Central Asia Meets the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780714641294 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 240 str.

David Menashri

Opis

The six newly independent Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan - have redefined the Middle East, creating a region of interest for both the international community and the neighbouring states who have had to adjust their policies to the possible ramifications, new opportunities and novel challenges. The emergence of Muslim republics has been part of a larger transformation experienced by the Middle East in the 1990s. The main purpose of this volume is to examine the impact of the transformation on the Middle East, with special emphasis placed on the republics' relations with Turkey and Iran - the two countries closest to and most actively involved in the Muslim republics of Central Asia and Transcaucasia. The ability of Middle Eastern states to influence the republics is still questionable - regional relationships between the Middle East and Central Asia have (re)emerged only in the 1990s - but their independence has had profound implications for the Middle East itself.

Spis treści

Journal of Islamic Studies - Vol. 10, No.3, 1999

"Interestingly, although much has happened to make the book look out of date since most of the articles were written, many of the basic premises remain."



Middle East International - 11/12/98 - see file



Parameters, summer 99- see file



Foreign Affairs July-August 1998



Contemporary Review- " a welcome and important contribution to assessing the impact of the newly independent states of Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Kryrgyzstan, Kazakstan and Azerbaijan ... this region has long been invisible on the world stage and consequently, this volume deserves to be on the reference shelf of every public and university library ... this should be required reading for anyone interested in world affairs. It is moreover a collection of very well written, vivid essays which readers will find informative, animated and provocative"



MESA Bulletin 33, 1999

"Although the chapters were dated by the time they were published, they nonetheless contribute to understanding the significance of the six Turkic republics of the former Soviet Union in terms of an enlarged Middle East."



Middle Eastern Studies- " This well-edited and well-argued volume is not only a definite contribution to the study of the regional dynamics of the Middle East and Central Asia, it is also a significant contribution to the more general study of the transition from cold was to post-cold war period. The essays in this collection are based on a broad command of sources, well-argued, well worth reading and well worth thinking hard about.

O autorze

David Menashri