Islam in Eurasia
Subtitle: a policy volume
By: edited by Thomas W. Simons, Jr
Contributors: Simons, Thomas W., editor; Project on Islam in Eurasia; Harvard University. Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Publisher: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780692454787
Subjects: Islam; Congresses; Islam and politics; Politics and government; Ethnic relations
Notes: "Important changes taking place in the social roles of Islam in Central Asia and Azerbaijan have significant implications for the politics of the region, yet these changes have not been adequately examined in the existing literature. This volume describes a rich encounter between the latest scholarship and US policymaking in Washington, DC, updated to early 2015. At its core are four specially commissioned policy papers framing the major challenges the US government faces in the region. These works were originally presented at an Islam in Eurasia Policy Conference in June 2013, the proceedings of which are also summarized here. The conference was a culminating event of the multiyear Project on Islam in Eurasia at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, undertaken with generous grant support from Carnegie Corporation of New York." -- Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Conference Summary; title: Conference Program; title: Remarks on US Policy / Robert O. Blake, Jr.; title: US Policy Toward Independent Central Asia: The Record and Key Variables / Geoffrey Wright; title: Energy and Natural Resource Exports and the Islamic Future of Central Asia and Azerbaijan / Brenda Shaffer; title: Domestic Shapers of Eurasia's Islamic Futures: Sheikh, Scholar, Society, and the State / Noah Tucker; title: Envoi: Central Asia after 2014: Is There a Role for Outside Powers? / Roger Kangas.