Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty: The Return of Tamerlane? - Couverture souple

Burghart, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1498572685 ISBN 13 : 9781498572682

Editeur : LEX, 2019

Synopsis

After twenty-five years of independence, there is little doubt that the five Central Asian states will persist as sovereign, independent states. They increasingly differ from each other, and are making their way in global politics. No longer connected only to Russia, they are now connected in important ways to Afghanistan, South Asia, China, Iran, and each other. This volume covers a wide range of issues and presents the work of emerging scholars authors well-known for their expertise in the region. The first part addresses social issues. Covering a wide range from HIV/AIDs to social media, the rebirth of Islam, outmigration, and problematic borders, this section follows two main currents: political development in the region and states' responses to transboundary challenges. The second part, addressing economics and security, provides analyses of new infrastructure, informal economies (from bazaars to criminal networks), energy development, the role of enclaves in the Ferghana Valley, and the development of the states' military structures. This section illuminates the interactions between economic developments and security, and the forces that could undermine both. The final part, comprised of five case studies, offers a "deeper dive" into a specific factor that matters in the development of each Central Asian state. These cases include Kazakhstan's foreign policy identity, Kyrgyzstan's domestic politics, Tajikistan's pursuit of hydropower, foreign direct investment in Turkmenistan, and the perception of everyday corruption in Uzbekistan.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Daniel L. Burghart is professor of national security and Eurasian studies at the National Intelligence University.

Theresa Sabonis-Helf is professor of national security strategy at the National War College.

Marlene Laruelle is Professor at the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. She is the author of several books, including Russian Eurasianism: An Ideology of Empire (2008), In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia (2009), and Understanding Russia: The Challenges of Transformation (2018).

Mariya Y. Omelicheva is a Professor of Strategy at National War College. She previously worked as a Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. Dr. Omelicheva's research and teaching interests include international and Eurasian security, counterterrorism and human rights, democracy promotion in the post-Soviet territory, Russia's foreign and security policy, and terrorism/crime nexus. She has published on these subjects in Terrorism and Political Violence ,Europe-Asia Studies, International Journal of Human Rights, Central Asia Survey, Cambridge Review of International Relations, and other journals. She is the author of Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia (2011), which received an Outstanding Academic Title award by Choice.

Sebastien Peyrouse is research professor in the Central Asia Program of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LEX
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498572685
• ISBN 13: 9781498572682
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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