Central Asia and Transcaucasia: Ethnicity and Conflict

by Vitaly Naumkin

Overview

The collapse of the Soviet Union and its totalitarian system has resulted in instability and conflict among its many ethnic groups. In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars from the Russian Center for Strategic Research and International Studies examines the ethnic conflicts roiling Central Asia and Transcaucasia today—the roots and dynamics of these conflicts, their possible consequences, and the possibilities for resolution. The analyses are based upon extensive field studies, interviews, local press accounts, and other sources unavailable in the West. The work presents an inside view of the conflicts, describes the forces involved, and provides a prognosis for future developments in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313291548
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/22/1994
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #33
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

About the Author

VITALY V. NAUMKIN is President of the Russian Center for Strategic Research and International Studies in Moscow.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Historical Origins of Interethnic Conflicts in Central Asia and Transcaucasia by Victor Porchomovsky
Ethnos and the Territory
Central Asia: Ethnic History
External and Internal Migrations
The Iranian and the Turkic Communities
The Nomadic and the Settled Population
How the New Borders Came into Being
The Role of Urbanization
The Caucasus: the Languages and the Peoples
Nagorny-Karabakh
The Ethnic Situation in Azerbaijan
Economic Crisis as a Factor of Building up Socio-Political and Ethnonational Tensions in the Countries of Central Asia and Transcaucasia by Leonid Fridman
Economic Crisis in the NIS: Main Macroeconomic and Macrosocial Characteristics
Aggravation of Economic Crisis in the NIS in 1992
Impact of the Economic Crisis on Tension Intensification in Central Asian Countries and Transcaucasia
Political Dynamics of the "New" East, 1985-1993 by Sergei Panarin
Politics or Ethnopolitics?
The Caucasian-Transcaucasian and Central Asian Regions: Determinants of Ethnopolitical Dynamism
The CTR and the CAR: Dominating Tendencies of Ethnopolitical Dynamics
Conflict Knots in Ethnic Politics: Typology and Synopsis
Islam and Politics in the Southern Zone of the Former USSR by Alexei Malashenko
Islam under Soviet Communist Regime
Islam in the Post-Soviet Period: Succession and Changes
Islamic Movements: From Enlightenment to Politics
First Islamic Parties
Moderate and Radical Trends
The Tajik Tragedy and Its Consequences for Islamic Movements
Central Asia and Transcaucasia: New Geopolitics by Irina Zviagelskaia
Looking for One's Own Way
Impact of Foreign Forces
Turkey
Iran
Other Asian States
Experience and Prospects for Settlement of Ethno-National Conflicts in Central Asia and Transcaucasia by Vitaly V. Naumkin
Specifics of Post-Soviet Ethnic Conflicts and Their Settlement
Nagorno-Karabakh: Abortive Attempts to Solve a Protracted Conflict
Tajikistan and the Caucasus: A Revenge Spree
Russia's Servicemen in the Zones of Conflicts
Conclusion
Appendix: Chronicle of Main Political Events in Regions of "New" East (1985-1992) by Irina Vostyukova
Bibliography
Index