Toktomushev Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-315-53347-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Central Asian Studies

Kyrgyzstan is an interesting example of a relatively weak state, but one where the regime has remained intact despite the fact that its military is scrupulously neutral, rather than pro-regime, and despite ethnic conflict between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz. This book explores this apparent paradox and argues that Kyrgyzstan’s foreign policy and international relationships are key to understanding the nature of the Kyrgyz state. The book shows how the foreign policy links to the Manas Air Base, used by the US military and essential for supplying their forces in Afghanistan, and the economic arrangements necessary for sustaining the base, both inside and outside Kyrgyzstan, and the myriad of different actors involved in all this, combine to overshadow points of friction to ensure stable continuance of the status quo. Overall, the book shows how broad geopolitical forces and complex local factors together have a huge impact on regime security.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toktomushev, Kemel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. One Foreign Policy, Many Theories

2. Foreign Policy and Regime Security of Weak States

3. The Development of Kyrgyz Foreign Policy

4. Military Security and Foreign Policy

5. Manas Air Base

Über Autor(innen)

Kemel Toktomushev is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia