Ethnic Challenges Beyond Borders: Chinese and Russian Perspectives of the Central Asian Conundrum (St. Antony's Series)

A rare collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian Central Asian specialists. The contributors address the problems and challenges posed by the resurgence of Central Asia to China and Russia. Both Countries are in search of a post communist and post cold war order. The editors explore uncertain transformations in Central Asia and their implications for Chinese and Russian foreign policies and speculate on the possible outcome of the current search for a regional order. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, and Interdependence....Pages 11-31 China and Central Asia: Towards a New Relationship....Pages 32-49 Ethnopolitical Issues and the Emergence of Nation-States in Central Asia....Pages 50-69 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Ethnic Harmony and Conflicts in Central Asia: Origins and Policies....Pages 73-92 Russia and Russians in Central Asia....Pages 93-111 Islamic Fundamentalism, Ethnicity and the State: the Cases of Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan....Pages 112-122 Population Dynamics in Central Asia and Adjacent Countries from 1960 to 2020....Pages 123-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Central Asia’s Transition to a Market Economy: An Analytical Comparison with China....Pages 147-165 Central Asia: Towards Ethnic Harmony Through Openness and Reform?....Pages 166-178 Sino-Central Asian Trade and Economic Relations: Progress, Problems and Prospects....Pages 179-200 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 Security Issues in China’s Relations with Central Asian States....Pages 203-217 Central Asia and the World: Foreign Policy and Strategic Issues....Pages 218-233 Back Matter....Pages 234-240 The Twentieth Century Posed Great Challenges For British Foreign Policy. How Effectively Did Policymakers Cope With Change And Decline? Were They As Pragmatic As They Claimed? Are There Identifiable Patterns Of Success And Failure? Peter Mangold Seeks To Answer These Questions In This New Thematic Account Of British Foreign Policy Between 1900 And 2000. Issues Covered Include Imperial Overstretch, The Reluctance To Engage Militarily And Politically With Continental Europe, Alliance Management, The Role Of Force, Loss Of Great Power Status, And Britain's Impact On The International System. The Final Chapter Considers Prospects For The Twenty-first Century.--jacket. 1. The Scope Of The Possible -- 2. Ends Beyond Means -- 3. The Limits Of Pragmatism -- 4. Kinds Of Allies -- 5. The Strategic Dimension -- 6. The Sound Barrier -- 7. International Impact -- 8. Patterns And Prognoses -- App. I. Outline Chronology, Main Events Relating To British Foreign Policy, 1900-2000 -- App. Ii. British Foreign Secretaries, 1900-2001. Peter Mangold. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 219-233) And Index. "The twentieth century posed great challenges for British foreign policy. How effectively did policymakers cope with change and decline? Were they as pragmatic as they claimed? Are there identifiable patterns of success and failure?". "Peter Mangold seeks to answer these questions in this new thematic account of British foreign policy between 1900 and 2000. Issues covered include imperial overstretch, the reluctance to engage militarily and politically with continental Europe, alliance management, the role of force, loss of Great Power status, and Britain's impact on the international system. The final chapter considers prospects for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET. Essayists explore uncertain transformations in Central Asia and speculate on the possible outcome of the current search for a regional order. Issues addressed include the implications of the resurgence of Central Asia for China and Russia; how the Chinese and the Russian foreign policy elite have perceived political and economic transformations in newly independent Central Asian states; and appropriate policy responses to the ethnic challenges from Central Asia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. A growing interest in political Islam has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions, especially in recent years. Rather than viewing the issue as Islam versus the rest, or tradition against modernity, this volume acknowledges the mutualities without overlooking the tensions. It centers on issues such as the Rushdie affair, conflictive pluralism in South Asia and Islam's links with the Kashmir dispute, the Iranian revolution, civil war in Afghanistan, and western public diplomacy. This book gathers a rare collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian Central Asian specialists. The contributors address the problems and challenges posed by the resurgence of Central Asia to China and Russia. Both countries are in search of a post-communist and post-Cold War order. The editors explore uncertain transformations in Central Asia and their implications for Chinese and Russian foreign policies and speculate on the possible outcome of the current search for a regional order. "This book gives an economic perspective to the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors influencing forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET.