Reuel R. Hanks

Global Security Watch-Central Asia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is the only current treatment of security issues in Central Asia for the nonspecialist, as well as specialists and policy-makers. Global Security Watch-Central Asia is the first authoritative examination of the security issues affecting, and affected by, the region where Russia, South Asia, China, and the Middle East meet. The author provides a comprehensive account of the strategic importance and challenges facing Central Asia written for policymakers, students, researchers, and interested general readers alike. Global Security Watch-Central Asia goes behind the scenes to explore both the internal factors and global influences affecting the stability of region and the nations that comprise it. Coverage includes the dynamics of each country's domestic politics, the allure of the region's natural resources, Central Asia's role in U.S./Russian relations, and the renewed focus on the region in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216090519
• Artikelnr.: 70037319

Autorenporträt

Reuel Hanks Reuel Hanks 's Ass'stant Professor of Geography at Oklahoma State Un'vers'ty, and the ed'tor of the Journal of Central As'an Stud'es.