PUBL.- Commonwealth of Independent States: Energy, Security and Development
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Ajay Patnaik and Anuradha M. Chenoy (ed.), Commonwealth of Independent
States: Energy, Security and Development; Hardback ISBN
978-81-87966-65-4; Rs. 1190, US$34 380 pp, ). Publisher: Knowledge
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About the Book
The Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS], consisting of the former
Soviet Republics, is a region where energy resources and geopolitics
have drawn international attention. A range of issues varying from
energy issues at the international and local level, policies of states
that impact on energy security and also on broader security issues
have been discussed by eminent scholars from India and abroad, who
also deal with the strategic environment, power rivalries and security
architecture in the CIS. 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. At the same time, globalisation and economic
liberalisation have influenced state policies and human/social
developments in the former Soviet republics. Some of the articles deal
with such issues as demography, religion, identity, resource-sharing,
mass media, etc. The CIS region, which lies in the extended
neighbourhood of India, has had long-standing ties with the
subcontinent in the past. The developments in this region have immense
security implications for India. In view of India's rapidly increasing
energy requirements, the region could also be an alternate source of
energy. The last section of the book mainly discusses the relations of
the countries of the CIS with India and the South Asian region.
Contents
Introduction. Section I. CIS: Energy, State Policies and Security
Issues. Energy, Security and Development: The Kazakh Experience.
Caspian and Central Asian Energy Architecture in Emerging Frontiers of
Global Energy Space. Russia's Quest for Supremacy in the Global Energy
Market. The Russia-Ukraine Gas Crisis: Its Resolution and Wider
Implications. Contextualising Central Asian States in Contemporary
Global Order. Security Issues in Central Asia and the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation.
Section II. CIS: Geopolitics, External Powers and Regional Stability.
The Caspian Cauldron: New Geopolitical Game. Regional Order and
Security: Role of External Powers in Central Asia and Caspian Region.
Conflicts, Alliances and Stability in the CIS. Oil Politics of Central
Asia and Caspian Sea Basin: The US Game Plan. China's Energy Interest
in Central Asia. Regional Cooperation in Central Asia and Japan's
Belated Regional Initiative. US Policy Toward the Caspian Region.
Section III. CIS: Economy and Society. Russian Depopulation and
Demographic Insecurity. Between Belief and Practice: Muslims in
Chinese Central Asia in the mid-19th-late 20th Centuries. Changing
Perceptions of Siberia and The Russian Far East: From Colonial
Narratives to Local Dynamics. Disputes Over Sharing Water and Energy
Resources in the Ferghana Valley Region of Central Asia. Russian Mass
Media and Democratisation: Main Goals and Achievements.
Section IV. CIS: Relations with Neighbours. The Silk Route:
Springboard of Buddhism in Central Asia. India's Economic Diplomacy
Trends with Central Asia: The Potentials and Priorities. Culture and
Mass Media: India's Cultural Diplomacy in Russia. China In Central
Asia: A Case Study of the Relationship Between China and Kazakhstan.
Eurasianism and Russia's "Critical Space". Prospects of Transnational
Gas Pipeline Projects from Caspian Littoral States to South Asia.
India and Armenia: Relations Through Centuries. Index.
About the Editors
Dr. Ajay Patnaik is Professor and former Chairperson in the Centre for
Russian and Central Asian Studies of the School of International
Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has
authored three books: Nations, Minorities and States in Central Asia
(2003), Central Asia: Between Modernity and Tradition (1996), and,
Perestroika and Women Labour Force in Soviet Central Asia (1989). His
other works include two edited volumes, Commonwealth of Independent
States, Problems and Prospects (1995) and Russian Civilization (2007).
Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,
University of Cambridge (1992-93), Exchange Scholar of the Indian
Council for Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) at the Institute of
Ethnography, Moscow (1999) and Visiting Solanki Professor and Scholar
in Residence (2006) at Yadunandan Centre for Indian Studies,
California State University, USA, Prof. Patnaik is also the Executive
Editor of the Journal Contemporary Central Asia. Email:
patnaik.ajay@gmail.com
Dr. Anuradha M. Chenoy is Professor in the School of International
Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. She works on
International Relations, Russia, Central Asia and Gender issues. She
has been the Chairperson and Director of the Area Studies Programme
for Russia and Central Asia, SIS, JNU. She has authored a number of
books and articles including Human Security: Concept and Implications,
(Co-authored with Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, January 2006, Routledge, UK);
Militarism and Women in South Asia, (Kali Books, New Delhi, 2001) and
The Making of New Russia, (Har Anand Publishers, New Delhi, 2001).
Dr. Nalin Kumar Mohapatra
Assistant Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies
School l of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
New Delhi
India
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