Failed Transition, Bleak Future? : War and Instability in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Cover -- FAILED TRANSITION, BLEAK FUTURE? -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Overview of the Caucasian and the Central Asian Countries at the Time of Independence -- BASIC DATA ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA -- THE CAUCASIAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE -- Major Challenges at the Time of Independence: Politics, Economy, and Ethnicity -- Politics -- Economy -- Ethnicity -- NOTES -- 3 Overall Situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia a Decade after Independence -- ECONOMIC SITUATION -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- SOCIAL SITUATION -- NOTES -- 4 Rise of Authoritarianism -- NOTES -- 5 Worrisome Trends -- RISE OF INSTABILITY AND ITS EXPANSION: A LIKELY TREND -- EMERGENCE OF EXTREMISM: A RESPONSE TO THE DETERIORATING SITUATION -- NATIONALISM AS A COUNTERMEASURE FOR THE ELITES -- FEASIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE: CIVIL WARS, INTERSTATE WARS, AND REGIONAL WARS -- NOTES -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Books -- Journal Articles -- Magazine and Newspaper Articles -- Other Sources -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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