Central Asia in retrospect & prospect/ 
edited by Mushtaq A. Kaw ; with a foreword by Gregory Gleason. 
 - New Delhi:  Readworthn,  2010. 
 - xxiii, 444 p.  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Part-I<br/>G eo-Politics/G eo-Strategy<br/>1. Geographical Perspectives on Globalization: The View from Central Asia 3<br/>Reuel R. Hanks<br/>2. The State Ideologies in Post-Soviet Central Asia<br/>The Ethnic Dimension 11 Valeriy S. Khan<br/>3. Partnership for Peace, Prosperity and Social Progress in<br/>Central Asia 29<br/>Kei Karasawa<br/>4. Regionalisjn in Central Asia 35<br/>Zubaidullo Ubaidulloev<br/>5. Russia and Central Asia towards Political and Economic Integration 43 Ajay Patnaik<br/>6. Tajik-Afghan Ethnic Relations and their Impact on the Central Asian Security 55<br/>Elahee Kolaee<br/>7. SCO: A Checkmate in the Great Game on a<br/>Grand Chessboard? 63<br/>Gulshan Dietl<br/>8. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Challenges and Prospects 79<br/>Ramakant Dwivedi<br/>Part-II<br/>Geo-Economics<br/>9. Realism & Middle Powers in Central Asia 91<br/>Gregory Gleason<br/>10. Sizing up Conflicts over Central Asian Resources: From<br/>Past to the Present 111 Mushtaq A. Kaw<br/>11. Geopolitics of Central Asia's Oil and Gas Resources Implications for India's Energy Security 133<br/>Talmiz Ahmad<br/>12. An Institutional Analysis of the Financial Sector of the Central Asian Republics 149<br/>Bushra Hamid<br/>13. Eurasian Policy Integration: Theory and Practice 171 Raushan Serik, Beta Syrlbaeva & Gregory Gleason<br/>14. Energy Sector of Kazakhstan: Potentialities<br/>and Constraints 183<br/>R.G. Gidadhubli<br/>15. Millennium Development Goals in Kazakhstan<br/>Problems and Priorities 191<br/>Bolat L. Tatibekov<br/>16. Development in Central Asia: A Case Study ofKyrgyzstan 203<br/>M. Chanachev<br/>17. Central Asia: Migration and Displacement Implications 209<br/>P.L. Dash<br/>18. Asiatic Russia & Greater Central Asia: Geo-political and<br/>Geo-economic Interconnections 227 Vladimir Boyko<br/>Part-Ill<br/>Historico-Cultural Relations<br/>19. The Soviet Legacy and Ethnic Mapping in the<br/>Post-Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia 233 Touraj Atabaki<br/>20. Central Asian Milieu during the 19th-20th Centuries 251<br/>Mansura Haidar<br/>21. Women, Traditions and National Identity 265 Marfua Tokhtakhodjaeva<br/>22. Socio-cultural Challenges of Tajikistan in the 20th Century 273<br/>Abdurahim Juraev<br/>23. Labour Migration Process in Post-1991 Central Asia 281 Naira Mkrtchyan<br/>24. Socio-cultural Similarities between Chinese Turkestan<br/>and Kashmir 291<br/>Aijaz A Bandey<br/>25. The Rise and Decline of Indian Trading Community in<br/>Central Asia 315 Sanjay Kumar Pandey<br/>26. Ethno-religious Movement in Xinjiang and Chinese Development Strategy 327<br/>Debashish Chaudhuri<br/>27. Christianity under the Mongols in Central Asia 337 Mohd Rafiuddin Makhdumi<br/>Part-IV<br/>Bilateral Ties<br/>28. Kazakhsian ami India: Partners in Regioial Cooperation 355<br/>Kairat Umarov<br/>29. huio-Kazakh Relations in the Historical Perspective 363<br/>Ashok Milkerjee<br/>30. Uzbekistan: The Confident Move along the Chosen Path 371 Saydakamal S. Saydaminov<br/>31. People's Liberation Movements of Kazakhstan and India: A Conceptual Framework 379 Mazhitov Sattar Fazylovich<br/>32. The Present State of Indo-Tajik Relations 389<br/>Umed Nazarov<br/>33. India and Central Asia 397<br/>P. Stobdan<br/>34. Central Asian Policy of Mughal India Diplomacy and Cultural Contacts (1526-1605) 417 Jigar Mtihmnmad<br/>35. Silk Route and Indo-Kyrgyz Ties: Based on the<br/>Chinese and Other Sources 427<br/>Indira Musaeva 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789380009322 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geopolitics -- Asia, Central -- Congresses. <br/>Power resources -- Asia, Central -- Congresses. <br/>Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991- -- Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.820958  / KAW/C