The geopolitical environment surrounding Central Asia and the Caucasus has changed dramatically over the past decade, with important implications for American and European interests. Regional and great powers have accorded the region ever greater attention, and the regional states themselves have developed a greater agency in responding to the geopolitical challenges confronting them. European, and in particular American, perceptions of the region have not kept up with these changes and are in need of updating.In this book, distinguished scholars move the discussion forward in 15 areas:China's Ascent in Central Asia and the CaucasusRussian Strategy Towards the Caucasus and Central AsiaIran's Policy toward the Caucasus and Central AsiaThe Dawn of TuranThe EU'S Growing Presence in Central Asia and the CaucasusIndia's Changing Approach towards Central Asia and the Caucasus after the Afghanistan Debacle and the War in UkraineJapan as no "other"Bureaucratic Morass and Conceptual Pitfalls: America's Approach to Central Asia and the CaucasusAzerbaijan's Strategic Patience in a Changing WorldGeorgian Foreign Policy Strategy in Uncertain TimesBetween Scylla and Charybdis: Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy in Pursuit of a New EquilibriumKyrgyzstan and the Changing Geopolitics of Central AsiaTurkmenistan Lifts Its HeadUzbekistan 2.0: Continuity and Change in Foreign PolicyImplications for Policy.