Central Asia: Political & Economic Challenges - Hardcover

by Alexei Vassiliev (Editor)

This work focuses on the challenges facing the newly independent states of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kirgizia and Tadjikistan. It examines the political events and socio-economic changes which followed the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Author Biography

Alexei Vassiliev is a member of the Russian Foreign Ministry's advisory group. He was Middle East correspondent for Pravda for more than ten years. As a political adviser he participated in the Gorbachev-Bush summit in Malta in 1989 and in Prime Minister Chernomyrdin's delegation to the Gulf countries in 1994. He is the author of numerous books.