1. Looking for Trouble: Sources of Violent Conflict in Central Asia
- Author:
- Gavin Helf
- Publication Date:
- 11-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- This report offers a road map for understanding the most likely sources of violent conflict in the post-Soviet nations of Central Asia—ethno-nationalism and nativism, Islam and secularism, water resources and climate change, and labor migration and economic conflict. The analysis draws from emerging trends in the region and identifies the ways in which Central Asia’s geography and cultural place in the world interact with those trends. It suggests that the policy goals of the United States, Russia, and China in the region may be more compatible than is often assumed.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, Climate Change, Migration, Economy, Conflict, and Peace
- Political Geography:
- Russia, China, Central Asia, and United States of America