ISBN: 9788175415584    Publisher: Shipra Publication Year of publishing: 2010     Format:  Hardcover Language: English

Anita Sengupta is Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Suchandana Chatterjee is Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies. Contents Preface 1. Endangered Heartland: Russian Central Asia between Domestic and External Geopolitics Vladimir Boyko 2. Towards a New Paradigm of International Relations: The Implications of Central Asian Geopolitics Farkhod F. Tolipov 3. Virtual Regionalism and Protective Integration in Central Asia Roy Allison 4. Eurasian Doctrine of Kazakhstan: Historical, Social and Political Parametres Sattar F. Mazhitov 5. Central Asia, Siberia and Asian Russia: Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Reappraisals of Connotations and Terminology Evgeny Vodichev 6. The Roles of Small Regions in Intercultural Relations and Conflicts: The Bkey Horde, Gorno-Badakhshan and Abkhazia1 Uyama Tomohiko 7. Authority as Accomplishment: Intergenerational Dynamics in Talas, Northern Kyrgyzstan1 Judith Beyer 8. Muslim Travelers from Russia to the Ottoman Empire: Some thoughts on a Research Agenda Norihiro Naganawa 9. Creation of the Composite Draft of the Buryat Heroic Epic 'Geser' in the Context of the Project of Nation Building Marina N. Baldano 10. A Passage from India: Rahul Sankri
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