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050 00 $aDK859.5$b.C46 1993
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245 00 $aCentral Asia :$bits strategic importance and future prospects /$cedited by Hafeez Malik.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c1994.
263 $a9312
300 $axi, 337 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Central Asia's Geopolitical Significance and Problems of Independence: An Introduction / Hafeez Malik -- 2. The Russian Conquest of Central Asia and Kazakhstan: Motives, Methods, Consequences / Seymour Becker -- 3. Soviet Reconquest of Central Asia / Stephen Blank -- 4. The Jadid Movement and Its Impact on Contemporary Central Asia / Abdujabbar A. Abduvakhitov -- 5. Perestroika: Its Impact on the Central Asian Republics and Their Future Relations with Moscow / Melvin Goodman -- 6. Impact of Afghanistan's War on the Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia / Victor Spolnikov -- 7. Russia's Relations with the Central Asian States Since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union / Yuri V. Gankovsky -- 8. Central Asia and American National Interests / Graham E. Fuller -- 9. The Problem of Nagorno-Karabagh: Geography versus Demography under Colonialism and in Decolonization / Tadeusz Swietochowski.
505 0 $a10. Tragedy in the Aral Sea Basin: Looking Back to Plan Ahead? / Michael H. Glantz, Alvin Z. Rubinstein and Igor Zonn -- 11. Islam and the Political Development of Tajikistan After 1985 / Mavlon Makhamov -- 12. The Politics of Polarization in Tajikistan / Muriel Atkin -- 13. Nationalism and Islamic Resurgence in Uzbekistan / James Critchlow -- 14. New Relationships between Central and Southwest Asia and Pakistan's Regional Politics / Hafeez Malik -- 15. Turkish and Iranian Policies in Central Asia / Oles M. Smolansky -- 16. Central Asia: Emerging Relations with the Arab States and Israel / Carol R. Saivetz.
520 $aMost political observers agree that the independent Central Asian states are destined to play very significant geopolitical roles. Their natural resources are already attracting considerable investment, and one of the great mysteries of this decade is just how these large, little-known, potentially powerful countries will affect both their neighbours and the rest of the world.
520 8 $aThis fascinating collection of essays, with contributions from many of the leading experts in the field, provides a wealth of material on the region and will be an extremely valuable source for all those concerned with its study.
651 0 $aAsia, Central$xPolitics and government.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001930
651 0 $aAsia, Central$xForeign relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001926
651 0 $aAsia, Central$xStrategic aspects.
650 0 $aGeopolitics$zAsia, Central.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118007
700 1 $aMalik, Hafeez.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80037731
852 00 $bleh$hDK859.5$i.C46 1994