Globalisation and Eurasia

Contents: Introduction/Ajay Patnaik and Tulsiram. I. Globalisation: political, economic and cultural dimensions: 1. Post-socialist states and the evolution of a new development model: comparing Russia and China/Peter Rutland. 2. Russia's economic development and challenges/R.G. Gidadhubli. 3. Russia in the process of globalisation/P.L. Dash. 4. Russia's socio-economic development strategy up to the year 2020--an Analysis/Arun Mohanty. 5. Globalising Central Asia in changing times: a critical note/Kuldip Singh. 6. Globalisation: socio-cultural conflicts and their implications/Preeti D. Das. 7. State and democracy in Central Asia/Phool Badan. 8. New challenges towards nation-states in Central Asia with the advent of globalisation/Nandini Bhattacharya. 9. International trade development of Kyrgyzstan within the Central Asian region/Tursunay Usubalieva-Oktai. II. Sustainable development, social welfare and human resources: 10. Trafficking of women: the case of Uzbekistan/Marfua Tokhtakhodjaeva. 11. How globalisation impacts Tajikistan's youth: exploring the human development/Najam Abbas. 12. Youth of Uzbekistan in conditions of globalisation/Dilafruz Buranova. 13. Surviving economic reforms: 'illegal practices' as a way to make up for ineffective transition towards a welfare economy in Ukraine/Abel Polese. 14. Profiling the impact of globalisation in Central Asian Republics: a perspective/Mushtaq A. Kaw. 15. Labour market globalisation and status of women in post-Soviet Tajikistan/Sofia R. Kasymova. 16. Aspects of providing security in international law-making of Kazakhstan/Beibit Shangirbayeva. III. Civil society, informal networks and local governance: 17. Forming a civil society: the Uzbek experience/M. Usmanov. 18. Globalisation and the role of state in the formation of civil society in Uzbekistan/M. Abdullayev. 19. Role of mass media in the formation of information society in Uzbekistan/Jamoliddin Khakimov. 20. Policing and the role of civil society/Nirmal Kumar Azad. 21. Dynamics of societal responses to environmental change in Jammu and Kashmir/Sally Daultrey. 22. Civil society in India: a partner in democracy/Doel Mukerjee. 23. Panchayati Raj system in India and the role of civil society/Vikas Jha. 24. Transnational terrorism in the information space of Kazakhstan/Lessya Karatayeva. IV. Globalisation: security and strategic dimensions: 25. Energy geopolitics in Eurasia/Ajay Patnaik. 26. Belarus between the west and the east in the context of globalisation/Viachaslau Menkouski. 27. Global stability with 'American face' : problem or solution for Central Asia?/Alexey S. Dundich. 28. Nuclear crises in the realm of Eurasian security: the Iranian crises and future of NPT/Nursin Atesoglu Guney. 29. The nexus of globalisation and regionalism within the Eurasian security: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)/Visne Korkmaz. 30. Globalisation and Eurasian geopolitical discourses/Anita Sengupta. 31. Central and South Asia in the globalised world/Bek-Ali Yerzhan. 32. India's energy diplomacy in the CIS region/Nalin Kumar Mohapatra. 33. The importance of Central Asia for the international powers: a case study of Iran-Central Asia relations/Enayatollah Yazdani. 34. The Turkic brotherhood policy and its effects on the globalisation process in Central Asia/Secuk Colakoglu. 35. Chinese policy in Central Asia/Adil Kaukenov.

"Consisting of former Soviet Republics, the Eurasian region has drawn international attention due to its geopolitical significance and hydrocarbon resources, which has prompted the US and other external powers like China, Turkey, Iran, the European Union and India to actively engage themselves in the region. Russia is once again emerging as a central player in the region as it moves towards stabilizing its economy and political system. At the same time, given the pluralities within the region, there are multiple conflicts based on ethnic, religious and geopolitical discontents, making the region susceptible to rivalries and conflicts.

Eurasia is also a region where many external powers are seeking to intensify their geopolitical influence. This region, which lies in the extended neighbourhood of India, has had longstanding ties with the subcontinent in the past. The developments in the region have immense security implications for India. In view of India's rapidly increasing energy requirements, the region could be an alternative source of energy.

This book discusses the strategic environment in Eurasia and issues related to security, stability ad interstate relations in Eurasia. The involvement of external powers and their relations with different Eurasian countries is an important theme of the book. Social and cultural dimensions of post-socialist changes have been discussed in the context of a range of economic and political transformations. The proposition that links changing alignment of state with society in the context of globalisation has been scrutinized in this book."