Gustavo Diaz Matey, Antonio Alonso Marcos
1. Central Asia as a regional system
2. The common perception of threats as the first step to cooperating in matters of intelligence
3. The struggle for regional leadership: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
4. Three weak actors: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
5. Three great powers interested in the zone
6. Multi-vector diplomacy and games of alliances
7. The Western viewpoint: the problems of alliance with non-democratic States
Conclusion: Toward the conception of intelligence services as a democratic indicator
