IN MUSLIM CENTRAL ASIA
JAMES BEAL
McNair Paper 47
January 1996
2. Geopolitics and the Dynamics of Domestic Problems
Ethnic Problems
The Economy
Resources
Ecology and Health
Political Pluralism
Islam and the Future of Political Stability
Security
Control of Nuclear Weapons
3. Modalities of the New Great Game
Central Asia as an Extension of the Middle East
Russia, America, and the Great Game
New Players: Turkey and Iran
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
4. Conclusion
Appendix 1: Structure of Muslim Central Asian Economies, 1990-1991 87
Appendix 2: Contemporary Sources of Russia's
Dominance in the Near Abroad