Life After the Soviet Union: The Newly Independent Republics of the Transcaucasus and Central Asia

Nozar Alaolmolki

окт 2001. · State University of New York Press

О овој е-књизи

In separate chapters covering Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, this book examines the impact of the radical social, economic, and political transformations enacted upon them by both Czarist Russia and then the Soviet Union.

With the demise of communist rule, Alaolmolki explores the efforts of the United States,Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey to influence the newly independent republics, specifically in connection with oil and natural gas concessions and pipelines. Included is a summary of recent developments and the prospect for economic and political progress in the republics.

О аутору

Nozar Alaolmolki is Professor of Political Science at Hiram College. He is the author of The Persian Gulf Region in the Twenty-First Century: Stability and Change and Struggle for Dominance in the Persian Gulf: Past, Present, and Future Prospects.