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This book evaluates Central Asian regionalism by analyzing the impact of Russia and China on physical infrastructure in the region. The narrative builds a picture of the nature of the two powers’ influence on the development of regional connectivity in Central Asia. The study covers the 30-year period since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with a focus on the last decade preceding the global pandemic. Qualitative research methods, i.e., documentary analysis, media analysis, and elite interviews, are implemented to explore how activities of Russia and China impact regional cooperation among Central Asian states. Multiple case studies of projects in the networked sectors of infrastructur...
China and Russia have grown progressively closer over the last two decades, yielding a China-Russia “axis” uniquely capable of challenging the United States and of revising key aspects of the international order. Although the scholarly literature has offered detailed descriptions and various ad hoc explanations of this trend, the Sino-Russian bilateral relationship has been the subject of very little scrutiny using rigorous theory, which has precluded the formation of logically coherent and empirically supported explanations for increasing China-Russia cooperation. Moreover, the cooperative post-Cold War trend in the bilateral relationship is puzzling for each of the major paradigms of i...
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Especially since the Cold War, research relating to international relations is Asia has grown expoentially and, to make sense of what is now a vast and unweidly corpus of literature, this collection from the Critical Issues in Modern Politics series brings together the best and most influential work in the field.
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Soğuk Savaş sonrası yaşanan gelişmeler Türk Dünyasının önünü açmış ve bağımsızlıklarını kazanan Türk devletleri bir arada hareket etme imkânı yakalamışlardır. Aralarında ortak tarih, dil, kültür ve din bulunan Türk Devletleri hayal olarak tasavvur edilen fakat Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı ile gerçeğe dönüşen Çin Seddinden Adriyatik Denizine bir arada olma ve uluslararası sisteme etki etme noktasına ulaşmışlardır. Türk devletlerinin bu süreç içerisinde büyük bir güç olarak ön plana çıkmaya başlayan Çin ile olan ilişkileri tarih boyunca var olmuş ve bağımsızlık sonrası daha da önemli hale gelmiştir. Rusya-Çin-ABD bağlamında il...
This volume reviews all aspects of Mars atmospheric science from the surface to space, and from now and into the past.
Provides a comprehensive account of the recent ‘Spirit’ and ‘Opportunity’ Mars Exploration Rover missions. Relates how NASA/ESA have sought evidence of life on Mars, with the prevailing mood sometimes being optimistic and sometimes pessimistic. Details an account of the rationale for the tests for life carried out by the Viking missions in 1976, with an account of the debate over their results. A concise primer for readers wishing to ‘bone up’ when NASA next sends a lander explicitly to seek life on Mars. Discusses the nature of life on Mars in terms of the most primitive forms of life on Earth, and reviews the implications of there being life on both planets.