The present study offers an assessment of security concerns and sources of unrest and possible threats to the peace following the Soviet collapse in 1991. It deals with the transition period of the five Central Asian States from a Communist system to a democratic one. Economic difficulties, border issues, and global competition pose risks to regional security. Other volatile and widespread elements that manifest in ethno-national and ethno-territorial conflicts, poverty, unemployment, arms smuggling, and drug-trafficking have also been dealt with. The book focuses on the growing influence of USA, Russia, China, Iran and Turkey in the Central Asian states. The book would be of great interest to scholars, policy makers and academics involved in the research on the Central Asian studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tabasum Firdous
Tabasum Firdous, born in Srinagar, did M.A. in Political Science from Kashmir University in 1985, M. Phil in 1987 and Ph.D. in 1993 from the Centre of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University. Her doctoral thesis is titled 'Imperialism and Neo-Colonialism in Iran: 1945 to 1970'. Appointed as Lecturer in International Relations in the Centre of Central Asian Studies of Kashmir University in 1993, she continues her academic pursuits till date. Besides participating in a number of national and international seminars, she has published as many as ten research papers in different journals some of which are : 'Central Asia: Seucrity Stakes and Strategies' (World Affairs, June 1995), 'Afghanistan: An Update of Current Situation' (Asian Commentary, September 1991), 'Afghanistan under the Taliban' (Asian Commentary, March 2000), 'The Melting Pot of Tajikistan' (Central Asian Journal, 1998), 'Force Structure in CIS' (Newsletter, 1997), 'Kashmir Towards Economic Reconstruction' (New Hope, August 2000) and 'Kashmir on the Crossroad of Past and Future' (Kashmir Monitor, August 2000).
There are no reviews yet.