Ethnic challenges beyond borders : Chinese and Russian perspectives of the Central Asian conundrum / edited by Yongjin Zhang and Rouben Azizian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhang, Yongjin.

Azizian, Rouben.

Series:

St. Antony's series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Ethnicity.

Asia, Central--Foreign relations--1991-.

Asia, Central.

Central Asia.

Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-.

Politics and government.

Ethnicity--Asia, Central.

Asia, Central--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Asia, Central--Strategic aspects.

China--Foreign relations--Asia, Central.

China.

Asia, Central--Foreign relations--China.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Asia, Central.

Russia (Federation).

Asia, Central--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xii, 240 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1998.

Summary:

This book gathers a rare collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian Central Asian specialists. The contributors address the problems and challenges posed by the resurgence of Central Asia to China and Russia. Both countries are in search of a post-communist and post-Cold War order. The editors explore uncertain transformations in Central Asia and their implications for Chinese and Russian foreign policies and speculate on the possible outcome of the current search for a regional order.

Contents:

Part I Political Challenges

1. Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, and Interdependence / Andrei Kortunov, Andrei Shoumikhin 11

2. China and Central Asia: Towards a New Relationship / Guangcheng Xing 32

3. Ethnopolitical Issues and the Emergence of Nation-States in Central Asia / Algis Prazauskas 50

Part II The Ethnic Conundrum

4. Ethnic Harmony and Conflicts in Central Asia: Origins and Policies / Gengchen Liu 73

5. Russia and Russians in Central Asia / Andrei Kortunov, Sergei Lounev 93

6. Islamic Fundamentalism, Ethnicity and the State: the Cases of Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan / Alexander Umnov 112

7. Population Dynamics in Central Asia and Adjacent Countries from 1960 to 2020 / Alexander Akimov 123

Part III Economic Agonies

8. Central Asia's Transition to a Market Economy: An Analytical Comparison with China / Zhuangzhi Sun 147

9. Central Asia: Towards Ethnic Harmony Through Openness and Reform? / Alexander Salitsky, Vladimir Fisyukov 166

10. Sino-Central Asian Trade and Economic Relations: Progress, Problems and Prospects / Qingjian Liu 179

Part IV Strategic and Security Issues

11. Security Issues in China's Relations with Central Asian States / Guangcheng Xing 203

12. Central Asia and the World: Foreign Policy and Strategic Issues / Sergei Lounev, Gleryi Shirokov 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

031221037X

OCLC:

37220717