ABSTRACT
The Bush administration’s interests were affected by the foreign policies of the Central Asian governments as well as these states’ domestic policies and contexts. As the US increased its presence in the region, Central Asia was also increasingly affected by the actions of Amer ican state and non-state actors. The Bush administration understood that it was in an interdependent relationship with Central Asia. It responded with policies that were meant to expand, manage, and reshape this interdependence to its advantage. These policies were pursued within the broad outlines of the Bush Doctrine which had, in turn, been constructed as a response to the interdependence between the US and the rest of the world. Like its predecessors, the Bush administration interpreted interdependence in ways that were heavily influenced by the liberal and realist traditions of international relations thought.
