This essay will lay out three frameworks for understanding the comparative, historical, and political framework for understanding Central Asia, including the competition over the region by various ...

s Western ?universe,? several states attained and maintained great power status for protracted periods, such as China and the Ottoman Empire into the early nineteenth century, as well Safavid Persia ...

But Trump thinks the U.S. should be a great power in the 19th century sense of the term. This means the U.S. should fill that role on an "as needed" basis. He would prefer flexible ad hoc ...