Dictators Without Borders Power and Money in Central Asia by Alexander Cooley
epub | 2.77 MB | English |9780300208443 | Alexander A. Cooley, John Heathershaw | 2017 | Yale University Press | Page: 320
About Dictators Without Borders Power and Money in Central Asia by Alexander Cooley :
A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West
Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security.
Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia's supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored. **
Review
"Insightful and topical - a comprehensive take on a neglected region." ---Edward Lucas, senior editor, The Economist
Book Description
While Central Asia's nations are generally dismissed as irrelevant on the global stage, this riveting account of the region exposes extensive but unrecognized and often corrupt links with Western centers of power and wealth. The authors probe the international activities of the Central Asian countries and uncover disturbing implications for world security.
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