Table of Contents

Part 1 Overview; Chapter 1 The Search for Stability in Central Asia, Boris Rumer; Part 2 Security; Chapter 2 The Conflict in Afghanistan: Conditions, Problems, and Prospects, Sultan Akimbekov; Chapter 3 Regional Security in Central Asia: Military Aspects, Rustam Burnashev; Part 3 Foreign Policy Framework; Chapter 4 Central Asia Between the Gravitational Poles of Russia and China, Konstantin Syroezhkin; Chapter 5 Central Asia and the European Union, Murat Laumulin; Part 4 Islam and Politics; Chapter 6 The Central Asian Nexus: Islam and Politics, Evgeniy Abdullaev; Chapter 7 Islam in Uzbekistan: From the Struggle for “Religious Purity” to Political Activism, Bakhtiar Babadzhanov; Part 5 Economics; Chapter 8 Central Asia: Development Under Conditions of Globalization, Stanislav Zhukov; Chapter 9 Challenges to Economic Policy in Central Asia: Is a Miracle Possible?, Eshref Trushin, Eskender Trushin;

About the Author

Boris Rumer