num_pages: 363
description: "Conceptually very rich and broad . . . Will outlive the continuous changes that are taking place in the territory of the former Soviet Union."--A. Reza Sheikholeslami, Oriental Institute, St. Antony's College, Oxford University  "A multidisciplinary as well as a multicultural approach to the study of Central Asia. . . .  An informative account of history, politics, religions, and the social complexities of the Central Asian societies."--Manochehr Dorraj, Texas Christian UniversityLeading Western, Russian, and Central Asian scholars examine here the domestic and international dynamics of Muslim Central Asia and the Caucasus.  They address the two circumstances that continue to affect the Muslim states of the former Soviet   the enduring impact of the Soviet experience on ethno-social and political life, and the prospects for the recovery of their own identities now that the Soviet system has collapsed. The authors of these essays suggest that the symbiosis of these two forces will continue to characterize political and social developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus for years to come.   ContentsThe Emerging Muslim States of Central Asia and the Caucasus, by Mohiaddin Mesbahi Part 1.  Russia, Central Asia, and the   Ethnicity and IslamThe Ethnohistorical Dynamics of Muslim Societies within Russia and the CIS, by Sergei A. PanarinThe Emerging Central Ethnic and Religious Factions, by Eden NabyMuslim Central   Soviet Development Legacies and Future Challenges, by M. Nazif ShahraniPart 2.  The New Muslim   The North Caucasus and AzerbaijanThe "Internal" Muslim Factor in the Politics of   Tatarstan and the North Caucasus, by Marie Bennigsen BroxupAzerbaijan, by Yuri N. Zinin and Alexei V. Maleshenko Part 3.  The New Muslim   Central AsiaKazakhstan, by Martha Brill OlcottUzbekistan, by Zahid I. MunavvarovKyrgyzstan, by Alexander O. FilonykTadjikistan, by Aziz NiyaziTurkmenistan, by Andrei G. Nedvetsky Part 4:  Russia and the Former Soviet   The New GeopoliticsThe Disintegration of the Soviet Eurasian An Ongoing Debate, by Milan L. HaunerGreat Power Ideology and the Muslim Nations of the CIS, by Arthur SagdeevCentral Asia and the Middle   The Emerging Links, by Anthony HymanRussia and the Geopolitics of the Muslim South, by Mohiaddin MesbahiMohiaddin Mesbahi is associate professor of international relations at Florida International University, Miami.  He has published several studies of Soviet-Iranian relations and Central Asian security and is the editor of Russia and the Third World in the Post-Soviet Era (UPF, 1994).
language: English
title: Central Asia and the Caucasus after the Soviet Union: Domestic and International Relations
titlecomplete: Central Asia and the Caucasus after the Soviet Union: Domestic and International Relations
publisher: University Press of Florida