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Countering Global Terrorism: Developing the Antiterrorist Capabilities of the Central Asian Militaries
by Roger N. Mcdermott. 46 pgs.

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The author offers a framework for improving the antiterrorist capabilities of the Central Asian militaries, including increased and focused military training with a special emphasis on Special Forces units. The training should take place within a regional train and equip program to increase effectiveness and efficiency. But, he argues, all assistance to the Central Asian states must complement broader diplomatic efforts to promote social, economic, and political reform.

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Countering Global Terrorism: Developing the Antiterrorist Capabilities of the Central Asian Militaries

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Growing U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia
by Elizabeth Wishnick. 49 pgs.

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Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War: U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia Reassessed
by Elizabeth Wishnick. 48 pgs.

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Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War: U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia Reassessed

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Biographical Sketch of the Author

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Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War: U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia Reassessed
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The Strategic Future of Central Asia: A View from Washington, in Journal of International Affairs
by Ehsan Ahrari. 10 pgs.

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Washington and the 'Great Game' in Central Asia, in Contemporary Review
by Alec Rasizade. 14 pgs.

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Searching for Peace in Central and South Asia: An Overview of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities
by Monique Mekenkamp, Paul Van Tongeren, Hans Van De Veen. 666 pgs.

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Foreword, Barnett R Rubin

Acknowledgments

Introduction|, Monique Mekenkamp, Paul Van Tongeren, and Hans Van de Veen

1: Making Our Way Back to Humanity|: Beyond 11 September John Paul Lederach

2: Mapping the Dimensions of Contemporary Conflicts and Human Rights Violations| Berto J Jongman

3: Calling for a Broad Approach to Conflict Resolution|Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham, and Tom Woodhouse

4: Positive Vibrations

5: Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Experience in Conflict Prevention| Jos Havermans

6: Central Asia

7: South Asia

Introduction to the Directory

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

France

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia

Nepal

The Netherlands

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Tajikistan

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

Uzbekistan

Internet Resources

Selected Bibliography

Subiect Index

Index of Organizations

About the Searching for Peace Program

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Regional Security and the Future of Central Asia: The Competition of Iran, Turkey, and Russia
by Hooman Peimani. 156 pgs.

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The breakup of the USSR created a Central Asian security complex or sphere of influence and reawakened rivalries among Iran, Turkey, and Russia over the region. This rivalry will largely determine the development of security arrangements throughout the region and have a major impact on the individual states.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1: Introduction

2: The Concept of Regional Security

NOTES

3: Historical Background

NOTES

4: Societal Factors and the Rivals

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

5: Military Factors and the Rivals

6: Economic Factors and the Rivals

INTRODUCTION

NOTES

7: Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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Central Asia and the Caucasus: Transnationalism and Diaspora
by Touraj Atabaki, Sanjyot Mehendale. 235 pgs.

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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of linkages have been established between newly independent Central Asian states, or populations within them, and diaspora ethnic groups. This book explores the roles that diaspora communities play in the recent and ongoing emergence of national identities in Central Asia and the Caucasus. The loyalties of these communities are divided between their countries of residence and those states that serve as homeland of their particular ethno-cultural nation, and are further complicated by connections with contested transnational notions of common cultures and 'peoples'. Written by highly respected experts in the field, the book addresses issues such as nationalism, conflict, population movement, global civil society, Muslim communities in China and relations between the new nation-states and Russia. This innovative book will interest students and researchers of transnationalism and Central Asian studies.

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Acknowledgments

1: Introduction

2: Nationalism from Without

3: Towards a Typology of Diasporas in Kazakhstan*

4: Russians in Post-Soviet Central Asia

5: State, Homeland, and Diaspora

6: Diaspora and Global Civil Society

7: Afghan Communities in Uzbekistan

8: Uighur Community in 1990s Central Asia

9: The Afghan Diaspora

10: Islam in China

11: The Assyrian Diaspora

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South Asia in the World: Problem Solving Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance (Chap. 24 "The Changing Geopolitics of Central, West, and South Asia after 11 September")
by Ramesh Thakur, Oddny Wiggen. 451 pgs.

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One in five of the world's population live in the countries of South Asia (covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). This region faces many problems regarding economic development, environmental protection, food and water security, governance and human rights, health issues including the rise of HIV/AIDS, inter-state and internal conflicts, international terrorism and nuclear proliferation. This volume contains a number of papers, based on contributions to an international conference held in Tokyo, in May 2002, which consider the implications of these complex issues for the role of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security and to promote socio-economic development in this divided region.

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Foreword: Mutual Interest – the United Nations and South Asia

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1: Introduction: South Asia's Manifold Challenge to the International Community

Notes

References

Part I: Overviews

2: South Asia and the World

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3: South Asia: Melting Pot of Global Faultlines

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Part II: Security

4: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War in South Asia: Unknowable Futures

Notes

References

5: International Security in a Nuclear South Asia

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6: National Security: Inter-State Conflict in South Asia (a Nepali Perspective)

Notes

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7: Terrorism and Political Agitation in Post-Colonial South Asia: Jammu-Kashmir and Sri Lanka

Notes

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8: South Asian Contributions to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, with Particular Reference to India's Participation

9: The United Nations and South Asia: Bangladesh's Contribution to UN Peacekeeping

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Part III: Development

10: Pro-Poor Policies in South Asia

11: Trade and Investment in South Asia

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Part IV: Governance

12: Democratic Governance in South Asia: Problems and Prospects

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13: Pluralism, Democracy and Governance and South Asia: the Case of Sri Lanka

Notes

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Part V: Environment

14: Critical Links Between Environment and Development in South Asia

Notes

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15: The Environmental Challenge to Human Security in South Asia

Note

References

16: Diffusion of Environmental Peace? International Rivers and Bilateral Relations in South Asia

Notes

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Part VI: Regional Cooperation

17: A Security Organization for South Asia: Mechanism for Conflict Resolution in South Asia

18: Saarc as an Institutional Framework for Cooperation in South Asia

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Part VII: Human Security

19: Human Security: the Perspective of Children and Women in South Asia

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20: Child Malnutrition and Gender Discrimination in South Asia: is the Worst Malnutrition Linked to the Worst Gender Discrimination in the World?

Notes

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21: Hum Honge Kamiyab [we Shall Overcome ]: Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Human Security in India

Notes

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Part VIII: 9/11, Afghanistan and South Asia

22: Post-Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian Security

Notes

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23: South-West Asia After the Taliban

Notes

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24: The Changing Geopolitics of Central, West and South Asia After 11 September

Notes

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Part IX: Towards a Brighter Future

25: Pakistan and India: the Way Forward

Notes

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26: India–pakistan Relations: Ways Forward

Notes

References

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Oil, Transition and Security in Central Asia
by Sally N. Cummings. 274 pgs.

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Approaching Central Asia from the perspective of geopolitics, transition, oil and stability, the authors provide a very broad and diverse analysis of the region, examining domestic and international developments since 1991.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Country Surveys

1: Independent Turkmenistan

2: Independent Kazakhstan

3: Independent Kyrgyzstan

4: Independent Uzbekistan

5: Independent Tajikistan

Part 2: Politics and Society

6: Constitutional Change in Central Asia

7: In Search of Civil Society in Central Asia

8: Continuity and Change in the Societies of Central Asia and the Caucasus

Notes

9: Turkmenistan

10: Nation-Building and Language Standardisation in Kazakhstan

11: Agricultural Restructuring in Kyrgyzstan

Part 3: The Caspian: Oil, Pipelines and the Environment

12: Caspian Oil and Gas

13: Perspectives on the Political Risk System for Western Multinational Oil Company Investment in Central Asia

14: The Caspian States of the Former Soviet Union

Notes

15: The Caspian Sea

16: Central Asian Water Problems

Part 4: Security and Geopolitics

17: Central Asian Military Reform

Notes

18: Russian and Iranian National Interests and Their Policies in the Caspian Geopolitical Region

19: Some Geopolitical Peculiarities of Central Asia, Past and Present

20: Eurasian Manoeuvres

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Asian Security Handbook: An Assessment of Political-Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region
by William M. Carpenter, David G. Wiencek. 301 pgs.

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Western interests in the Asia-Pacific region have dramatically expanded over the last few years; particularly in terms of economic relationships and commercial investment. While economic development is predicted to continue in the region, the assumption of political stability on which it depends is clouded major security uncertainties lurking in the background, these could undermine the relative stability the region has come to expect, and new strains and fissures could develop in the region that would likely reverberate elsewhere. Featuring nineteen individual country profiles, which makes a unique contribution to the existing literature, this volume seeks to shed light on the key political and security factors and geopolitical trends that bear monitoring and to point out new trends that have greater significance in the post-Cold War environment.

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Foreword

Editors' Note

Notes

List of Tables and Maps

Introduction

Notes

Part I: Regional Security Framework

1: Security in East Asia

Suggested Readings

Notes

2: Security in Southeast Asia

Note

Suggested Readings

3: Asean Regional Forum

Notes

Suggested Readings

4: Security in the South Pacific Region

Suggested Readings

Part II: Multilateral Security Issues

5: Missile Proliferation in Asia

Notes

Suggested Readings

6: Maritime Piracy in Asia

Notes

Suggested Readings

7: Drugs as a Security Problem in East Asia

Notes

Suggested Readings

8: Religion and Security in Southeast Asia

Suggested Readings

Part III: Security-Oriented Country Profiles

9: Australia

Notes

Suggested Readings

10: Burma

Notes

Suggested Readings

11: Cambodia

Note

Suggested Readings

12: China

Notes

Suggested Readings

13: Hong Kong

Suggested Readings

14: India

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Notes

15: Indonesia

Suggested Readings

16: Japan

Notes

Suggested Readings

17: Laos

Suggested Readings

18: Malaysia

Suggested Readings

19: Mongolia

Note

Suggested Readings

20: New Zealand

Suggested Readings

21: Pakistan

Notes

Suggested Readings

22: The Philippines

Suggested Readings

Notes

23: Singapore

Suggested Readings

24: South Korea

Notes

Suggested Readings

25: Taiwan

Notes

Suggested Readings

26: Thailand

Notes

Suggested Readings

27: Vietnam

Notes

Suggested Readings

Conclusions

Note

Glossary of Abbreviations/Acronyms

Appendix

About the Editors and Contributors

Index

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