Books by Hooman Peimani

The breakup of the USSR created a Central Asian security complex or sphere of influence consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

This is the only book since the fall of the Soviet Union to analyze the security of the newly emerged independent states in the strategically vital region of Central Asia and the Caucasus. This insightful work maps out the possibilities and dangers that lie ahead for the nations of Central Asia and the Caucasus.

This work challenges the practical indifference of many Western and non-Western countries with interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to their plight. Their failure to address their numerous economic problems has created a suitable ground for the rise of social and political popular dissent.

This study explores the implications of the American policy of containment of Iran, which is preventing Caspian countries from developing their energy resources because they cannot export through Iran. Peimani suggests that this could lead to exclusion of American oil companies from the region.

The main impact of the May 1998 nuclear tests of India and Pakistan was not on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Peimani asserts, but on the structure of the international system.

Regional and international isolation, sanctions, the Iran-Iraq War, and financial difficulties deprived Iran of its suppliers and forced it to develop itself to meet its needs. Iran has long-term interests in these three neighboring and energy-producing regions where the United States also has strategic interests.