Central Asian Studies
Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia
1st Edition
By Mariya Y. Omelicheva
March 27, 2014
During the last two decades, Central Asian states have witnessed an intense revival of Islamic faith. Along with its moderate and traditional forms, radical and militant Islam has infiltrated communities of Muslims in Central Asia. Alarmed by the border incursions, sporadic terrorist violence and ...
Ethnicity, Authority, and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert L. Canfield, Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek
March 07, 2014
The peoples of Greater Central Asia – not only Inner Asian states of Soviet Union but also those who share similar heritages in adjacent countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang – have been drawn into more direct and immediate contact since the Soviet...
Socialist Revolutions in Asia: The Social History of Mongolia in the 20th Century
1st Edition
By Irina Y. Morozova
September 05, 2012
Contemporary Mongolia is often seen as one of the most open and democratic societies in Asia, undergoing remarkable post-socialist transformation. Although the former ruling party, the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (the MPRP), has fundamentally changed its platform, it holds leadership and...
Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia: Confrontation and Negotiation, 1865-1895
1st Edition
By Martin Ewans
April 10, 2012
The three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war. Moderates tried to settle the problem by the negotiation of ‘neutral zones’, or firm boundaries, ...
The Military and the State in Central Asia: From Red Army to Independence
1st Edition
By Erica Marat
March 29, 2012
The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century until the present. This book is the first major, in-depth study of the military institutions in Central ...
Muslim-Christian Relations in Central Asia
1st Edition
By Christian van Gorder
February 21, 2012
This book explores issues of cultural tension that affect Muslim and Christian interaction within the Central Asian context. It looks at the ways that Christians have interacted with Central Asian Muslims in the past, and discusses what might need to be done to improve Muslim-Christian relations in...
Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
1st Edition
Edited
By Indra Overland, Heidi Kjaernet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor
August 04, 2011
Caspian Energy Politics analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China. Due to volatile commodity ...
Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan
1st Edition
By Wojciech Ostrowski
August 04, 2011
In Kazakhstan, the oil industry plays a crucial role in its economic and political life due to the country’s considerable oil revenues and accompanying conflicting interests. As an arena of political struggle, this industry provides a good test case for uncovering regime maintenance techniques. ...
The Northwest Caucasus: Past, present, future
1st Edition
By Walter Richmond
August 04, 2011
This is the first book to present a comprehensive history of the Northwest Caucasus. Based on extensive research, it describes the peoples of the Northwest Caucasus, which have a significantly different ethnic makeup and history than the Northeast (Chechnya and Daghestan). The book examines their ...
Political Islam in Central Asia: The challenge of Hizb ut-Tahrir
1st Edition
By Emmanuel Karagiannis
April 04, 2011
The terrorist attacks in the United States on 9/11 and the U.S.-led military campaign against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have intensified scrutiny of radical Islamic groups across Central Asia. This books offers one of the first comprehensive studies of the activities of one of the most ...
Conflict Transformation in Central Asia: Irrigation disputes in the Ferghana Valley
1st Edition
By Christine Bichsel
March 03, 2011
This book provides the first systematic analysis of peace-building in Central Asia for inter-ethnic conflicts over water and land in the Ferghana Valley based on concrete, in-depth and on-site investigation. The core analysis centres on peace-building projects in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and ...
Post-Conflict Tajikistan: The politics of peacebuilding and the emergence of legitimate order
1st Edition
By John Heathershaw
March 03, 2011
Post-Soviet, post-conflict Tajikistan is an under-studied and poorly understood case in conflict studies literature. Since 2000, this Central Asian state has seen major political violence end, countrywide order emerge and the peace agreement between the parties of the 1990s civil war hold. ...