ISBN:
9780300208443
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 290 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
,
24 cm
DDC:
330.958
Keywords:
Globalization Asia, Central
;
Dictatorship
;
Political corruption
;
Globalization Political aspects
;
Wealth Political aspects
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Wealth Political aspects
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Autoritarismus
;
Korruption
;
Organisiertes Verbrechen
;
Wirtschaftskriminalität
;
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
;
Zentralasiatische Staaten der ehemaligen Sowjetunion Kasachstan
;
Kirgisistan
;
Tadschikistan
;
Usbekistan
;
Autoritäre Herrschaft
;
Korruption
;
Organisierte Kriminalität
;
Wirtschaftskriminalität
;
Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
;
Central Asian States of the former Soviet Union Kazakhstan
;
Kirghizia
;
Tajikistan
;
Uzbekistan
;
Authoritarian rule
;
Corruption
;
Organized crime
;
Economic crimes
;
International economic relations
;
Globalisierung Oligarchie
;
Elite
;
Klientelismus
;
Westliche Industrieländer
;
Direktinvestition
;
Ausländisches Unternehmen
;
Geldwäsche
;
Verbrechensbekämpfung
;
Regionale internationale Sicherheit
;
Gesellschaftliche/Politische Opposition
;
Unterdrückung/Repressalien
;
Globalization Oligarchy
;
Elites
;
Clientelism
;
Western industrialized countries
;
Foreign direct investments
;
Foreign enterprises
;
Money laundering
;
Fight against crime
;
Regional international security
;
Social/political opposition
;
Suppression/reprisals
;
Central Asia Economic conditions
;
Asia, Central Politics and government 1991-
;
Asia, Central Relations
;
Western countries Relations
;
Kasachstan
;
Kirgisien
;
Tadschikistan
;
Usbekistan
;
Zentralasien
;
Diktatur
;
Globalisierung
;
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
;
Mittelasien
;
Herrschaftssystem
;
Politischer Skandal
;
Internationalisierung
;
Wohlstand
;
Herrschaft
;
Korruption
;
Westliche Welt
;
Europa
;
Außenbeziehungen
;
Außenpolitik
;
Internationale Politik
;
Zentralasien
;
Diktatur
;
Totalitarismus
;
Globalisierung
;
Macht
;
Reichtum
Abstract:
"A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers 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 globalization 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 centers. 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"--
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