ABSTRACT

This book provides a unique level of coverage of economic and political events of global significance, including foreign trade, foreign direct investment, the impact of oil and natural gas finds, Islamic extremism, the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the reaction of the CIS countries and the war on international terrori

chapter |51 pages

Introduction and overview

part |2 pages

Part I The Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

chapter |29 pages

Armenia

chapter |27 pages

Azerbaijan

chapter |53 pages

Georgia

part |2 pages

Part II The Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

chapter |49 pages

Kazakhstan

chapter |36 pages

Kyrgyzstan

chapter |35 pages

Tajikistan

chapter |28 pages

Turkmenistan

chapter |40 pages

Uzbekistan