Security Politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States The Southern Belt [Paperback]

This collection with its special focus on Central Asia, the Causuces and Russia combines the theoretical approach with analytical and empirical approaches. The book is the first to apply concepts like security complexes, alliances, regionalism and integration on the Commonwealth of Independent States. It offers analyses and evaluations of foreign policy and security policy in CIS' states, and of the regional powers, the question of oil and gas, as well as the role of EBRD.List of Tables - List of Figures - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS - CIS' Southern Belt: A New Security System; M.Mozaffari - Russian Diplomacy: The Problems of Transition; I.Tiouline - The Problem of Mongolia's National Security and Its Guarantees; E.Boikova - Turkmenistan's Place in Central Asia and the World; R.Freitag-Wirminghaus - PART 2: EXTERNAL POWERS AND CENTRAL ASIA - Iran and Central Asia: Responding to Regional Change; A.Ehteshami - Turkish Policy in Central Asia; G.M.Winrow - Afghanistan and Central Asia; A.Hyman - Central Asia: The View from Beijing, Urumqi and Kashghar; M.Dillon - PART 3: REGIONAL COOPERATION AND WORLD ECONOMY - CIS' Southern Belt: Regional Cooperation and Integration; M.Mozaffari - Transition in Central Asia: Role of the EBRD; M.Babaev - The Oil and Gas of the Caspian Sea: Regional Cooperation and Competition; M.Mozaffari - Uzbekistan's Place in the World Economy; S.M.Kasimov - Appendix 1 - Appendix 2