Central Asia at the End of the Transition.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Part I: Overview -- 1. Central Asia: At the End of the Transition -- Part II: The External Context -- 2. Russia and Central Asia: Problems of Security -- 3. Russia: On the Path to Empire? -- 4. China's Central Asia Policy: Making Sense of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- 5. Islamic Radicalism in Central Asia: The Influence of Pakistan and Afghanistan -- Part III: The Internal Social and Political Context -- 6. The Regime in Kazakhstan -- 7. Uzbekistan: Between Traditionalism and Westernization -- Part IV: The Prospects for Economic Development -- 8. Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: Landlocked Agrarian Economies with an Unlimited Supply of Labor -- 9. Institutional Barriers to the Economic Development of Uzbekistan -- 10. Kazakhstan: The Development of Small Raw-Material Exporters Under the Constraints of Globalization -- 11. Economic Ties Between Russia and Kazakhstan: Dynamics, Tendencies, and Prospects -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.

The former Soviet republics of Central Asia have largely completed their post-independence transitions. The purpose of this volume is to assess what has been accomplished, the trends of development in the region, especially its leading states and how sound are the foundations of this "bulwark against the spread of terrorism" in Eurasia?.

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