http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/09/india-increasingly-more-active-in-the-central-asia/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/09/india-increasingly-more-active-in-the-central-asia/#comment-36795 Eziz Turkmen Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:11:56 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/09/india-increasingly-more-active-in-the-central-asia/#comment-36795 This is just another phase of US expansion in Central Asia. Objective is to balance Russian presence in the area. Instead of being directly involved with Turkmenistan, US has chosen a strategy of dealing through third parties, in this case India. It is not a secret that India - US have common nuclear energy project and some other projects not so well known. Basically, they are close. On the other hand, US is the country that will benefit most from pipeline too. Since pipeline will go through Afghanistan, aka US 51st state, it will be very profitable. In fact, this pipeline is one of the reasons US invaded Afghanistan... This is just another phase of US expansion in Central Asia. Objective is to balance Russian presence in the area. Instead of being directly involved with Turkmenistan, US has chosen a strategy of dealing through third parties, in this case India. It is not a secret that India - US have common nuclear energy project and some other projects not so well known. Basically, they are close. On the other hand, US is the country that will benefit most from pipeline too. Since pipeline will go through Afghanistan, aka US 51st state, it will be very profitable. In fact, this pipeline is one of the reasons US invaded Afghanistan…

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