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Soft Power in Central Asia : The Politics of Influence and Seduction / edited by Kirill Nourzhanov [and nine others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures.
- Contemporary Central Asia : societies, politics, and cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences)--Asia, Central.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Diplomatic relations.
- Politics and government.
- Asia, Central--Foreign relations--1991-.
- Asia, Central.
- Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-.
- Central Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- This collection examines the use of soft power in Central Asia. The contributors examine the use of non-coercive policy objectives by the United States, Russia, China, the European Union, Turkey, and Israel.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Framing Soft Power in Multiple Societal and (Geo-) Political Contexts in Central Asia
- Soft Power: Broad Contours of a Popular Concept
- Central Asians as Subjects and Actors of Soft Power Projection
- The Question of Measuring Soft Power
- The Book's Structure
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 1: U.S. Soft Power in Central Asia
- Early Optimism
- Afghanistan and the Global War on Terror
- Drawdown and Neglect
- Russia, China, and "Soft" Geopolitics
- Russia
- China
- Soft Power and the Perpetual "Great Game"
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Russian Soft Power in Central Asia: Government Policy Helped by Resurgent Russophilia
- Russian Soft Power in Central Asia: Objectives, Actors, and Resources
- Gauging Russian Soft Power in Central Asia
- International Development Assistance
- Language and Culture
- Higher Education
- Compatriots Abroad
- Working with Central Asian Youth
- Strategic Communication
- Chapter 3: An Increasingly Hard Chinese Soft Power in Central Asia? Reshaping Joseph Nye's Concept under Authoritarianism
- Central Asia in China's Global Soft Power Strategy
- Wielding China's Soft Power in Central Asia
- Promoting Culture through Media, Language, and Education Assistance
- Softening the Hard Power of Economy
- A Political "Interfering Non-Interference"?
- Is China Winning the Hearts and Minds of Central Asian Population?
- Chapter 4: The European Union and Central Asia: Absent Soft Power in a Far Neighborhood
- The EU-An Ambiguous or Absent Soft Power in Out-of-Europe Areas
- Looking for the EU's Soft Power in Central Asia
- References.
- Chapter 5: Trajectory of Turkish Soft Power in Central Asia after the Collapse of the Soviet Union
- Diyanet
- Education
- The Gülen Movement in Central Asia
- Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA)
- Culture
- Chapter 6: Israel in Southern Eurasia: The Legitimacy Quest of a Contested Entity
- Southern Eurasia, Israel, and the Jewish World
- A Periphery Axis?
- Image (Re-)Building
- The Approach of Development Assistance
- "Israel-Palestine" and Southern Eurasia
- Investment and Trade as Soft Power?
- The Diasporic Angle
- Southern Eurasia's Contemporary Jewish Demography
- Israel and the Jews in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 7: Russian and Chinese Hard/Soft Power Projection in Kazakhstan: Challenge and Response
- Russian Soft Power
- Russia's Cultural Advantages
- Chinese Soft Power in Kazakhstan
- Leveraging Soft Power via CIs and the BRI
- Kazakhstani Responses to Chinese and Russian Soft Power
- Conclusion: Directions of Soft Power in Kazakhstan
- Chapter 8: Less Attraction, More Fear: The Future of China's and Russia's Soft Power in Kyrgyzstan
- Russia's Cultural Influence Is Waning, But Their Hard Power Remains Strong
- History
- Language
- Ethnicity and Citizenship
- Russian Civilization
- Doing Business "Russian-style"
- Energy Diplomacy
- The Strange Case of Russian Control in Central Asian Media
- Chinese Aid Generally Benefits China
- Central Asia's Captive Workers
- Hard Power Can Be Soft, Too
- Chapter 9: The Soft Power of Neoliberal Civil Society: The Case of Post-Communist Tajikistan
- Background
- Neoliberal Civil Society as Soft Power in Tajikistan
- Initial Reactions of Local Actors in Tajikistan
- NGO Activists
- Central Government.
- Local Government
- Population
- Transformations within the Soft Power of Neoliberal Civil Society
- Reactions of Local Actors
- NGO activists
- Central Government
- Local Government
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-2671-6
- 1-7936-5078-0
- OCLC:
- 1252420715
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