x + 356 pp
The disintegration of former USSR and the subsequent emergence of independent Central Asian Republics, changed the balance of power in this region. Due to its geographical proximity to China, Russia, West Asia and South Asia, this region emerged as a distinct geopolitical entity stimulating global attention and interest. These Republics which passed through a delicate stage of transformation into a new political, social and economic order, have successfully completed their transition into sovereign independent statehood. Ethnic complexities in Central Asia, ethno-religious resurgence and adverse impact of Afghanistan crisis, cross-border terrorism, bloody civil war in Tajikistan, problems of nation building, transition to market economy, infrastructure development, democratization, competition for pipeline routes and energy resources have been the key issues in post-Soviet Central Asia.
The study presents an integrated view of the momentous changes taking place in the five Central Asian Republics since their independence. Whole range of issues related to the experience of these Republics in their nation-building, democratization, economic development, regional cooperation, building of bilateral and multi-lateral relationships, impact of Afghanistan crisis over the developments in Central Asia etc. have been analysed in depth. The book not only consolidates the Indian scholarly contributions in the field of Central Asian studies, but also provides the Central Asian perspectives as presented by the scholars from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
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Prof. K. Warikoo is Director, Central Asian Studies Programme, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the Secretary General (Hon'y) of Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, and Founder Editor, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, a quarterly journal published since 1997. He has more than half a dozen publications to his credit.
Prof. Mahavir Singh is Director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. He has a number of publications to his credit and has also edited issues of MAKAIAS journal Asia Annual.
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Preface
Central Asia Since Ozodi: An Appraisal
Devendra Kaushik
Neutral Turkmenistan: Ten Years of Indeppendence
Ondjik Musayev
Kyrgyzstan's Struggle for Democracy and Stability
Rafij Abazov
State-Building in Kazakhstan: Review of a Decade's Experience
Ajay Patnaik
Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Bulat Sultanov
Central Asia: Managing Inter-Ethnic Relations
P.L. Dash
Central Asian Republics' Quest for Security in the Post-Soviet Period
Mohammad Monir Alam
Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics 1991-1996
K Warikoo
Uzbek-Indian Relations
Fatih Teshabaev
India-Uzbekistan Relations during the 1990s and Future Prospects
Shri Prakash
Central Asia-Iran Relations
S.P. Singh
Tajikistan and the Afgan Cauldron
Sheel K. Asopa
Politics and Society in Tajikistan in the Aftermath of the Civil War
Suchandana Chatterjee
Regional Coopration in Central Asia: Some Perspectives
M.N. Sabirov
Region, Regionalization, Regionalism: The "Myth" of Tsentralnaya Aziia Revisited
Anita Sengupta
Economic Integration in Central Asia: Problem and Prospects
Leila Muzaparova
USA - Caspian - Central Asia Region: New Realities
Laura Yerekesheva
Caspian Region: The Unending Conflicts
R.G. Gidadhubli
Steady Socio-Economic Growth in Uzbekistan
A. Gafurov, A. Urinov
Structural Changes in the Economy and Policy of Uzbekistan
A. Gafurov, D. Hakimov, A. Urinov
Tajikistan: Problems of Social Development
Kh. Umarov, J. Makhmadshoev
Ecology and Development in Central Asia
Shodimurod Dustoboev
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