LEADER 03266oam 2200601I 450 001 9910965190603321 005 20251117115239.0 010 $a1-315-70589-3 010 $a0-7656-1388-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315705897 035 $a(CKB)111087027812168 035 $a(MH)008932374-2 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11988781 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058042 035 $a(PQKB)11516173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2025532 035 $a(OCoLC)1000435609 035 $a(BIP)51656617 035 $a(BIP)52142035 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027812168 100 $a20180706e20152002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCentral Asia $ea gathering storm? /$fedited by Boris Rumer 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 442 p. )$cmap ; 300 $aFirst published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 08$a1-317-47522-4 311 08$a0-7656-0862-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe search for stability in Central Asia / Boris Rumer -- The conflict in Afghanistan: conditions, problems, and prospects / Sultan Akimbekov -- Regional security in Central Asia: military aspects / Rustam Burnashev -- Central Asia between two gravitational poles: Russia and China / Konstantin Syroezhkin -- Central Asia and Europe / Murat Laumulin -- The Central Asian nexus: Islam and politics / Evgeniy Abdullaev -- Islam in Uzbekistan: from the struggle for religious purity to political activism / Bakhtiar Babadzhanov -- Central Asia: development under conditions of globalization / Stanislav Zhukov -- Challenges to economic policy in Central Asia: is a miracle possible? / Eshref Trushin and Eskender Trushin. 330 $aThe societies of Central Asia are besieged from within and without. The political elites - virtually unchanged despite the transition to independent statehood - battle radical Islamic movements and other oppositional threats that are continuously fueled by economic instability, corruption, environmental deterioration, and the collapse of social services. This survey of political, economic, and social development in Central Asia offers geopolitical context, unparalleled coverage, and analytical depth to our understanding of a region that appears to be rapidly spiraling into crisis. 606 $aNational security$zAsia, Central 606 $aIslam and politics$zAsia, Central 607 $aAsia, Central$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aAsia, Central$xForeign relations$y1991- 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aIslam and politics 676 $a320.958/09/049 701 $aRumer$b Boris Z$0676424 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965190603321 996 $aCentral Asia$94474677 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress