The Impact Of The US Central Asian Security Strategy On America 's Aid In Central Asia After The Cold War

After the end of Cold War, Central Asia including Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan did not have the attention from the United States because of its location and other reasons. Until 1992, Central Asia has become the goal of USA foreign assistance. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is the first two recipient countries of the United States.The transformation of foreign assistance policy to Central Asia is concerned with several points of time– the end of Cold War, “9 11”, 2005 and 2010,when USA Central Asian security strategies have changed. Most of USA foreign assistance is bilateral assistance which is conducted by several agencies such as USAID(United States Agency for International Development), the State Department, Department of the Treasury, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense and so on. USA Central Asian security strategies have impacts on structure, regions and sectors of its foreign assistance to Central Asia.Central Asia is located in the center of Eurasia, bordering on China, Russia and Western Asia. Studying the pattern of USA Central Asian foreign assistance on Central Asia under the influence of USA security strategies can help learn more about fundamental reasons of USA Central Asian foreign assistance and content of U.S.A security interest.