The book covers the country's first decade of independence including the civil war (1992-1997) and peacebuilding.

A narrative about the life of Bahodur Iskandarov, academician of Tajikistan's Academy of Sciences and his explorations of the blind...

A biography of Tursun Uljaboev, who was chairman of the Tajik SSR in the 1950s.

The book includes articles on different nationalities and ethnic groups in Uzbekistan today, their ethnogenesis, history of settlement and residency...

The author carefully assesses the key issues in Kyrgyzstan's attempt to develop democratic and market-oriented institutions, and to keep militant...

In this book E.K.Dosmukhamedov employs a distinctive approach to the study of post-communist transition by analyzing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...

The book analyzes the structure and functions of the Tajik national identity in sociopolitical, cultural, and socio-philosophical contexts in Central...

This book examines the terrorist threat in Central Asia, including the effects that the War on Terror and invasion of...

This study provides a concise overview of the historical development of Turkmenistan. For centuries, the Turkmen tribes were known as...

The book focuses on one of the critical and tragic periods in Tajik history at the beginning of the 20th...

Globalization affects almost all spheres of social life, including politics, culture, and the very conditions of human existence. This book...

The book focuses on the major steps in developing and building statehood. It familiarizes the reader with Kazakhstan's history, the...

These particularly detailed memoirs cover Khodizoda's childhood, education, and career. Khodizoda also provides detail on his experiences writing a novel...

The book is about tragic events connected to mass exodus of Kyrgyz refugees as well as Kazakhs and Dungans to...

Academic Rahim Masov's History of a National Catastrophe deals with the delicate issue of the national-administrative divisions of Central Asia....

The military has often played a key role in the political developments, foreign policies, and everyday lives of citizens in...

Irregular Migration provides a detailed account of post-Soviet illegal migration to the United States, focusing in particular on Central Asian...

This study analyzes the legal nature and background of regional integration in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States,...

The book analyzes the underlying reasons for and the composition of emigration flows from Central Asia and also attempts to...

The book focuses on the foreign policy of the Republic of Tajikistan during the period of independence. The foreign policy...

The book provides an overview of the political, economic, and social history of the Kokand Khanate from the time of...

The book provides a comparative analysis of folklore, mythology, and literature in Kazakhstan.

Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of...

A study of ways in which modernization theory could be applied to political and economic transformation in Kyrgzystan and in...

This book aims to analyze the role of regional relational assets in economic development of Kyrgyzstan as expressed in the...

The book is a continuation of the manuals "Vatan Tarixi" (The History of Fatherland) first published in 1997. It analyzes...

The book emphasizes the importance of regional integration in Kyrgyzstan's political modernization. The author devotes five lengthy chapters to a...

This book maps developmental trends of Kazakh national choreography in the post-independence period. The book includes reviews of ballet festivals,...

Based on evidence derived from over fifteen years of fieldwork, From Shamanism to Sufism shows how women kept traditional Islamic...

This work studies the evolution of Kazakh theatrical traditions since the crisis era of the 1990s and the emergence of...