TY - BOOK AU - Warikoo, K., ed. AU - Singh, Mahavir, ed. TI - Central Asia: since independence SN - 8175411643 U1 - 958 PY - 2004/// CY - Delhi PB - Shipra Publications KW - Democracy KW - Asia, Central KW - Democratization KW - Post-communism KW - History KW - Politics and Government N1 - 1. Central Asia Since Ozodi: An Appraisal /Devendra Kaushik -- 2. Neutral Turkmenistan: Ten Years of Independence /Ondjik Musayev -- 3. Kyrgyzstans Struggle for Democracy and Stability /Rafis Abazov -- 4. State-Building in Kazakhstan: Review of a Decade's Experience /Ajay Patnaik 5. Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan /Bulat Sultanov 6. Central Asia: Managing Inter-Ethnic Relations /P.L. Dash -- 7. Central Asian Republics* Quest for Security in the Post-Soviet Period /Mohammad Monir Alam -- 8. Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics 1991-1996 /K. Warikoo -- 9. Uzbek-Indian Relations /Fatih Teshabaev -- 10. India-Uzbekistan Relations during the 1990s and Future Prospects /Shri Prakash -- 11. Central Asia-Iran Relations /S.P. Singh -- 12. Tajikistan and the Afghan Cauldron /Sheel K. Asopa -- 13. Politics and Society in Tajikistan in the Aftermath of the Civil War /Suchandana Chatterjee -- 14. Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Some Perspectives /M.N. Sabirov -- 15. Region, Regionalization, Regionalism: The "Myth' of Tsentralnaya Aziia Revisited /Anita Sengupta -- 16. Economic Integration in Central Asia: Problems and Prospects /Leila Muzaparova -- 17. USA—Caspian-Central Asian Region: New Realities /Laura Yerekesheva -- 18. Caspian Region: The Unending Conflicts /R.G. Gidadhubli -- 19. Steady Socio-Economic Growth in Uzbekistan /A. Gafurov and A. Urinov -- 20. Structural Changes in the Economy and Policy of Uzbekistan /A. Gafurov, D. Hakimov and A. Urinov -- 21. Tajikistan: Problems of Social Development /Kh. Umarov and J. Makhmadshoev -- 22. Ecology and Development in Central Asia Shodimurod Dustoboev ER -