04255oam 2200661 450 991016270710332120221230002814.00-300-22209-210.12987/9780300222098(CKB)3710000001044019(DE-B1597)540689(DE-B1597)9780300222098(MiAaPQ)EBC5268805(OCoLC)1149413565(EXLCZ)99371000000104401920210512d2017 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDictators without borders power and money in Central Asia /Alexander Cooley & John HeathershawNew Haven ;London :Yale University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (xvi, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, mapsIncludes index.0-300-20844-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --List of Figures and Tables --Preface --Acknowledgements --Introduction: Central Asia Beyond Borders --1. Inside- Outside, Onshore- Offshore: How Central Asia Went Global --2. Kazakhstan's Most Wanted: Economic Fugitive or Democratic Champion? The Case of Mukhtar Ablyazov --3. Tajikistan: The President of the Warlords and his Offshore State --4. Uzbekistan's Closed Polity and Global Scandal --5. Kyrgyzstan's Prince Maxim and the Switzerland of the East --6. The New Offshore Silk Roads --7. Political Exiles and Extraterritorial Repression --Conclusion: Confronting the Challenge of Global Authoritarianism --Appendices --Endnotes --Index --Illustration creditsA penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia's supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored.DictatorshipAsia, CentralPower (Social sciences)Western countriesWealthPolitical aspectsWestern countriesPower (Social sciences)Asia, CentralWealthPolitical aspectsAsia, CentralGlobalizationPolitical aspectsAsia, CentralPolitical corruptionAsia, CentralAsia, CentralPolitics and government1991-Asia, CentralRelationsWestern countriesWestern countriesRelationsAsia, CentralDictatorshipPower (Social sciences)WealthPolitical aspectsPower (Social sciences)Asia, Central.WealthPolitical aspectsGlobalizationPolitical aspectsPolitical corruption958.043HIS037080HIS050000POL042030BUS069020bisacshCooley Alexander1972-608742Heathershaw JohnMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910162707103321Dictators without borders2894577UNINA