The Islamic Republics of Central Asia and their importance in the American political perception.

Abstract

The Central Asian republics, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, became
important for the geopolitical position because of its importance to the international
and regional balance and the total of the nine countries from the largest countries
in the world. As for maritime trade, it is also considered of great importance. As for
the natural wealth, it is added to the balance of the Central Asian republics. From
the foregoing, it seems clear in the nature of The geopolitical and demographics
of Central Asia in addition to the fact that they are Islamic countries due to their
distinguished geographical location, especially as they are judged by a major and
regional power that is active in the international arena (Russia, China, Turkey and
Iran, which makes the Central Asian region an area of competition and struggle
to control the transportation and trade routes in Eurasia and shows the north of
West and Southeast Asia, in addition to the huge reserves of oil, natural gas and
minerals that this region possesses, make it under the second largest reserves of
the world’s countries of these resources. Therefore, this region represented a great
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