| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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text file PDF |
| Note |
LCCN in CIP is 2016962066. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West. Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia's supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Central Asia beyond borders -- Inside-outside, onshore-offshore : how Central Asia went global -- Kazakhstan's most wanted : economic fugitive or democratic champion? The case of Mukhtar Ablyazov -- Tajikistan : the president of the warlords and his offshore state -- Uzbekistan's closed polity and global scandal -- Kyrgyzstan's Prince Maxim and the Switzerland of the east -- The new offshore silk roads -- Political exiles and extraterritorial repression -- Conclusion : confronting the challenge of global authoritarianism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Dictatorship -- Asia, Central.
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Dictatorship. |
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Central Asia. |
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Political corruption -- Asia, Central.
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Political corruption. |
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Globalization -- Political aspects -- Asia, Central.
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Globalization -- Political aspects. |
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Globalization. |
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Wealth -- Political aspects -- Asia, Central.
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Wealth. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Asia, Central.
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Wealth -- Political aspects -- Western countries.
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Western countries. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Western countries.
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Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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| Chronological Term |
1991- |
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Asia, Central -- Relations -- Western countries.
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Western countries -- Relations -- Asia, Central.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia. |
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Politics and government. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Fascism & Totalitarianism. |
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Relations. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics. |
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International relations. |
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Diktatur. |
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Globalisierung. |
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Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. |
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Zentralasien. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1991 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Heathershaw, John, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780300222098 |
| ISBN |
0300222092 (electronic book) |
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9780300222098 (electronic book) |
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0300208448 |
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9780300208443 |
| Standard No. |
10.12987/9780300222098 |
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