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Tables of Contents for Central Asian Security
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Acronyms
xi
About the authors
xiii
Central Asian security: internal and external dynamics
1
23
Lena Jonson
Roy Allison
Introduction: the new international context
1
4
Central Asia as a regional security complex
5
5
Regional security dynamics
10
2
Internal and external factors of Central Asian security
12
6
Evolving security arrangements in Central Asia
18
6
Central Asia: common legacies and conflicts
24
25
Martha Brill Olcott
Introduction
24
2
A history which both binds and divides
26
4
Pursuing conflicting national strategies
30
7
Hard times, growing rivalries and increasing security risks
37
6
Will cooperation work? Prospects for the future
43
6
Islam in Central Asia
49
20
Alexei Malashenko
Islam in Central Asian society
49
4
Radical Islam and the Central Asian states
53
4
The `Islamic factor' and the role of Russia
57
4
Central Asia and the wider Muslim world
61
4
Prospects for the future
65
4
Water in Central Asia: regional cooperation or conflict?
69
26
Stuart Horsman
Introduction
69
1
Water insecurity in Central Asia
70
2
Regional initiatives in the water crisis
72
5
The role and impact of external actors on the water management crisis
77
7
Prospects for the future
84
11
Russia and Central Asia
95
32
Lena Jonson
Introduction
95
1
The vision
96
5
Economic and energy relations
101
3
Military and security relations
104
6
Russia and regional dynamics
110
4
Russia and the strategic scene in Central Asia
114
5
Prospects for the future
119
8
The United States and Central Asia
127
25
Stephen Blank
Introduction
127
1
The US vision of Central Asia
128
7
Energy relations
135
3
Military-security cooperation and conflict resolution
138
2
The USA and the strategic scene in Central Asia
140
5
Prospects for the future
145
7
China and Central Asia
152
19
Guangcheng Xing
The vision of Chinese-Central Asian relations
152
2
The normalization of relations
154
1
Economic and energy relations
155
4
Military and security cooperation
159
2
Islamism and separatism in Central Asia and Xinjiang
161
4
China and the strategic scene in Central Asia
165
3
Prospects for the future
168
3
Iran and Central Asia
171
28
Edmund Herzig
Introduction
171
3
The normalization of relations between Iran and Central Asia
174
4
Economic and energy cooperation
178
6
Security relations and Iranian responses to conflicts in Central Asia and Afghanistan
184
7
Prospects for the future: Iran and the strategic scene in Central Asia
191
8
Turkey and Central Asia
199
20
Gareth M. Winrow
Introduction
199
2
The visions of a Turkic Commonwealth
201
2
Economic and energy relations
203
4
Military and security cooperation
207
3
Regional dynamics
210
3
Turkey and the strategic scene in Central Asia
213
3
Prospects for the future
216
3
Structures and frameworks for security policy cooperation in Central Asia
219
28
Roy Allison
Introduction
219
1
Security structures sponsored by the Central Asian states
220
6
Security structures sponsored by regional/external powers
226
11
The role of the United Nations and the OSCE in promoting security in Central Asia
237
3
Prospects for the future
240
7
Conclusion: Central Asian security in the regional and international context
247
22
Roy Allison
Introduction
247
1
The stakes, interests and policies of regional powers
248
5
The potential for conflict and cooperation within Central Asia
253
7
External powers, security assistance and shifting alignments in Central Asia
260
3
The Central Asian security complex reconsidered
263
1
Central Asian security: future trajectories
264
5
Index
269