DEEPER LOOK AT CENTRAL ASIAN REGION

Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army soldier and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on US national security. He also instructs a senior seminar in the Honors Department at the George Washington University entitled "National Security Decision Making."

While I don't agree with some of Wilkerson's confidence in America's ability to "lead" in the region, I do think he quite clearly spells out the current dynamic underway.