Boris Z. Rumer, Stanislav Zhukov

Central Asia

Challenges of Independence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The economic, political, and international profile of Central Asia has been the subject of much speculation since the region emerged from under the Soviet banner. This book offers systematic, informed analysis of developments in the newest of emerging market regions by a team of international experts, including leading in-country specialists. After an astute survey of political regimes by Umirserik Kasenov, Boris Rumer and Stanislav Zhukov present a comprehensive analysis of economic development and integrated issues. In the final four chapters, focused attention is devoted to foreign investment and trade questions and the most critical challenges confronting the two largest states, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• 1998.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780765602541
• ISBN-10: 0765602547
• Artikelnr.: 21777783

Autorenporträt

BorisZ. Rumer

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, Part I. Central Asia on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century, Part II. Economic Performance, Part III. External Dynamics: Foreign Trade, Part IV. Critical Economic Issues, About the Editors and Contributors, Index

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Part 1 Overview
Chapter 1 The Search for Stability in Central Asia, Boris Rumer
Part 2 Security
Chapter 2 The Conflict in Afghanistan: Conditions, Problems, and Prospects, Sultan Akimbekov
Chapter 3 Regional Security in Central Asia: Military Aspects, Rustam Burnashev
Part 3 Foreign Policy Framework
Chapter 4 Central Asia Between the Gravitational Poles of Russia and China, Konstantin Syroezhkin
Chapter 5 Central Asia and the European Union, Murat Laumulin
Part 4 Islam and Politics
Chapter 6 The Central Asian Nexus: Islam and Politics, Evgeniy Abdullaev
Chapter 7 Islam in Uzbekistan: From the Struggle for "Religious Purity" to Political Activism, Bakhtiar Babadzhanov
Part 5 Economics
Chapter 8 Central Asia: Development Under Conditions of Globalization, Stanislav Zhukov
Chapter 9 Challenges to Economic Policy in Central Asia: Is a Miracle Possible?, Eshref Trushin, Eskender Trushin