Central Asia today : countries, neighbors, and the region / Sunatullo Jonboboev, Mirzokhid Rakhimov, Seidelmann Reimund (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jonboboev, Sunatullo, editor.

Rakhimov, Mirzokhid, editor.

Seidelmann, Reimund, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1. Auflage.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen, [Germany] : Cuvillier Verlag, 2014.

Summary:

This collection of descriptions and analyses from scholars from Central Asia, Xinjiang, Kashmir, and Siberia gives first a general overview about the geopolitics, economics, and politics of the Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) plus a details description of their foreign policy towards their neighborhood, the region, and the further abroad (Russia, India, China). This is complemented by studies on the relations between Central Asia on the one side and China, India, and Russia on the other hand. Secondly, the history, problems, and pers-pectives of the Central Asian regionalization and trans-regional (SCO, OSCE) process is discussed and evaluated. Third, problems such as Islamism in Central Asia are studied.The book is not only a coherent handbook on Central Asia but presents the views of the academic generation of the newly independent Central Asian countries. It gives a comprehensive overview about foreign policies and Central Asian relations with the big neighbors China, Russia, and India as well as a differentiated discussion on the regionalization process.

Contents:

Kazakhstan and Central Asia / Raushan Serik

Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia / Aijan Sharshenova

Tajikistan and Central Asia / Goolbahor Iskandarova, Sunatullo Jonboboev

Turkmenistan and Central Asia / Merjen Esenova

Uzbekistan and Central Asia / Oybek Abdimuminov, Mirzokhid Rakhimov

Xinjiang (China) and Central Asia / Yuyu Zhang

India and Central Asia / Suhail Ahmad

Russia and Central Asia / Sergey Yun

Patterns of regionalism in Central Asia / Serik Beimenbetov

Integration in Central Asia / Nazira Momosheva

Multilateral relations in Central Asia: status, challenges, and prospects / Sadriddin Rahimov, Mirzokhid Rakhimov

The regional significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in light of Afghanistan's instability / Enrico Fels

Central Asian political experiences within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) / Khudoberdi Kholiknazarov

The OSCE in Tajikistan: a case of possibilities and limitations of external actors in stabilizing weak states / Steve Schlegel

Rethinking Islam in contemporary Central Asia / Mushtaq A. Kaw

The collision of faith and culture in contemporary Central Asia: reflections on Mushtaq Kaw's "Rethinking Islam in contemporary Central Asia" / Sunatullo Jonboboev.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 2, 2017).

ISBN:

9783736947320

3736947321