Scholars of Central Asia Book Database

About the Book Database

The Scholars of Central Asia Book Database is intended to showcase the work of scholars from Central Asia.

The entries have been compiled through keyword searches on publishers’ websites, research bibliographies and searches within library collections. The inclusion criteria for the database are the following:

  • Single or multiple author monographs;
  • Works of non-fiction within the social sciences and humanities;
  • Authored or co-authored by at least one person who was born in Central Asia;
  • Published since 1991;
  • Published in any language.

The database includes entries in English, Russian and local languages from Central Asia. Entries appear in reverse chronological order by year of publication.

We update the database on a continuing basis as new work is published and we discover missing entries. This database is far from comprehensive, but it is our hope that the project will grow over time into an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners working on the region.

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Showing 151-180 of 376 Books

Туркмен-нама. Кто такие туркмены (Turkmen-nama. Who are the Turkmens)

This book reflects the life of Turkmen people from the origins of their proto-ethnicity to the emergence of a modern...
Category: Central Asia, History, Identity, Turkmenistan By:Shokhrat Kadyrov
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Transition Economies Research Series: Central Asian Transition Studies 转型经济研究丛书：中亚转型研究

Central Asia is located in the heart of the Eurasian continent and consists of five nation-states (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Politics, Tajikistan, Transition, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By:Li Shuyun, Cheng Wei (ed.)
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Xiaoerjin Research – 小儿锦研究

"Xiaoerjin Research (3 volumes)" is three volumes, "Xiaoerjin Research - History, Writing and Documents" is the first volume. Xiaoerjin is...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History By:Liu Yingsheng
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Huayan and Fanyin (Han language and foreign sound) 华言与蕃音

The manuscript contains 20 articles, a collection of the author's more than 20 years of related research. It mainly involves...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Migration By:Liu Yingsheng
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Kazakh Pastoral Society from the Perspective of Land System Reforms...

This book uses the historical method to investigate the social changes in Kazakh pastoral areas, analyze its historical process and...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Environment, History, Nomadism, Transition, Xinjiang By:Liu Xinyu
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A Study of Central Asian Languages and Cultures 中亚历史语言文化研究

This book provides a linguistic analysis of Central Asia. The first part assesses the four Turkic Central Asian countries of...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, History, Identity, Language, Migration By:Wang Xinqing, Guo Weidong
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На Перекрестке Коммуникаций: Журналистика, Медиа Казахстана (At The Crossroads Of...

The book analyzes the formation of informational spaces in the Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan in particular. The study looks...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Media By:Galiya Ibrayeva
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A Quantitative Analysis of Political Risk in Central Asian Countries...

Using the method of quantitative analysis, this paper initially establishes a quantitative analysis model of political risk in Central Asian...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Journal, Politics, Security By:Su Chang
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Why does the “China-Russia alliance” lack practical feasibility: Based on...

In the context of the increasing international and regional pressures facing China's diplomacy, some Chinese academic circles have suggested that...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By:Zhao Huasheng
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Is China’s rise a threat to Russia? – 中国崛起对俄罗斯是威胁吗?

The unbalanced development of China and Russia is considered to be the biggest challenge for the future relations between the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By:Zhao Huasheng
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Entering the Second Decade: Challenges and Opportunities for the Shanghai...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has existed ten years. Over this decade, the SCO has taken remarkable steps to resolve border...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By:Pan Guang
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Патшалық Ресей және Кеңес Империяларының Қазақстандағы Рухани Отарлау Саясатының Зардаптары...

The book describes Russia's spiritual colonization through education and learning. It analyzes the essence of the twin policies of Russification...
Category: Central Asia, History, Kazakhstan, Religion By:Gulmira Mashimbaeva, Serik Mashimbaev
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Алаш: исторический смысл демократического выбора (Alash: The Historical Meaning of...

This book is devoted to the historical lessons of democratic choice and democratic practice of the Alash movement (1900s-1920s). Complementing...
Category: Central Asia, History, Kazakhstan By:Dina Amanzholova
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Святые места Юга Кыргызстана: Природа, Манас, Ислам (Holy Places of...

This book is the result of three years of research on Holy sites, which was carried out by the Aigine...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Kyrgyzstan, Religion By:Gulnara Aitpaeva
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Rural Poverty Determinants in the Remote Rural Areas of Kyrgyzstan

This book is a study of rural poverty in the remote rural areas of Kyrgyzstan. It analyses the linkage of...
Category: Central Asia, Economics, Kyrgyzstan By:Kanat Tilekeyev
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Изобретение концепта Средней/Центральной Азии: между наукой и геополитикой (Inventing the...

Gorshenina presents the history of the initial stage in the formation of the concepts of Middle/Central Asia by claiming that...
Category: Central Asia, Geography, Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang By:Svetlana Gorshenina
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Regime Transition in Central Asia: Stateness, Nationalism and Political Change...

Presenting a study of regime transition, political transformation, and the challenges that faced the post-Communist republics of Central Asia after...
Category: Central Asia, History, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan By:Dagikhudo Dagiev
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Promoting Transboundary Water Security in the Aral Sea Basin through...

Ziganshina's book tackles the problem of water security in the Aral Sea Basin from the perspective of international law. It...
Category: Central Asia, Energy, International Relations, Law, Security By:Dinara Ziganshina
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The Religious Extremism in Central Asia: Expansion of Taliban in...

This book examines Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the NATO coalition’s ISAF troops in 2014 and frames it as a...
Category: Central Asia, International Relations, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Security, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By:Nurlan Namatov
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“Солдаты Халифата”: Мифы и Реальность (“Soldiers of the Caliphate”: Myths...

The book "Soldiers of the Caliphate: Myths and reality" by the famous Kazakh political scientist Erlan Karin provides answers to...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Religion, Security By:Yerlan Karin

Cities of the Dead: The Ancestral Cemeteries of Kyrgyzstan

The first photographic documentation of Muslim cemeteries in Central Asia, this collection presents ethnographic material from collaborative field research in...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Kyrgyzstan, Religion By:Nasser Rabbat, Elmira Köchümkulova, Altyn Kapalova
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Kazakhstan and Its Relations with China’s Xinjiang 哈萨克斯坦及其与中国新疆的关系

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Kazakhstan in 1992, the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang By:Li Sheng
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The focus and entry point of “Silk Road Economic Belt”...

The text discusses issues related to the "Silk Road Economic Belt," including the status of the "Silk Road Economic Belt"...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal, Russia By:Zhao Huasheng
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On the coexistence of the three major strategies of China,...

China, Russia, and the United States have implemented regional integration strategies with Central Asia at the center, putting them in...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By:Zhao Huasheng
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The development path of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization – 上海合作组织的发展路径

The article proposes five paths for the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and believes that the future development of...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations By:Zhao Huasheng
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U.S. Diplomatic Prospects in Central Asia in the Post-Afghan War...

For the past 13 years, the war in Afghanistan has dominated U.S. Central Asia policy. After withdrawing from Afghanistan, the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By:Zhao Huasheng
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Building a mutual trust system in Asia and a new...

In history, Asia used the Silk Road that traverses the east and west to promote global commodity trade and civilizational...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, Journal By:Pan Guang
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Opportunities and Challenges of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization——A Summary of...

After the global financial crisis in 2008, there have been subtle changes in the international structure. The soft and hard...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By:Pan Guang, Dai Yichen, Zhang Yifeng, Zhao Guojun
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The development trend of extremist and terrorist organizations in the...

The drastic changes in the Middle East are spreading Salafi extremism to Central Asian, Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the Chinese...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Journal, Religion, Security By:Pan Guang, Dai Yichen, Zhang Yifeng, Zhao Guojun
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Women’s Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan: Ceremonies of Empowerment...

Women's Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan presents women's voices and their experiences of carrying out livelihood activities such as...
Category: Central Asia, Economics, Gender, Uzbekistan By:Zulfiya Tursunova
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