Enhancing Regional Stability and Security in Central Asia
Abstract
Upon assuming responsibility for the Central Asian States (CAS) in 2000, the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) initiated an active theater cooperation program. Employing the National Guard's State Partnership efforts and an innovative U.S. Army War College (USAWC) Center for Strategic Leadership (CSL)-developed environmental security and disaster response initiative, USCENTCOM rapidly established personal and professional relationships throughout the region. Following the September 11, 2001 attack on New York City's World Trade Center, these established relationships expedited the deployment and sustainment of U.S. Forces committed in the initial operations of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Since then operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have placed the Central Asian States in the forefront of the war on terror. Over that period the USCENTCOM theater cooperation effort has evolved from a mainly environmental security focus to disaster preparedness. Since inclusion of the CAS in their area of responsibility, the USCENTCOM has teamed with the USAWC Center for Strategic Leadership and the Office of the US Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment DUSD (I&E) in security cooperation efforts to promote regional collaboration for response to natural, accidental, or terrorist induced environmental disasters in the Caspian Basin and the Central Asian States. In 2001, 2002, and 2003 these efforts took the form of conferences aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Central Asian region to detect, prevent, mitigate, and respond to the consequences of disasters, including those related to terrorism and trafficking of weapons of mass destruction.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA428284
Entities
People
- B. F. Griffard
Organizations
- United States Army War College