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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This is an important analysis of a key but little-known region, in the wider context of world politics. Central Asia has huge oil and gas resources, divided between five independent states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - each with their own problems and interests. The region is energy-rich and, being situated between Russia and China and close to Afghanistan... Read more
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Central Asia: Glorious History, Total Eclipse and Player of the New Great Games; Chapter 2 Central Asia: Struggling with its Historical Legacies; Chapter 3 Deserts and Oases, Past and Present: Paradoxes of Closed Societies; Chapter 4 The Role of Religion in Central Asian Societies; Chapter 5 The War Against Terrorism and Central Asia; Chapter 6; Missions civilicatrice; in Central Asia: then and now; Chapter 7 Promoting Elections While Suppressing Liberties: the Central Asian Way?; Chapter 8 Instead of Conclusions: From an African Village to a Global Village – a Roadmap for humankind?;
Biography
Rein Müllerson
