Kazakhstan Unfulfilled Promise Hardcover - 2001
by Olcott, Martha Brill
From the publisher
Kazakhstan's oil and gas reserves are amongst the largest in the world. At the onset of independence in the 1990s, Kazakhstan's leaders promised that the country's rich natural resources would soon bring economic prosperity, and it appeared that democracy was beginning to take hold in the newly independent state. A decade later, economic reform is mired in widespread corruption. A regime that flirted with democracy is now laying the foundations for family-based, authoritarian rule. This is an examination of the development of this ethnically diverse and strategically vital nation. It should be useful for policymakers, scholars and students. Subjects covered include: state building; democratic reform; ethnic conflict; US policy; post-Soviet transition; economic reform; and energy policy and development.
Details
- Title Kazakhstan Unfulfilled Promise
- Author Olcott, Martha Brill
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Date December 2001
- ISBN 9780870031892
About the author
Martha Brill Olcott is a senior associate with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment. She specializes in the problems of transitions in Central Asia and the Caucasus as well as the security challenges in the Caspian region.
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