Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415541022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 398 str.

Rein Mullerson

Opis

Central Asia has huge oil and gas resources, divided between five independent states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - each with their own problems and interests. Concentrating on today's problems against a complex history, this book draws on the author's extensive involvement with the region.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Central Asia: Glorious History, Total Eclipse and Player of the New Great Games; Chapter 2 Central Asia: Struggling with its Historical Legacies; Chapter 3 Deserts and Oases, Past and Present: Paradoxes of Closed Societies; Chapter 4 The Role of Religion in Central Asian Societies; Chapter 5 The War Against Terrorism and Central Asia; Chapter 6; Missions civilicatrice; in Central Asia: then and now; Chapter 7 Promoting Elections While Suppressing Liberties: the Central Asian Way?; Chapter 8 Instead of Conclusions: From an African Village to a Global Village – a Roadmap for humankind?;

O autorze

Rein Müllerson