Monitoring Central Asia and the Caspian Area
Development Policies, Regional Trends, and Italian Interests
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abstract
The present volume of the series 'Eurasiatica. Quaderni di Studi su Balcani, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia" is entirely dedicated to the Central Asian and Caspian area. The aim of the volume is to capture and return to the reader a part of the significant institutional, political and economic transformations that are affecting the Central Asian area. Far from addressing only area scholars, the book is based on the assumption that looking at Central Asia helps to understand dynamics that transcend the region's borders, that is, to frame processes and trends that characterise the post-bipolar international system and the broader coexistence in the Eurasian space. Intercepting and representing these dynamics and themes is the purpose of this volume, which - against the backdrop of the growing Italian institutional and entrepreneurial interest in the area - aims not secondarily at outlining the interests and priorities for action of the Country System in relations with Central Asian and Caspian interlocutors.
Sovereignty • SDGs • ‘Inside-out’ perspective • Kolkhoz • Access to finance • Emerging economies • Regulation • Resources • Regional influences in Afghanistan • Enduring freedom • Belt and Road Initiative • Cotton • Geopolitics • Mar Adriatico • Renewables • Developing country • Authoritarianism • Government • Interconnectivity • Regional cooperation • ‘inside-out’ perspective • Energy • Central Asia • International relations • Oil and gas • Power transition • Connettività marittima • Private sector development • Post-socialism • Public-private dialogue • Business • Rural society • Postcolonialism • Unione europea • Uzbekistan • U • Adriatic sea • Afghanistan • Multi-vectoralism • Nato-Isaf • Decollectivization • Leadership transition • Middle power • Status • Caspian Sea • European Union • Reti Trans-europee dei Trasporti • Kazakhstan • Sustainable development • Nuclear • BRI • Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) • Agriculture • Foreign policy • Policies in Central Asia • Mar Caspio • Maritime connectivity • S • Agency • Integration • Trans-European Transport Networks • Nationalism • Regionalism • Multi-vectorism • Turkmenistan • Italy