New Great Game

New Great Game

The New Great Game is a term used to describe the conceptualization of modern geopolitics in Central Eurasia as a competition between regional and great powers for "influence, power, hegemony and profits in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus". [Edwards, 85.] It is a reference to the Great Game, the political rivalry between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia during the 19th century. Many authors and analysts view this new "game" as centering around regional petroleum politics. Now, instead of competing for actual control over a geographic area, "pipelines, tanker routes, petroleum consortiums, and contracts are the prizes of the new Great Game". [Brysac & Meyer, xxiii.]

The term has become prevalent throughout the literature about the region, appearing in book titles, academic journals, news articles, and government reports. [Edwards, 83.]

ee Also

* The Geographical Pivot of History
* Geostrategy in Central Asia
* History of Central Asia
* Petroleum politics

Notes

References

* Citation
last = Brysac
first = Shareen
last2 = Meyer
first2 = Karl
title = Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Asia
place = Washington, D.C.
publisher = Counterpoint
year = 1999
isbn = 0-349-11366-1
* Citation
last =Edwards
first = Matthew
title = The New Great Game and the new great gamers: disciples of Kipling and Mackinder
journal = Central Asian Survey
volume = 22
issue = 1
pages = 83-103
date = March 2003
year = 2003

Additional Reading

* Ahrari, Mohammed E. "The New Great Game in Muslim Central Asia", University Press of the Pacific, 2002, ISBN 0-8987-5769-X
* Kleveman, Lutz. " [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0802141722&id=3pCz4OmRW-0C&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=Central+Asia+Jihad&sig=fuDt0BNRqh5k4qvX9AfsdMVPi58#PPP1,M1 The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia] ", Grove Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8021-4172-2
* Makni, Dr. "The New Great Game: Oil and Gas Politics in Central Eurasia ", Raider Publishing International, 2008, ISBN 1-9343-6056-2
* Rashid, Ahmed "Taliban: Islam, Oil and the New Great Game in Central Asia", I. B. Tauris, 2000, ISBN 1-8606-4417-1
* Mullerson, Rein. "Central Asia: A Chessboard and Player in the New Great Game", Columbia University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-7103-1316-0


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