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Traditional conception of security emphasises territorial integrity and national sovereignty as primary values to be protected. In this notion, traditional threats are essentially related to external military threats that seek to undermine the security of the sovereign state and its territorial integrity. As the present book shows, the threats to Central Asian security are both external and internal. Today challenges from non-traditional threats are greater than traditional ones. Ethnic, religious and linguistic issues can create instability. Similarly, poverty, hunger, unemployment and unequal distribution of wealth as well as environmental issues are going to pose the biggest challenge to the regional states in the near future. The drying up of the Aral Sea is affecting the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of people cutting across republics. Water-related confrontations are not unlikely given the problems related to water-sharing in the region. This book focuses mainly on many of the non-traditional security threats to Central Asian states which can even affect relations between states and transform into traditional security challenges.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section I : Traditional Security Issues in Central Asia
Russia in Central Asia: Collaborative Hegemonism
Security Concerns of Central Asia: Need of Effective Regional Cooperation
Border Disputes in Central Asia
Young and Porous Borders of Central Asia
Bilateral Military-Political Relations between kazakhstan and Russia: Evolution and Prospects
US-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia
Section II : Non-Traditional Security Issues
Non-Traditional Security: A Conceptual Analysis
Problems of Social Security in Crisis Period
Problems of Counter-Terrorism Efforts in Central Asia
Security and Liberty Under Emergency Circumstances: Kazakhstan and the Threat of Terrorism
Framing of Terrorism and Some Practical Implications for Central Assian States
Destructive Role fo Drugs in Millitant`s Activities in Central Asia
Terrorism and Extremism: The New Factors of Destabilisation in Central Asia
Somatic Diseases: Non-Traditional Threat to the Security in Central Asia
Section III : Water, Energy and Environmental Issues
Environment Challenges and Central Asia with Focus on Water-related Problems
Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan: Towards Ensuring Environmental Security in the Region
Water-related Public Health Situation in the Aal Sea Area
Security Threats in Central Asia: Water/Energy-relations between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Tajikistan on a Way to Energy Independence
Ecological and Environmental Problems of he Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia
The Energy Crisis: Atomic Power as one Possible Solution in Kazakhstan
Transportation of Kazakhstan`s Energy Resources for Export
Section IV : Socio-Economic and identity Issues
Language Situation in Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Period
Social Movement Theory and Radicalisation of Islam in Central Asia
Demographic Development in Uzbekistan
Unemployment, Migration and Social Security in Tajikistan
The Politics of Identity Formations in Kazakhstan
The Role of Tourism in the Integration of Central Asia. ISBN-9789380502830
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Pages : 360
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