Central Asia and the Caucasus After the Soviet Union
Title | Central Asia and the Caucasus After the Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Mohiaddin Mesbahi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780813013077 |
Leading Western, Russian, and Central Asian scholars address the two circumstances that continue to affect the Muslim states of the former Soviet Union: The enduring impact of the Soviet experience on ethno-social and political life; and the prospects for the recovery of their own identities now that the Soviet system has collapsed.
Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union
Title | Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Bayram Balci |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019091727X |
Provides a sophisticated account of both the internal dynamics and external influences in the evolution of Islam in the region
Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Title | Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie Hohmann |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2014-06-25 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0857737341 |
After the final collapse of the Soviet Union, the so-called 'last empire', in 1991, the countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan - and of the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - became independent nations. These countries, previously production centres under the socialist planning system of the Soviet Union, have made enormous economic adjustments in order to develop - or attempt to develop - along capitalist lines. As this study will show, however, inequality in Central Asia and the Caucasus is widening, as the Soviet systems of healthcare and state provisions disappear. Rejecting the Cold War-era East/West paradigm often used to analyse the development of these nations, this study analyses development along the North-South lines which characterise the migration patterns and poverty levels of much of the rest of the developed world. This opens up new avenues of research, and helps us understand why it is, for instance, that this region is better characterised as a 'new South' - as skilled workers flood out of the territories and into Russia and Western Europe. Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus draws together detailed analyses of the development of migration economics as the region's oil wealth further enhances its strategic and economic importance to Russia, the US, the Middle East and to the EU.
Life After the Soviet Union
Title | Life After the Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Nozar Alaolmolki |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2001-10-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0791489817 |
In separate chapters covering Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, this book examines the impact of the radical social, economic, and political transformations enacted upon them by both Czarist Russia and then the Soviet Union. With the demise of communist rule, Alaolmolki explores the efforts of the United States,Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey to influence the newly independent republics, specifically in connection with oil and natural gas concessions and pipelines. Included is a summary of recent developments and the prospect for economic and political progress in the republics.
From the Gulf to Central Asia
Title | From the Gulf to Central Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Anoushiravan Ehteshami |
Publisher | University of Exeter Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Asia, Central |
ISBN | 9780859894517 |
Religion, hydro-carbons, transportation needs and ethnic relations with the Gulf states have been rediscovered by the new republics - the study of which provides the basic subject matter for the book.
Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition]
Title | Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition] PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. Robert F. Baumann |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2015-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1782899650 |
[Includes 12 maps and 4 tables] In recent years, the U.S. Army has paid increasing attention to the conduct of unconventional warfare. However, the base of historical experience available for study has been largely American and overwhelmingly Western. In Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan, Dr. Robert F. Baumann makes a significant contribution to the expansion of that base with a well-researched analysis of four important episodes from the Russian-Soviet experience with unconventional wars. Primarily employing Russian sources, including important archival documents only recently declassified and made available to Western scholars, Dr. Baumann provides an insightful look at the Russian conquest of the Caucasian mountaineers (1801-59), the subjugation of Central Asia (1839-81), the reconquest of Central Asia by the Red Army (1918-33), and the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89). The history of these wars—especially as it relates to the battle tactics, force structure, and strategy employed in them—offers important new perspectives on elements of continuity and change in combat over two centuries. This is the first study to provide an in-depth examination of the evolution of the Russian and Soviet unconventional experience on the predominantly Muslim southern periphery of the former empire. There, the Russians encountered fierce resistance by peoples whose cultures and views of war differed sharply from their own. Consequently, this Leavenworth Paper addresses not only issues germane to combat but to a wide spectrum of civic and propaganda operations as well.
Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Title | Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Rajan Menon |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2016-07-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1315501716 |
This comprehensive exploration of the international environment examines not only traditional political-military concerns but also economic, ethnic, and environmental issues and the role of crime, terrorism, the drug trade, and migration in the security environment of Russia and its neighbours to the south. This approach takes account of both the internal and external aspects of security problems and their interplay. The participation of international authors facilitates the consideration of each problem from all relevant points of view.