Globalizing Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Challenges of Economic Development

by Marlène Laruelle and Sébastien Peyrouse

Book Overview

In this global era, Central Asia must be understood in both geo-economic and geopolitical terms. The region's natural resources compel the attention of rivalrous great powers and ambitious internal factions. The local regimes are caught between the need for international collaborations to valorize these riches and the need to maintain control over them in the interest of state sovereignty. Russia and China dominate the horizon, with other global players...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765635054
• ISBN13: 9780765635051
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"