The Formation Of Post Soviet International Politics In Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan And Uzbekistan

Author : Yelena Nikolayevna Zabortseva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317361961

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Russia's Relations with Kazakhstan by Yelena Nikolayevna Zabortseva Pdf

Recent political developments in post-Soviet countries have raised novel issues regarding the stability of the post-Cold War world order. A new direction in policy has been exemplified by the recent bolstering of a number of post-Soviet political and economic institutions - such as CSTO, SCO and the Eurasian Economic Union - in which the role of Kazakhstan is considerable. In addition to its unique geopolitical location, Kazakhstan’s importance in regional integration structures and international relations more broadly is reinforced by its rich oil and uranium deposits. This book centres on an exploration of the changing relations between Russia and Kazakhstan and their impact on post-Soviet interactions with the rest of the world. The role of specific factors in the formation of the post-Soviet regional system will be explored in historical perspective. The multifaceted relations between Kazakhstan and Russia from 1991 to the contemporary period will be analysed in terms of relations in several spheres: political, military and security, Kazakhstan’s nuclear withdrawal, ethnicity and national identity, economic, foreign policies, regionalism and international trends and the impact of historic trends. An important analysis of Kazakhstan, the second largest country in the post-Soviet world, this book is of interest to researchers of International Relations, Post-Soviet Studies and Central Asia Studies.

Author : Rick Fawn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135757908

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Ideology and National Identity in Post-communist Foreign Policy by Rick Fawn Pdf

A comparative analysis of the foreign policies of eight post-communist states which considers the extent to which official communist ideology has been replaced by nationalism and establishes how these states express their national identities through foreign policy.

Author : Oybek Madiyev
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000095128

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Uzbekistan’s International Relations by Oybek Madiyev Pdf

This book examines the development of Uzbekistan’s international relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Author : Sally N. Cummings
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134433193

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Understanding Central Asia by Sally N. Cummings Pdf

Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic, and security challenges. Focusing on these five republics, this textbook analyzes the contending understandings of the politics of the past, present and future transformations of Central Asia, including its place in international security and world politics. Analysing the transformation that independence has brought and tracing the geography, history, culture, identity, institutions and economics of Central Asia, it locates ‘the political’ in the region. A comprehensive examination of the politics of Central Asia, this insightful book is of interest both to undergraduate and graduate students of Asian Politics, Post-Communist Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations, and to scholars and professionals in the region.

Author : Irina Donovna Zvi︠a︡gelʹskai︠a︡
Publisher : Chatham House (Formerly Riia)
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038433051

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The Russian Policy Debate on Central Asia by Irina Donovna Zvi︠a︡gelʹskai︠a︡ Pdf

Russian policy towards the other countries of the former Soviet Union, among them the central Asian states, is in a state of flux. In the last few years the trend has been from isolationism (1991-2) through reluctant involvement (1992-4) towards reintegration. The paper analyzes the main strands of thinking and the principal players and interest groups shaping Russian policy towards central Asia and seeks to establish likely future directions.

Author : Pauline Jones Luong
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501731334

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The Transformation of Central Asia by Pauline Jones Luong Pdf

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Their task was complicated by the institutional and ideological legacy of the Soviet system as well as by a more actively engaged international community. These nascent states inherited a set of institutions that included bloated bureaucracies, centralized economic planning, and patronage networks. Some of these institutions survived, others have mutated, and new institutions have been created. Experts on Central Asia here examine the emerging relationship between state actors and social forces in the region. Through the prism of local institutions, the authors reassess both our understanding of Central Asia and of the state-building process more broadly. They scrutinize a wide array of institutional actors, ranging from regional governments and neighborhood committees to transnational and non-governmental organizations. With original empirical research and theoretical insight, the volume's contributors illuminate an obscure but resource-rich and strategically significant region.

Author : Rafis Abazov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029431025

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The Formation of Post-Soviet International Politics in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan by Rafis Abazov Pdf

Author : Marlene Laruelle
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800080133

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Central Peripheries by Marlene Laruelle Pdf

Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building. Although relative latecomers on the international scene, the Central Asian states see themselves as globalized, and yet in spite of – or perhaps precisely because of – this, they hold a very classical vision of the nation-state, rejecting the abolition of boundaries and the theory of the ‘death of the nation’. Their unabashed celebration of very classical nationhoods built on post-modern premises challenges the Western view of nationalism as a dying ideology that ought to have been transcended by post-national cosmopolitanism. Marlene Laruelle looks at how states in the region have been navigating the construction of a nation in a post-imperial context where Russia remains the dominant power and cultural reference. She takes into consideration the ways in which the Soviet past has influenced the construction of national storylines, as well as the diversity of each state’s narratives and use of symbolic politics. Exploring state discourses, academic narratives and different forms of popular nationalist storytelling allows Laruelle to depict the complex construction of the national pantheon in the three decades since independence. The second half of the book focuses on Kazakhstan as the most hybrid national construction and a unique case study of nationhood in Eurasia. Based on the principle that only multidisciplinarity can help us to untangle the puzzle of nationhood, Central Peripheries uses mixed methods, combining political science, intellectual history, sociology and cultural anthropology. It is inspired by two decades of fieldwork in the region and a deep knowledge of the region’s academia and political environment. Praise for Central Peripheries ‘Marlene Laruelle paves the way to the more focused and necessary outlook on Central Asia, a region that is not a periphery but a central space for emerging conceptual debates and complexities. Above all, the book is a product of Laruelle's trademark excellence in balancing empirical depth with vigorous theoretical advancements.’ – Diana T. Kudaibergenova, University of Cambridge ‘Using the concept of hybridity, Laruelle explores the multitude of historical, political and geopolitical factors that predetermine different ways of looking at nations and various configurations of nation-building in post-Soviet Central Asia. Those manifold contexts present a general picture of the transformation that the former southern periphery of the USSR has been going through in the past decades.’ – Sergey Abashin, European University at St Petersburg

Author : Luca Anceschi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317379935

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Analysing Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy by Luca Anceschi Pdf

This book investigates the roles that ideas and constructs associated with Eurasia have played in the making of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy during the Nazarbaev era. This book delves into the specific Eurasia-centric narratives through which the regime, headed by Nursultan Nazarbaev, imagined the role of post-Soviet Kazakhstan in the wider Eurasian geopolitical space. Based on substantive fieldwork and sustained engagement with primary sources, the book unveils the power implications of Kazakhstani neo-Eurasianism, arguing that the strengthening of the regime’s domestic power ranked highly in the list of objectives pursued by Kazakhstani foreign policy between the collapse of the Soviet Union and Nazarbaev’s apparent withdrawal from the Kazakhstani political scene (19 March 2019). This book, ultimately, is a study of inter-state integration, which makes use of a rigorous methodological approach to assess different incarnations of post-Soviet multilateralism, from the Commonwealth of Independent States to the more recent, and highly controversial, Eurasian Economic Union. This book offers a ground-breaking analysis of Kazakhstani foreign policy in the Nazarbaev era. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Central Asian Politics, International Relations and Security Studies.

Author : Sally N. Cummings
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857713995

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Kazakhstan by Sally N. Cummings Pdf

Kazakhstan is the largest state in Central Asia. Rich in oil, gas and other natural resources and sandwiched between China and Russia it occupies a key geopolitical position, the importance of which was further heightened following the attacks of 9/11 and subsequent wars in the wider Middle East. But Kazakhstan was born by default, gaining independence only reluctantly as the Soviet Union collapsed. Its political elite, facing complex tasks of state-building, also lacked a monoethnic base on which to build its legitimacy. Based on original material and extensive interviews in the capital and three of the country's regions, the book places the elite in the country's broader institutional and historical context, analysing their identity, behaviour and how they gained and secured power in the early independence years. Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite is essential reading for all those interested in the history, politics and international relations of this fascinating country.

Author : Mark Bassin,Catriona Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107011175

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Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities by Mark Bassin,Catriona Kelly Pdf

A fresh look at post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia and at the Soviet historical background that shaped the present.

Author : Rico Isaacs,Erica Marat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429603594

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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia by Rico Isaacs,Erica Marat Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian studies. The 30 chapters by leading and emerging scholars summarise major findings in the field and highlight long-term trends, recent observations and future developments in the region. The handbook features case studies of all five Central Asian republics and is organised thematically in seven sections: History Politics Geography International Relations Political Economy Society and Culture Religion An essential cross-disciplinary reference work, the handbook offers an accessible and easyto- understand guide to the core issues permeating the region to enable readers to grasp the fundamental challenges, transformations and themes in contemporary Central Asia. It will be of interest to researchers, academics and students of the region and those working in the field of Area Studies, History, Anthropology, Politics and International Relations. Chapter 23 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814287562

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The New Central Asia by Emilian Kavalski Pdf

This book focuses on Central Asia's place in world affairs and how international politics of state-building has affected the Asian region, thus filling the gaps in ongoing discussions on the rise of Asia in global governance. It also attempts to generalize and contextualize the "Central Asian experience" and re-evaluate its comparative relevance, by explaining the complex dynamics of Central Asian politics through a detailed analysis of the effects of major international actors -- both international organizations as well as current and rising great powers.--Publisher's description.

Author : Jacob M. Landau,Barbara Kellner-Heinkele
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0472112260

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Politics of Language in the Ex-Soviet Muslim States by Jacob M. Landau,Barbara Kellner-Heinkele Pdf

A unique analysis of language policies in the central Asian states of the former Soviet Union

Author : International Institute for Asian Studies
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015040057393

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Post-Soviet Central Asia by International Institute for Asian Studies Pdf

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the independent republics of central Asia enjoy a greater degree of autonomy, but are faced with a range of complex social, political and economic problems. This book addresses these problems.