Transformation and Development Studies in the Organization for Secur

This open access book features various studies on democratization, transformation, political and economic development, and security issues in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) geographical region and beyond

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Transformation and Development Studies in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Member States

Transformation and Development

Anja Mihr Editor

Transformation and Development Studies in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Member States

Editor Anja Mihr OSCE Academy Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

ISBN 978-3-030-42774-0 ISBN 978-3-030-42775-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42775-7

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Contents

1

Introduction to the First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anja Mihr and Alexander Wolters

Part I

1

Transformation and Development 7

2

Values and Transformation in Central Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova

3

Civil Society as a Phenomenon of Post-Soviet Political Life: A Threat or a Guarantor of National Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashot Aleksanyan

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Security Risk Analysis Perspectives on Central Asia Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mihail Păduraru and Claudia-Iohana Voicu

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China’s Development Objectives and Its Belt and Road Initiative in the OSCE Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .