Ethnic Challenges Beyond Borders

Acknowledgements - Introduction; Y.Zhang & R.Azizian - PART 1: POLITICAL CHALLENGES - Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, and Interdependence; A.Kortunov & A.Shoumikhin - China and Central Asia: Towards a New Relationship; G.Xing - Ethnopolitical Issues and the Emergence of Nation-States in Central Asia; A.Prazauskas - PART 2: THE ETHNIC CONUNDRUM - Ethnic Harmony and Conflicts in Central Asia: Origins and Policies; G.Liu - Russia and Russians in Central Asia; A.Kortunov & S.Lounev - Fundamentalism, Ethnicity and the State: the Cases of Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan; A.Umnov - Population Dynamics in Central Asia and Adjacent Countries from 1960 to 2020; A.Akimov - PART 3: ECONOMIC AGONIES - Central Asia's Transition to a Market Economy: An Analytical Comparison with China; Z.Sun - Central Asia: Towards Ethnic Harmony Through Openness and Reform?; A.Salitsky & V.Fisyukov -Sino-Central Asian Trade and Economic Relations: Progress, Problems and Prospect; Q.Liu - PART 4: STRATEGIC AND SECURITY ISSUES - Security Issues in China's Relations with Central Asian States; G.Xing - Central Asia and the World: Foreign Policy and Strategic Issues; S.Lounev & G.Shirokov - Index