Author: I. Morozova
Publisher: IOS Press
Keywords: science, technology, security, volume, nato, series, policy, regional, challenges, stability, social, democratic, governance, eurasia, central, towards
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $168.00
ISBN-10: 1586035452
ISBN-13: 9781586035457

Through invasions, migrations, trade and cultural exchange, developments in Central Eurasia have, for millennia, impacted upon the history of both Europe and Asia. For the last three hundred years, Central Eurasia has been the stage upon which great empires clashed. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Central Eurasia has once again emerged as a region of geo-political concern. The new ’centrality’ of Central Eurasia brings new security threats to the region’s population, to Europe and to the rest of the world. Repressive political regimes and marginalization of who