Contents
Ⅰ General Report
1 Maintaining the Basic State of “Overall Stability and Partial Unrest”
【Sun Li】/001
Ⅱ Situation Analyses and Hop Spot Issues
2 Political and Economic Situation of Five Countries in Central Asian in 2013
【Sun Zhuangzhi】/019
3 A Comprehensive Review of Economic and Social Status of Five Countries
in Central Asian in 2013【Wang Haiyan】/028
4 How Central Asian Countries Managed to Maintain the State of “Basic Stability”
【Bao Yi】/051
5 The Security Situation of Central Asia in 2013【Su Chang】/065
6 The State of Islamic Religious Extremism in Central Asian Countries【Zhang Ning】/079
7 The Demographic State and Future Trend in Central Asia【Wu Hongwei】/092
Ⅲ Central Asia Countries and the World
8 Russia’s Policy towards Central Asia in 2013【Xue Fuqi】/114
9 The Evolving Relations between the United States and Central Asian Countries
【Xiao Bin】/124
10 EU’s Assistance to Central Asia(2007-2013):a Cyclical Review【Xu Gang】/136
11 Japan’s Diplomacy in Central Asia and Its Influence on China【Wang Jiangting】/151
12 Relations between Central Asia and South Asia and their prospect
【Chen Lijun, Xu Juan】/162
13 Situation in Afghanistan and its impact on Central Asia【Ding Xiaoxing】/176 14 New Approaches of Central Asian Countries in Coping with the World Economic
Crisis【Wang Xianju】/185
15 New Opportunities for China-Russia Cooperation in Central Asia Presented
by the Ukrainian Crisis【Yang Xianghong】/196
Ⅳ Central Asian Countries and China
16 Central Asian Countries in China’s New Diplomatic Policy Initiatives
【Zhao Changqing】/206
17 Oil and Natural Gas Cooperation between China and Central Asian Countres:
Current Status and Future Propect【Wang Haiyan】/218
18 The Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions in Building the “Silk Road Economic
Belt”【Zhao Huirong】/233
19 New Trend in the Security Cooperation Between China and Central Asian Countries
【Xu Tao】/246
20 Key Points in the Cultural Cooperation between China and Central Asian
Countries should be targeted【Li Ziguo】/257
21 New Development in the Economic and Trade Cooperation between Central Asian
Countries and China’s Xinjiang【Shi Lan】/268
Ⅴ Country Reviews
22 Kazakhstan【Wang Cong】/282
23 Kyrgyzstan【Wang Mingchang】/292 24 Tajikistan【Cao Zhi】/305
25 Turkmenistan【Zhang Hao】/318
26 Uzbekistan【Yang Jin】/334
27 Regional Situation in the Transcaucasus in 2013【Lyu Ping】/349
28 Chronicle of Events in 2013/362
This book is compiled by Russian, East European and Central Asia Studies, the Academy of Social Science. Contributors are all the experts and scholars from Central Asia issues’ research institutions in China. Adopted the methodology of the combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis, this book, from the macroscopic and microcosmic angle, gives an in-depth analysis of Central Asian countries’ political and economic situations, hot issues, significant events, and the basic national conditions since 2013. It also prospects for the political and economic development of Central Asian countries and the trends of security assurance of 2014. Therefore, this book has considerable authority, reliability, immediacy, and perceptiveness, and also provides important references and a good introduction, for readers, to understand and research the situation of Central Asia.