Traditional and Non-Traditional Threats to Central Asian Security

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Traditional conception of security emphasises territorial integrity and national sovereignty as primary values to be protected. In this notion, traditional threats are essentially related to external military threats that seek to undermine the security of the sovereign state and its territorial integrity. As the present book shows, the threats to Central Asian security are both external and internal. Today challenges from non-traditional threats are greater than traditional ones. Ethnic, religious and linguistic issues can create instability. Similarly, poverty, hunger, unemployment and unequal distribution of wealth as well as environmental issues are going to pose the biggest challenge to the regional states in the near future. The drying up of the Aral Sea is affecting the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of people cutting across republics. Water-related confrontations are not unlikely given the problems related to water-sharing in the region. This book focuses mainly on many of the non-traditional security threats to Central Asian states which can even affect relations between states and transform into traditional security challenges. Table of Contents Introduction Section I : Traditional Security Issues in Central Asia Russia in Central Asia: Collaborative Hegemonism Security Concerns of Central Asia: Need of Effective Regional Cooperation Border Disputes in Central Asia Young and Porous Borders of Central Asia Bilateral Military-Political Relations between kazakhstan and Russia: Evolution and Prospects US-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia Section II : Non-Traditional Security Issues Non-Traditional Security: A Conceptual Analysis Problems of Social Security in Crisis Period Problems of Counter-Terrorism Efforts in Central Asia Security and Liberty Under Emergency Circumstances: Kazakhstan and the Threat of Terrorism Framing of Terrorism and Some Practical Implications for Central Assian States Destructive Role fo Drugs in Millitant's Activities in Central Asia Terrorism and Extremism: The New Factors of Destabilisation in Central Asia Somatic Diseases: Non-Traditional Threat to the Security in Central Asia Section III : Water, Energy and Environmental Issues Environment Challenges and Central Asia with Focus on Water-related Problems Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan: Towards Ensuring Environmental Security in the Region Water-related Public Health Situation in the Aal Sea Area Security Threats in Central Asia: Water/Energy-relations between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Tajikistan on a Way to Energy Independence Ecological and Environmental Problems of he Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia The Energy Crisis: Atomic Power as one Possible Solution in Kazakhstan Transportation of Kazakhstan's Energy Resources for Export Section IV : Socio-Economic and identity Issues Language Situation in Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Period Social Movement Theory and Radicalisation of Islam in Central Asia Demographic Development in Uzbekistan Unemployment, Migration and Social Security in Tajikistan The Politics of Identity Formations in Kazakhstan The Role of Tourism in the Integration of Central Asia