Oil, Islam and conflict

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Titel
Oil, Islam and conflict
Untertitel
Central Asia since 1945
Verfasserangabe
Rob Johnson
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London
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272 p.
ISBN13
978-1-86189-339-0
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Oil, Islam, and Conflict : Central Asia Since 1945
by Johnson, Rob

Central Asia is fast becoming a region of international concern, not least because of its volatile cocktail of abundant oil and gas, Jihadist groups, dictatorial regimes and the political and economic rivalry of Russia, China, the USA and Iran. As an intensifying battleground for religious fundamentalism, democratic politics and access to precious resources that is awash with narcotics, weapons and ethnic tensions, it may well become 'the new Middle East'.

Table of Contents

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Prefacep. 9
Acknowledgementsp. 12
1Regional Issues and Contemporaly Historyp. 13
2The Central Asian Republics before and after 1991 p. 33
3Islam and Islamismp. 63
4The Tajik Civil War and the Islamic Renaissance Party p. 80
5The Afghan Civil War and the Talibanp. 96
6The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan/Turkestan and Regional Insurgencyp. 114
7The Chechen and Caucasus Warsp. 138
8China and Xinjiang Provincep. 173
9Hydrocarbons and the Great Powersp. 198
10Trajectoriesp. 215
Referencesp. 243
Select Bibliographyp. 254
Index