Dictators without borders power and money in Central Asia
Cooley, Alexander
Dictators without borders power and money in Central Asia - New Haven Yale University Press 2018 - xiv, 306p. illustrations, maps 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-296) and index.
"A penetrating look into the unrecognised and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centres of power and wealth throughout the West. Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalisation leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia's supposedly isolated leaders with global power centres. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored"--
9780300243192
2018965176
Dictatorship--Asia, Central
Political corruption--Asia, Central
Globalization--Political aspects--Asia, Central
Wealth--Political aspects--Asia, Central
Power (Social sciences)--Asia, Central
Wealth--Political aspects--Western countries
Power (Social sciences)--Western countries
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics.
Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-
Asia, Central--Relations--Western countries
Western countries--Relations--Asia, Central
DK859.56 / .C666 2018
958.043 / CO-D
Dictators without borders power and money in Central Asia - New Haven Yale University Press 2018 - xiv, 306p. illustrations, maps 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-296) and index.
"A penetrating look into the unrecognised and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centres of power and wealth throughout the West. Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalisation leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia's supposedly isolated leaders with global power centres. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored"--
9780300243192
2018965176
Dictatorship--Asia, Central
Political corruption--Asia, Central
Globalization--Political aspects--Asia, Central
Wealth--Political aspects--Asia, Central
Power (Social sciences)--Asia, Central
Wealth--Political aspects--Western countries
Power (Social sciences)--Western countries
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics.
Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-
Asia, Central--Relations--Western countries
Western countries--Relations--Asia, Central
DK859.56 / .C666 2018
958.043 / CO-D