Scholars of Central Asia 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 181-210 of 376 Books
This book discusses the development and evolution of relations between Russia and Uzbekistan since the disintegration of the Soviet Union...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, International Relations, Russia, Uzbekistan By: Song Zhiqin
Based on long-term field research and literature interpretation, the author takes the five Central Asian countries and expands to Russia,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Energy, Geopolitics, Identity, International Relations By: Li Qi
In Uyghurs and Uyghur Identity, Dr. Dolkun Kamberi helps readers understand Uyghur culture, language, literature, history, art, and religious identity,...
Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Identity, Xinjiang By: Dolkun Kamberi
Marked by the beginning and end of the war in Afghanistan, the strategic presence of China, Russia and the United...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Zhao Huasheng
In July 2011, the then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton clearly proposed the "New Silk Road" plan for the...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, International Relations, Journal By: Pan Guang
This work offers a narrative into the history of the Kokand Khanate drawn from an ancient manuscript. This unique record,...
Category: Central Asia, History, Uzbekistan By: Timur Beisembiev
Turdaliyeva's book illuminates Valikhanov's little-known essays on Kyrgyz history and culture.
Category: Central Asia, Culture, Kyrgyzstan By: Cholpon Turdalieva
This study analyzes the heterogeneous political and institutional aspects in the development of modern democracy such as e-government platform, from...
Category: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Politics By: Maxat Kassen
The book provides an overview and analysis of the political thought and ideology in independent Kazakhstan.
Category: Central Asia, Identity, Kazakhstan, Politics By: Andrey Chebotarev
This book is devoted to the history of economic and cultural transformations that took place in northern Tajikistan during the...
Category: Central Asia, Economics, History, Identity, Tajikistan By: Nigmatzhon Nabiyev
With the development of globalization, democratic politics is becoming a value ideal and a state-governing strategy generally recognized by Central...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Geopolitics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Politics, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Zhu Xinguang, Su Ping
This book is centered on four Tang Dynasty documents and other related records, focusing on the major topic of "Tang...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, History By: Xu Xuya
The five Central Asian countries are located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent. They are not only strategically important,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Culture, Geography, History, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan By: Wu Hongwei
The independence of Central Asian countries has created new possibilities for them to independently determine their own development paths. First,...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Politics, Transition By: Li Donghai
This book is an academic work that comprehensively expounds the specific national conditions of the Central Asian country Tajikistan, covering...
Category: Central Asia, Chinese Scholarship, Economics, Politics, Tajikistan, Transition By: Yang Bo
"Medieval Uyghur History" uses newly unearthed Uyghur literature and other first-hand historical materials to ascertain the degree of Uyghur influence...
Category: Central Asia, History, Politics, Uyghur, Xinjiang By: Tohti "Muzart" Tunyaz
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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