The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century
was the original" great game." But in the past quarter century, a new" great game" has …

In this global era, Central Asia must be understood in both geo-economic and geopolitical
terms. The region's natural resources compel the attention of rivalrous great powers and …

This conclusion summarizes the major findings of this special issue and discusses their
implications for research on democratization and international democracy promotion. First, I …

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era,
namely the (re-) integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the …

This article critically reviews the New Great Game image of the Caspian Sea region and the
assumptions, concepts, and mechanisms (revolving around actors, aims, and motivations) …

As Michel Foucault has famously stated,'knowledge is not made for understanding; it is
made for cutting'. In this spirit, the Edkins–Vaughan-Williams Interventions series solicits …

This book offers a unique analytical investigation of the international politics of the EU,
China, and India in the context of their security strategies in Central Asia. It shows how the …

Having been ruled, more or less continuously, by a range of monarchical dynasties for three
millennia, the end of the monarchy in Iran was relatively sudden, taking place in two short …

The foreign policies of the Central Asian republics are widely qualified as “multivector.” Yet
this concept remains vague in terms of both its underlying causal mechanism and the goals …

By shifting the study of European Union (EU)–Central Asian relations from its fixed category
of black-boxing both the EU and Central Asia, this article advances the case for the …