1、MISC D0018871.A1/Final September 16,2008 4825 Mark Center Drive,Alexandria,VA 22311-1850 703-824-2000 a.org CNA Workshop on Regional Issues:Russia,China and India:Strategic Interests in the Middle East Organized by CNA for the U.S.Central Command July 24,2008 Tampa,Florida Rapporteurs:Mary Ellen Con
2、nell and Gregory Zalasky This is a report of a workshop on“Russia,China,and India:Strategic Interests in the Middle East”held on 24 July 2008 in Tampa,Florida,for the benefit of U.S.CENTCOM.The all-day session was conducted under the non-attribution rule.Current and former high-level U.S.government
3、officials and regional experts offered their views on the three countries strategic interests in the region and on Russian and Chinese competition for influence and access to resources in Central Asia.Context:Russia,China,and India are emerging,or rather re-emerging,as world powers.Cognizant of thei
4、r past eminence,fueled by economic growth,and imbued with new confidence and national pride,these nations assert their intent to play a greater role in the global geopolitical order.All three have interests in the Middle East.Some of these interests converge with,and others diverge from,those of the
