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...of the five Central Asian republics Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan - and Xinjiang, China. The author, Dr. James Dorian, is seeking to provide assistance to business planners in formulating long-term investment and market development strategies in these complex, and volatile, political regimes. In this endeavor, he has, undoubtedly succeeded. This is one of the most comprehensive reports that has been written on this subject since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. The report covers the economic, legislative and political regimes that currently exist in each of the five Central Asia republics and Xinjiang, the potential opportunities for regional cooperation and trade, and the investment climate facing foreign direct investors in the region.
The report is divided into nine chapters. The first discusses the development of trade and hydrocarbon resources in the region. In this chapter, a general introduction, Dr. Dorian pays particular attention to the influence-domination--of the Russian Empire, and later the Soviet Union, over the development of Central Asian Resources....
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