05018oam 2200673 a 450 991097152400332120020614073543.097984006495099786610422692978128042269012804226969780313010880031301088910.5040/9798400649509(CKB)111087026965126(OCoLC)179143218(CaPaEBR)ebrary10023330(SSID)ssj0000152938(PQKBManifestationID)11154291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152938(PQKBWorkID)10392905(PQKB)10697329(Au-PeEL)EBL3000855(CaPaEBR)ebr10023330(CaONFJC)MIL42269(OCoLC)55483325(OCoLC)48449619(DLC)BP9798400649509BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000855(Perlego)4202519(EXLCZ)9911108702696512620011011e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFailed transition, bleak future? war and instability in Central Asia and the Caucasus /Hooman Peimani1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (176 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780275975043 0275975045 Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-151) and index.Cover -- FAILED TRANSITION, BLEAK FUTURE? -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Overview of the Caucasian and the Central Asian Countries at the Time of Independence -- BASIC DATA ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA -- THE CAUCASIAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE -- Major Challenges at the Time of Independence: Politics, Economy, and Ethnicity -- Politics -- Economy -- Ethnicity -- NOTES -- 3 Overall Situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia a Decade after Independence -- ECONOMIC SITUATION -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- SOCIAL SITUATION -- NOTES -- 4 Rise of Authoritarianism -- NOTES -- 5 Worrisome Trends -- RISE OF INSTABILITY AND ITS EXPANSION: A LIKELY TREND -- EMERGENCE OF EXTREMISM: A RESPONSE TO THE DETERIORATING SITUATION -- NATIONALISM AS A COUNTERMEASURE FOR THE ELITES -- FEASIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE: CIVIL WARS, INTERSTATE WARS, AND REGIONAL WARS -- NOTES -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Books -- Journal Articles -- Magazine and Newspaper Articles -- Other Sources -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.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. Asia, CentralHistory1991-TranscaucasiaHistory20th century958/.04/3Peimani Hooman1957-1796929DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910971524003321Failed transition, bleak future4338930UNINA