Central Asia Research Forum
About the Book Series
Central Asia Research Forum is a series designed to present cutting-edge research on the Central Asia region spanning the whole of the social sciences.
Founding editor: Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.
Buryat Intellectuals in Empire and Revolution
1st Edition
Edited
By Melissa Chakars, Nikolay Tsyrempilov
November 25, 2025
This book takes a deeper look at the history of the Russian Empire and the USSR from the perspective of ethno-national minorities. It focuses on Buryat intellectuals who traveled and worked across Eurasia, sometimes crossing international borders into Europe, China, Mongolia, and Tibet. The ...
Kars Province under Russian Rule: Imperial Rivalry and Nation-Building in the Periphery, 1878-1918
1st Edition
By Candan Badem
June 06, 2025
This book analyses the borderland province (oblast) of Kars under Russian imperial rule from 1878 to 1918. It is a study of imperial expansion, inter-imperial rivalry, colonization, legal and administrative pluralism, nation building and state building. Based on archival work in the state archives ...
Political Islam and Democracy in Central Asia: The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan
1st Edition
By Ajam Kalonov
November 28, 2024
Political Islam and Democracy in Central Asia is a study of moderation of political Islam in Central Asia. It analyses the only Islamic political party that was ever allowed to participate in elections in Central Asia and contributes to the debate on the radicalization or moderation of Islamic ...
Sustainable Energy in Central Asia: Transition Towards Renewable Energy Sources in Uzbekistan
1st Edition
By Nigora Djalilova
September 26, 2022
This book argues that sustainable energy development represents a new frontier for many transitional economies, including those countries that are well endowed with traditional energy resources, as exemplified by the case of Uzbekistan in Central Asia. The book highlights the challenges and issues...
Analysing Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy: Regime neo-Eurasianism in the Nazarbaev era
1st Edition
By Luca Anceschi
August 29, 2022
This book investigates the roles that ideas and constructs associated with Eurasia have played in the making of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy during the Nazarbaev era. This book delves into the specific Eurasia-centric narratives through which the regime, headed by Nursultan Nazarbaev, imagined the ...
The Management of Public Services in Central Asia: Institutional Transformation in Kyrgyzstan
1st Edition
By David Scott
June 30, 2021
The ending of the Soviet Union in 1991 had a major political and economic impact on Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan was one of the most severely affected countries, suffering a deeper recession than the other republics. During the first five or six years Kyrgyzstan followed the advice of the International...
Eurasia and India: Regional Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By K. Warikoo
December 12, 2019
Eurasia has assumed importance in the post-Soviet period and the peoples of Siberia have distinctive historico-cultural similarities with the Indian Himalayas due to common traditions and Buddhist culture. The Eurasianism of Russia brings it closer to India in historico-cultural, political and ...
Sustainable Energy in Kazakhstan: Moving to cleaner energy in a resource-rich country
1st Edition
Edited
By Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Richard Pomfret
December 12, 2019
Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources including coal, oil, natural gas and uranium and has significant renewable potential from wind, solar, hydro and biomass. In spite of this, the country is currently dependent upon fossil fuels with coal-fired plants accounting for 75% of total power ...
Xinjiang - China's Northwest Frontier
1st Edition
Edited
By K. Warikoo
December 12, 2019
Xinjiang is the ‘pivot of Asia’, where the frontiers of China, Tibet, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia approach each other. The growing Uyghur demand for a separate homeland and continuing violence in Xinjiang have brought this region into the focus of national and international ...
Migration and Identity in Central Asia: The Uzbek Experience
1st Edition
By Rano Turaeva
April 16, 2018
This book is an ethnographic and sociolinguistic study of Uzbek migrants in the capital city of Uzbekistan. The ethnographic details of the book represent post-Soviet urban realities on the ground where various forms of belonging clash and kinship ties are reinforced within social safety networks. ...
Identity and Memory in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Uzbekistan's Soviet Past
1st Edition
By Timur Dadabaev
January 22, 2018
Central Asian states have experienced a number of historical changes that have challenged their traditional societies and lifestyles. The most significant changes occurred as a result of the revolution in 1917, the incorporation of the region into the Soviet Union, and gaining independence after ...
Leadership and Authority in Central Asia: The Ismaili Community in Tajikistan
1st Edition
By Otambek Mastibekov
October 26, 2017
This book explores the unfolding of world history in a remote corner of Central Asia: the region of Badakhshan. The history of this region has commonly been explored through the lens of the major superpowers who competed over its territory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including ...