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In the twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the fifteen new independent republics have embarked on unprecedented transitions from command economies into market-oriented economies. Important motivating factors for their reform efforts included issues of geographic and economic proximity to Europe and the influence of the pre-Soviet era histories in those countries. In the Shadow of Russia builds upon the conceptual frameworks that include geography and policy choices about economic integration in an analysis of the reform efforts of Kazakhstan and U

Kazakhstan --- Uzbekistan --- Economic policy

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Economic development --- Kazakhstan --- Foreign relations

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This is the first volume of field work, based on western ethnological standard, about the Kazakhs of Kazakhstan since Alfred E. Hudson's work published in 1938. Based on fieldwork conducted throughout the region, the various articles reflect the contemporary life of rural and urban Kazakhs. A common theme is the socio-cultural aspects of how their way of life has changed since independence.

Ethnology --- Kazakhstan --- Social life and customs.

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Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia: Kazakhstan's Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests, part of a five-volume series, examines the full scope of U.S. national interests in Kazakhstan and puts forward the broad outlines of a strategy for U.S. engagement over the coming years.

Security, International --- Kazakhstan --- Asia, Central --- Foreign economic relations

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The Republic of Kazakhstan continued to assert itself as a dynamic transitional economy and attractive emerging market during 2005. With economic growth of 9.4% in 2004, the country's economic expansion continued as a result of increased oil and gas production spurred by rising global demands for energy. While Kazakhstan is attractive to international energy companies, the energy sector is not the only source of investor interest, with over 1.5 billion of investment projects currently underway. President Nazarbayev's re-election in December 2005, while not indicative of a fully-fledged dem

Business and economics -- Economic Conditions. --- Business and economics -- Economic history. --- Investments, Foreign -- Kazakhstan. --- Kazakhstan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.