2021年，美国拜登政府的中亚政策基本延续了特朗普政府新版中亚战略的总体框架和重点方向，但也有一些新特点。在美军完全撤离阿富汗的背景下，美国增加了与中亚各国的政治与安全接触。劳工、气候变化、环境保护等领域成为美国拜登政府中亚政策中的重点。对青年群体的“软实力”攻势持续增强，手段更趋多样化。美军撤出阿富汗并不意味着美国对中亚不再重视，美国也不会改变其介入和影响中亚的既有模式。美国对中亚政策的主线仍是以有限的投入提升其对中亚政治和社会的长期影响力，并将此作为与中俄在这一地区竞争的杠杆。
In 2021，the Biden administration’s Central Asia policy basically continued the overall framework and key direction of the Trump administration’s new Central Asia strategy，but it also had some new characteristics. In the context of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan，the United States has increased its political and security contacts with Central Asian countries. Labor，climate change and environmental protection have become new policy priorities. The soft power offensive against youth groups has continued to increase，and the means have become more diversified. The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan does not mean that the United States will relax its attention to Central Asia，nor will it change the existing mode of intervention and influence in Central Asia. The main line of the US policy towards Central Asia is still to strengthen its long-term influence on the politics and society of Central Asia with limited investment，so as to serve as a lever to compete with China and Russia.
