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

Autor Hooman Peimani
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 apr 2002 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Peimani challenges the practical indifference of many Western and non-Western countries with interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to their plight. Independence in 1991 suddenly worsened all the economic and social problems of the countries of the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). Their failure to address their numerous economic problems and to develop their economies has created a suitable ground for the rise of social and political popular dissent, including ethnic conflicts, in all these multi-ethnic countries.Concerned about the stability of their political systems, their ruling elites have all opted for authoritarianism. The prevailing intolerance of dissent and the suppression of opposition, political parties have paved the way for the emergence of anti-government extremist ideologies and political groups. The domestic situation has become ripe for the rise of violent political activities and ethnic conflicts, with a great possibility for their escalation to civil wars. The ethnic structure of both the Caucasus and Central Asia makes their development into inter-state wars a strong possibility. The unsettled ethnic and territorial conflicts within and between countries, which turned into wars in the early 1990s, could easily re-emerge. There is a potential for the further escalation of military conflicts in those regions because of the intentional or unintentional intervention of Iran, China, Turkey, Russia, and the United States, which have long-term interests in the two regions. Given the geographical characteristics of the Caucasus and Central Asia as a link between Asia and Europe, war and instability in those regions could destabilize the two continents hosting six declared nuclear powers. Of particular interest to scholars and other researchers involved with Eurasian, Central Asian, and Caucasian countries.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275975043
ISBN-10: 0275975045
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

HOOMAN PEIMANI is an independent consultant with international agencies in Geneva, Switzerland, and does research in international relations. His earlier writings include The Caspian Pipeline Dilemma: Political Games and Economic Losses (Praeger, 2001) and Nuclear Proliferation in the Indian Subcontinent: The Self-Exhausting Superpowers and Emerging Alliances (Praeger, 2000).

Cuprins

IntroductionGeneral Overview of the Caucasian and the Central Asian Countries at the Time of IndependenceOverall Situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia a Decade after IndependenceRise of AuthoritarianismWorrisome TrendsConclusionBibliographyIndex