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In Central Asia, the newly reconstituted [[Russian Federation]] has worked out a ''de facto'' division of influence domains with China. The [[Shanghai Cooperation Organization]], provides a forum and mechanism in which the two countries can cooperate with the countries of the region to deny the region to [[Islamist]] [[extremism]], [[terrorism]], separatist movements, and [[regime change]] through "[[color revolution]]s."  Its current members are China, [[India]], [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Pakistan]], Russia, [[Tajikistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]].

In Central Asia, the newly reconstituted [[Russian Federation]] has worked out a ''de facto'' division of influence domains with China. The [[Shanghai Cooperation Organization]], provides a forum and mechanism in which the two countries can cooperate with the countries of the region to deny the region to [[Islamist]] [[extremism]], [[terrorism]], separatist movements, and [[regime change]] through "[[color revolution]]s."  Its current members are China, [[India]], [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Pakistan]], Russia, [[Tajikistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]].

Meanwhile, given [[Beijing]]'s insistence on [[Treaty of Westphalia|Westphalian norms]] of non-[[intervention]], China seems content to leave [[military]] [[intervention]] in Central Asia to Russia and its partners in the Russian-sponsored [[Collective Security Treaty Organization]] (CSTO). The CSTO, which took its current form in 1999, has defined a [[military]] sphere of influence for Russia in Central Asia, where it is the universally acknowledged "first responder." Russia is ruled by [[realist]]s who recognize that they do not have the capacity to compete with Beijing in [[trade]] and [[investment]] in the lands between them, which are unlikely to be able to resist the attractions of China's huge and expanding [[market]].

Meanwhile, given [[Beijing]]'s insistence on [[Treaty of Westphalia|Westphalian norms]] of non-[[intervention]], China seems content to leave [[military]] [[intervention]] in Central Asia to Russia and its partners in the Russian-sponsored [[Collective Security Treaty Organization]] (CSTO). The CSTO, which took its current form in 1999, has defined a [[military]] sphere of influence for Russia in Central Asia, where it is the universally acknowledged "first responder." Russia is ruled by [[realist]]s who recognize that they do not have the capacity to compete with Beijing in [[trade]] and [[investment]] in the lands between them, which are unlikely to be able to resist the attractions of China's huge and expanding [[market]]. Current CSTO members are [[Armenia]], [[Belarus]], Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.  

Central Asia illustrates a likely global future in which worldwide and regional orders are both [[multipolar]] and multidimensional in terms of the domains they cover.

Central Asia illustrates a likely global future in which worldwide and regional orders are both [[multipolar]] and multidimensional in terms of the domains they cover.