| Description |
256 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Culture and society in Western and Central Asia ; 1 |
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Culture and society in Western and Central Asia ; 1
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction Russian Central Asian Policy Under Putin Policy Change and Revision Russian Experiences of Foreign Policy Revision Under Gorbachev and Yeltsin Alexander Gorchakov as a Point of Reference Under Putin Central Asia in Russian Foreign Policy What Policy Change? The Way Problems and Concerns are Defined The Means of Policy The General Orientation Measuring Change Why This Policy Change? What Is Central Asia? The Structure of the Book PART I:BACKGROUND Chapter 2: Central Asia Gained: The Russian Conquest 1.Introduction Factors Behind Russia's Policy of Expansion into Central Asia Political-Strategic Factors Domestic Factors Economic Conditions Ideological Perceptions and the Policy-making Process The Conquest of Tashkent Policy Towards the Bukhara Emirate after the Crimean War Policy Towards the Bukhara Emirate after the 1868 Treaty Summary Central Asia Lost: Policy Under Yeltsin Introduction The Strategic Situation and the Russian Response The Security Situation in Central Asia and the Russian Response Tajikistan Uzbekistan Afghanistan An Evolving Anti-Extremist Agenda Summary PUTIN AND CENTRAL ASIA The Policy Change of 1999: 'Terrorism as the Issue' The Policy Shift Policy on Russian-led Multilateral Cooperation Policy on the Ground Uzbekistan Tajikistan Afghanistan Dilemmas for Russian Policy Policy towards the Major Powers in Central Asia Russia and the USA Russia and China Summary The Policy Change of 2001: 'The Anti-Terrorist Agenda Inverted 'The Shift A New Strategic Situation in Central Asia A New Security Situation in Central Asia Russian Policy and Multilateral Cooperation with Central Asian States Policy Towards Major Powers in Central Asia The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Russia and the USA Summary Post-September 2001: The Contours of a New Russian Policy Introduction Policy towards the Central Asian States Continued Interest in the Security Sector New Attention to the Economic sector A Common Energy Network Russian-led Economic Cooperation Improving Bilateral Relations Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan UzbekistanPolicy Towards the USA The Test Case of the Iraq War Russian-US-Centrism: A Two Faces Policy? Summary UNDERSTANDING FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE Factors Behind Russia's Foreign Policy Change Russian Internal Factors The Chechnya Conflict The Foreign Policy-Making Process and Institutional Interests The Background: Foreign Policy Making Under Yeltsin Foreign Policy Making Since 2001 Official Perceptions and Ideological Concepts On the Choice of Allies On the Great Power Role On Multipolarity and Multi-vector Policy Elite Attitudes External and Historical-Cultural Factors Summary New Challenges to Russian Policy: Dynamics of Domestic Protest in Central Asia Introduction The Secular-Political Dimension The Religious-Political Dimension The Ethno-National Dimension Summary CONCLUSIONS Explaining Change Change of Policy Why This Change? Possible Explanations The International Structure Explanation The Instrumental Explanation The Institutional Rivalry Explanation The Socialization Explanation Iraq: a Test Case The Shaping of a New Foreign Policy? Central Asian Security: Post-September 11, 2001 Russian Policy in Central Asia: Post-September, 2001 Prospects for the Further Revision of Russian Foreign Policy |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-254) and index |
| Subject |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
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| SUBJECT |
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005000242 -- Asia, Central.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008625
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Asia, Central -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001926 -- Russia (Federation)
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92056007
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| LC no. |
2004275514 |
| ISBN |
1850436282 |
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