Abstract
One consequence of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was a revival of interest among Western scholars in interpreting the USSR behavior in terms of century-old continental Asian or Eurasian geopolitics. Assessing the impact of the Afghan affair on Soviet Central Asia (SCA) and the later consequences of the USSR's retreat from Afghanistan, Western scholars started analyzing prospects for a Greater Central Asia.' Contrary to the convictions of many leading experts, Moscow had not only left Afghanistan but legally at least relinquished Central Asia. The new situation could not fail to attract the attention of Russian scholars to problems of Central Asia and make them think about the perspectives on regional integration and the role of Russia in it.2
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