Central Asia and the Caucasus: at the crossroads of Eurasia in the 21st century/ edited by Werner Hermann and Johannes F. Linn. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2011. - xxv, 232 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.

Connecting Central Asia and the Caucasus with the world / Johannes F. Linn -- Rivalry and competition in Central Asia / Martha Brill Olcott -- Trade and transport in Central Asia / Richard Pomfret -- Central Asia's oil and gas reserves : to whom do they matter? / Martha Brill Olcott -- How bad are Central Asia's business environments and what can be done about them? / Dennis de Tray -- The impact of the global financial crisis and policy responses : Central Asia and the Caucasus / Pradeep K. Mitra -- Emerging markets forum in Thun, Switzerland, January 23-25, 2010 : conference summary and discussion / Gilbert Heim -- Central Asia and the Caucasus : selected regional and country-specific geophysical and socioeconomic indicators / Natasha Mukherjee.

9788132107439 (hard back)


Geopolitics--Asia, Central.
World politics.


Asia, Central--Foreign economic relations.
Caucasus--Foreign economic relations.
Geopolitics--Caucasus.

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