A theoretical and analytical framework for understanding the peculiarities of US empire-building in the new millennium, particularly the current US administration's big push in the year following 9/11, and a discussion of the new themes, policies and strategic goals enunciated and their application to specific regions of the world.
The war on terrorism after September 11 has brought a deepening of the US involvement in the central Asian region. This projection of American power into the centre of the Eurasian land mass has no historical precedent. With central Asian nations relying heavily on the US, its military presence there has been legitimised.
