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Explores the influence of geo-politics in the Asia-Pacific region to gain global order status China's emergence as a global actor has questioned the position of the United States as the strongest power and the future of the Washington-led global order. To achieve the status of a truly global player wielding influence in all dimensions of power would require China to leverage its regional influence in Central Asia. This region is increasingly representing China's western leg of economic expansion and development, and is of a growing strategic importance for Beijing. It is also a region that should be of greater strategic importance to Washington, which seeks to preserve its leading position in the international system and ensure China's peaceful integration in the global political, security, and economic architecture. Audience: This work may appeal to analysts and policymakers interested in the fate of China, the United States, Central Asia, and the world. Students pursuing classes and coursework in cultural studies, economics, Asian studies, and global affairs may be interested in this work for research and as a supplement text for these courses. Resources relating to China can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/international-foreign-affairs/asia/china Asia Eyes America is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-046-00240-1

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ROMAN MUZALEVSKY works for iJet International Inc., performing research, reporting, and analysis of global, regional, and national security affairs, risks, and trends, as well as providing incident response and crises management services. He is also a Contributing Analyst on Eurasian Affairs and Security at Jamestown Foundation. Previously, he worked for CSM Solutions Inc., National Democratic Institute, DFID Public Finance Reform Project, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, security consultancy Wikistrat, and global strategy advisory consultancy Krull Corp. in the United States and Central Asia. He conducted research on security issues in the post-Soviet space at the Center for Political and Military Analysis at Hudson Institute as part of the George F. Jewett Foundation Fellowship Award for Projects on the Study and Practice of Grand Strategies. Mr. Muzalevsky has authored at least 100 articles on Eurasian and global affairs, geopolitics, security, and strategic trends. In 2014-15, he authored two works, Central Asia's Shrinking Connectivity Gap: Implications for U.S. Strategy and From Frozen Ties to Strategic Engagement: U.S.-Iranian Relationship in 2030 (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College). Mr. Muzalevsky received his M.A. in international affairs with concentration in security and strategy studies from Yale University and a diploma in international affairs from the International Ataturk Ala-Too University in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia.

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