New Geopolitics Of Central Asia & Its Bo

"By far the most intellectually stimulating book to emerge on this topic in the past year... " --Foreign Affairs

This timely book focuses on the newly independent Muslim Republics of the former Soviet Union in Central Asia, especially Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan.

Ali Banuazizi is Professor of Social Psychology and Modern Iranian History at Boston College.

Myron Weiner is Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT and the author of several studies of Indian society and politics.

INTRODUCTION

ALIBANUAZIZI AND MYRON WEINER

I. Central Asia's Catapult to Independence

1. The New Geopolitical Order

Graham E. Fuller

2. Emerging Political Elites

Martha Brill Olcott

3. The Potential for Political Instability and Regional Conflicts

Boris Z. Rumer

II. Forging New Relations with Russia and the Southern Tier

4. Tajikistan's Relations with Iran and Afghanistan

Muriel Atkin

5. Azerbaijan's Triangular Relationship: The Land Between Russia, Turkey, and Iran

Tadeusz Swietochowski

6. Islam, State-building and Uzbekistan Foreign Policy

Henry Hale

III. South-west Asia Looking North

7. Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Sabri Sayari

8. Iran, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Seyed Kazem Sajjadpour

9. Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Central Asian States

Tahir Amin

IV. Rethinking the Role of the Great Powers

10. Russia and the Emerging Geopolitical Order in Central Asia

Mikhail Konarovsky

11. Central Asia: Issues and Challenges for United States Policy

Nancy Lubin

Notes on the Contributors

Index