"US to Control Central Asia with Mobile Bases in Caucasus
By Bahtiyar Kucuk
Published: Sunday 06, 2005
zaman.com
Research Director of Caspian Studies Program at Harvard University, Dr. Brenda Shaffer has claimed that the US wants to control Central Asia by establishing mobile bases in the Caucasus.
Defining the Caucasus as a crossroads, Shaffer indicated that a dominant power in the region would not only control Caspian energy sources but also Afghanistan and the Middle East at the same time. Speaking to Zaman, Shaffer said the US saw the Caucasus and Central Asia as a whole. Shaffer said of the region, 'The Caucasus is like the Istanbul Ataturk Airport, a central point. You can go any direction you want from here. It is like a junction. It is like a gate opening to Central Asia.' "
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