The book delves into the heartland debate, analyzing the significance of a vast land expanse in shaping contemporary geopolitical narratives. It explores how this pivotal concept is reinterpreted to align with modern political dynamics and introduces innovative methodological approaches to classical geopolitical theories. By doing so, it offers valuable insights into both the region's complexities and the broader field of geopolitics.
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Historic Connects and New Corridors
Focusing on the narratives of connectivity in twenty-first-century international politics, this volume highlights their growing importance across various policy fields, particularly from an Indian viewpoint. It explores how these narratives signify a new phase of globalization, emphasizing their relevance amid recent global disruptions. The text also discusses emerging policies and institutions that could reshape our understanding of connectivity, especially in relation to Eurasian alternatives.
Focusing on the post-Soviet states of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the book explores the crucial role of cultural symbols and images in nation-building. It examines how these symbols influence both domestic cohesion and international perception, emphasizing the importance of nation branding in a globalized context. The analysis highlights the impact of historical legacies on state image and the implications for governance and foreign policy. By investigating the interplay between politics and cultural imagery, it reveals the complexities faced by these emerging nations in shaping their identities.
The volume discusses what the Turkish Model, or Turkish Development Alternative, was and why it was promoted in the Central Asian republics immediately following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It argues that the Turkish Model was a myth that transferred the ideal of a ''secular, democratic, liberal society'' as a model for the post Soviet Turkic world and in the process encouraged a ''Turkic" rhetoric that emphasized connection between the two regions based on a common ancestry. The volume begins with an understanding of the reality of the Model from a Turkish perspective and then goes on to examine whether the Turkic world as a "cultural-civilizational alternative" makes sense both from a historical as well as contemporary perspective. It concludes by looking at the re-emergence of the Model in the wake of the events in West Asia in early 2011 and examines how in the light of a search for options the Turkish Model is once again projected as viable.