAL ASIA'S EXTERNAL SECURITY CONTEXT -- IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- Should the United States Play a Prominent Role in Central Asia? -- APPENDIX. SELECTED OUTSIDE PLAYERS -- Chapter 2: CENTRAL ASIA: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- CENTRAL ASIA: BASIC FACTS -- OVERVIEW OF U.S. POLICY CONCERNS -- FOSTERING PRO-WESTERN ORIENTATIONS -- OBSTACLES TO PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE: REGIONAL TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS -- U.S. Designation of the IMU and IJU as Terrorist Organizations -- DEMOCRATIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL -- TRADE AND INVESTMENT -- U.S. AID OVERVIEW -- LEGISLATION -- INDEX.