LEADER 04255oam 2200661 450 001 9910162707103321 005 20221230002814.0 010 $a0-300-22209-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300222098 035 $a(CKB)3710000001044019 035 $a(DE-B1597)540689 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300222098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5268805 035 $a(OCoLC)1149413565 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001044019 100 $a20210512d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDictators without borders $epower and money in Central Asia /$fAlexander Cooley & John Heathershaw 210 1$aNew Haven ;$aLondon :$cYale University Press,$d[2017] 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-300-20844-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tList of Figures and Tables --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgements --$tIntroduction: Central Asia Beyond Borders --$t1. Inside- Outside, Onshore- Offshore: How Central Asia Went Global --$t2. Kazakhstan's Most Wanted: Economic Fugitive or Democratic Champion? The Case of Mukhtar Ablyazov --$t3. Tajikistan: The President of the Warlords and his Offshore State --$t4. Uzbekistan's Closed Polity and Global Scandal --$t5. Kyrgyzstan's Prince Maxim and the Switzerland of the East --$t6. The New Offshore Silk Roads --$t7. Political Exiles and Extraterritorial Repression --$tConclusion: Confronting the Challenge of Global Authoritarianism --$tAppendices --$tEndnotes --$tIndex --$tIllustration credits 330 $aA 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. 606 $aDictatorship$zAsia, Central 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zWestern countries 606 $aWealth$xPolitical aspects$zWestern countries 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$xAsia, Central 606 $aWealth$xPolitical aspects$zAsia, Central 606 $aGlobalization$xPolitical aspects$zAsia, Central 606 $aPolitical corruption$zAsia, Central 607 $aAsia, Central$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aAsia, Central$xRelations$zWestern countries 607 $aWestern countries$xRelations$zAsia, Central 615 0$aDictatorship 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aWealth$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xAsia, Central. 615 0$aWealth$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aGlobalization$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPolitical corruption 676 $a958.043 686 $aHIS037080$aHIS050000$aPOL042030$aBUS069020$2bisacsh 700 $aCooley$b Alexander$f1972-$0608742 702 $aHeathershaw$b John 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162707103321 996 $aDictators without borders$92894577 997 $aUNINA