Introduction: the limits of culture / Brenda Shaffer -- Culture and foreign politics / Markus Fischer -- Beyond blood and belief: culture and foreign policy conduct / Douglas W. Blum -- History and foreign policy: from constructed identities to "ancient hatreds" east of the Caspian / Ronald Grigor Suny -- Culture and alliances: U.S. portrayals of Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan before and after September 11, 2001 / Ido Oren with Robert Kauffman -- Congress, constituencies, and U.S. foreign policy in the Caspian / David King and Miles Pomper -- Domestic politics, bureaucratic strategies, and culture in Central Asia / Roger Kangas -- The Islamic Republic of Iran: is it really? / Brenda Shaffer -- Civilizational identity and foreign policy: the case of Iran / Ali M. Ansari -- Taliban Afghanistan: a true Islamic state? / Svante E. Cornell -- Pakistan's foreign policy: Islamic or pragmatic? / Svante E. Cornell -- Conclusion / Brenda Shaffer.
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