Shifting Security and Power Constellations in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Marie-Sophie Borchelt Camêlo; Dr. Aziz Elmuradov

doi:10.5771/9783748918271

Summary

This book provides an up-to-date overview of contemporary Central Eurasian politics, identifies key issues, trends and transformation paths in this respect, and analyses the conceptual foundations of security and power in the region. Key topics include autocratic proliferation and regime security in Central Asia, the strategic situation in Afghanistan, China's changing role in Central Asian security, governance problems in Kyrgyzstan as a rentier state and the destructive role of internal security services in the context of democratic transition in Armenia, e-justice and cyber security in Kyrgyzstan, and the politics of authoritarian neoliberalism and labour resistance in Kazakhstan. With contributions bySerik Beimenbetov | Marie-Sophie Borchelt Camêlo | Shalva Dzebisashvili | Aziz Elmuradov | Bradley Jardine | Edward Lemon | Aliia Maralbaeva | Zumrat Sanakulova | Aijan Sharshenova | Farkhod Tolipov | Akram Umarov | Aitbay Zhansaya

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-0733-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-1827-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Transformation, Development, and Regionalization in Greater Asia
Volume: 17
Language: English
Pages: 210
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
Introduction: Shifting Security and Power Constellations in Central Asia and the CaucasusPages 9 - 16 Marie-Sophie Borchelt Camêlo, Aziz Elmuradov Download chapter (PDF)
Aijan Sharshenova Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. Research on Autocratic Polities
3. Research on Authoritarianism
4. Central Asian authoritarianism
5. Political context in Central Asia
6. Why are Central Asian regimes autocratic?
7. Russia as a trend-setter in the region
8. Polity diffusion and regime security in Central Asia
9. Legislative copy-paste
10. Security cooperation
11. Conclusion
Edward Lemon, Bradley Jardine Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. Hierarchy and Order in Central Asia
3. The Evolution of China’s Security Interests in Central Asia
4. China’s Expanding Security Cooperation in Central Asia
5. Bases and Border Security
6. Security Cooperation, Training, and Capacity Building
7. Arms and Technology Transfers
8. Multilateral Frameworks
9. Negotiating Hegemony: Central Asia’s Multi-Vector Defense Diplomacy
10. Conclusion
Farkhad Tolipov Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. War and Peace Controversies
3. Tashkent’s idealistic pacifism and realistic preparedness
4. Conceptual Dilemmas
5. Strategic communication
6. Conclusion
7. Postscript
Akram Umarov Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical framework: rentier state theory, unearned income and resilience
3. Rent sources in Kyrgyzstan, their impact on governance and democratization
4. Rent sources and their calculation
5. Implications for governance and democratization
6. Examples of government ineffectiveness and rent-seeking behavior
7. Findings of the analysis
8. Conclusion
Aliia Maralbaeva Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. Architecture of e-justice in Kyrgyzstan: a brief outline
3. E-justice and openness of the courts in the digital era: main findings
4. E-justice and Access to Information in Criminal Proceedings: The Case of Domestic Violence
5. Balancing Openness of the Courts and Data Protection in the Digital Era
6. Cyber security and e-justice
7. Conclusion
8. Acknowledgments
Shalva Dzebisashvili, Lia Evoyan Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. Methodology and structure
3. Early democratization and the approach to (internal) security
4. Power of the Siloviki before 1998
5. In the service of the (heads of) state
6. Promise of change and unchanged security practices
7. Conclusion
Serik Beimenbetov, Zumrat Sanakulova, Zhansaya Aitbay Download chapter (PDF)
1. Introduction
2. Neoliberal transformation and the oil sector: all pain, no gain!
3. Dynamic of labor insurgency in the oil sector
4. Trade Unions in the Kazakh oil sector: from cooptation to incapacitation
5. Conclusion