Economics and Security in Central Asia
Abstract: This
article presents a comprehensive survey of the most significant economic and security issues
in contemporary Central Asia, including an analysis of their evolution since 1991, up to
publication in 2001, as well as an evaluation of their future prospects at that
time.
Publication: “Economics and Security in Central Asia,” Harvard
Asia
Quarterly 5, no. 1 (Winter 2001): 4–12, reprinted in [Maria O. Pryshlak
(ed.)], Issues in Central Asian Diplomacy[: Handbook Produced for the Diplomats of the
Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan] (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University, Center for Intercultural
Education and Development, 2006).
The full text of the article
is available
on-line.
Contents:
- [0. Introductory Remarks]
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- 1. Economic Background
to the Current
Problems
- 1.1. The
Collapse of the Ruble Zone
- 1.2. Attempts at
Central Asian Cooperation
- 1.3. Divergence between Uzbekistan
and Kazakhstan
- 2. Ecology and Human
Security
- 2.1. Water
Management and Pollution
- 2.2. Health and Human
Security
- 3. Energy Development: Not a
Panacea
- 4. Not Just Identity
Politics
- 4.1. Uzbekistan's
"Ethnic Reach": Resource or
Liability?
- 4.2. Russia Returns
to Central Asia
- 4.3. Other Regional
Influences
- 5. Once More on Uzbekistan (and
Kazakhstan)
- 6. Conclusion
Suggested citation for
this webpage:
Abstract of: Robert M. Cutler,"Economics and Security in Central
Asia,"
Harvard Asia Quarterly 5, no. 1 (Winter 2001): 4–12;
available at <http://www.robertcutler.org/ar01haq.htm>, accessed
16 December 2024.
Dr. Robert M. Cutler [ website — email ] was educated at MIT and The University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science, and has specialized and consulted in the international affairs of Europe, Russia, and Eurasia since the late 1970s. He has held research and teaching positions at major universities in the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Russia, and contributed to leading policy reviews and academic journals as well as the print and electronic mass media in three languages.
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