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Belugistan - the province with tension

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Katona M.
Hadtudomany (Military Science)
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2004
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vol. 14
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issue 3/4
39-52
EN
The authoress of the article is a well-known expert of the central Asian region. In her article, she is trying to sketch a topic scientifically, which is totally unknown for the Hungarian experts: the picture of Belugistan, a province situated south of Afghanistan, on the border of Pakistan and Iran. Today when security is undivideable, and the dangers threatening security are becoming more and more global, we cannot say that any region is not of our interest. The same applies for the region presented in this article.
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STREDNÁ ÁZIA A ČÍNA – PROBLÉMY POLITIKY, BEZPEČNOSTI A MOŽNÉ GEOPOLITICKÉ DÔSLEDKY

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Juza P.
Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
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2019
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vol. 12
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issue 1
34 – 55
EN
In this text, the author, in the recent past acting as an extraordinary and empowered ambassador of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, presents his view on the current mechanism - Kazakhstan's economic and political example - the interaction between countries of Central Asia, Russia and China in the political, security, economic area with an overlap in the overall geopolitical configuration in the region. It points out and notes the growing influence (economic, cultural, educational, political and military-security) of China on the individual countries of the region. At the same time, it points out Central Asia as a widening geographical unit. The author also emphasizes the implications of the transition from one-pole world to a real multipolarity with a robust participation by China and the gradual waning of Russia's role in the Central Asian region.
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‘UZBEK SPECULATORS’ BEHIND THE FRONT LINE. A FIRMLY ROOTED RUSSIAN COLONIAL STEREOTYPE VERSUS THE SOVIET ‘FRIENDSHIP OF PEOPLES’

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Rohoziński J.
Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
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2022
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vol. 70
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issue 4
549 - 562
EN
In my paper, I try to analyse the historical context of archival documents from the second half of 1943, where traces of the conspiracy theory that Uzbek workers were trading their food rations can be found. Accusations of trade and speculation in food drew heavily from the pre-revolutionary stereotypes and conspiracy theories from the period of the Revolution and the Civil War. Increasing theft and embezzlement in the trading network of food, textiles, and manufactured goods, the misuse of state and kolkhoz property, and conspicuous consumption were also reported from Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in the early 1940s. Some premises for the conspiracy theory about the Uzbek propensity to speculate and conduct bazaar trade remained valid until the early 1980s, as seen in the so-called ‘cotton affair’, which triggered a series of rumours and images about Uzbek nepotism and mafia structures among the Soviet public. I argue that this rather represents traditional work preferences among Central Asian populations, where it possible to identify one of the sources of the role of a ‘provider of stereotypes’ played by the region as a periphery of the Russian/Soviet Empire.
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MIGRATIONS OF THE OGHUZ IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD: CAUSES, DIRECTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES

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Mensitova G., Khabizhanova G., Koshymova A., Omarbayev Y.
Asian and African Studies
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2022
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vol. 31
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issue 1
102 – 123
EN
In the 10th to 11th centuries, the process of formation of the Oghuz tribes was under way in Central Asia. It was accompanied by the disintegration of kinship ties and the emergence of statehood. A new type of ethnic community was being formed, based on territorial and economic ties. The formation of the Oghuz Yabgu state with its political centre in the lower reaches of the Syr Darya1 played an important role in this process. The Oghuz state, like many other nomadic empires, was not monolithic and its borders were not permanent or strictly defined. As a result of extended social conflict, the Syr Darian Yabgu state collapsed and did not withstand the attack of the neighbouring Kipchak tribes in the middle of the 11th century. This caused a new migration wave directed westward. The paper analyses the preconditions and peculiarities of the Oghuz tribes’ westward migration. In addition, a comparative analysis of its economic and political consequences is carried out.
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FROM TRADITION TO CREATION: CENTRAL ASIAN IDENTITIES AND THEIR FATES )Od tradycji do kreacji - wymiary i losy tozsamosci centralnoazjatyckich)

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Ksiazek J.
Sprawy Narodowościowe
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2011
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issue 39
83-104
EN
After the collapse of the USSR, Central Asian states together with their independence got the opportunity of reconsidering and redefinition of the vision of national identity that until this time was created through the foreign power. This article considers diverse levels and kinds of local identities in Central Asia and tries to show in what way the contemporary states create a new national and state identity. In new circumstances, a new identity has to be build but it is very often done with old tools, originating from the former system. To understand these countries today one has to discover the meaning of the Soviet rule in this area, the power of the tradition and a particular fusion between these two factors, which lasted through the long time of the Soviet domination. Especially important in the traditional way of living is a framework of a solidarity group. The analysis of the identity dimensions confirms the special role of tribal ties which are a fundamental element of social life and political movements in the past and present.
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The EU Strategy towards the Central Asia Region. Policy Assessment and Some Recommendations for the Future

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Skrzydło A.
Yearbook of Polish European Studies
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2014
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vol. 17
s.229-255
EN
The EU Strategy adopted in 2007 was the fi rst basic document which established a medium-term policy line in the relationship between Europe and Central Asia, for the first time perceived as a group of fi ve Central Asia countries which were former Soviet republics. Despite many defi ciencies in the Strategy and some setbacks on the part of the EU in the course of its implementation, the document has become an important reference point for numerous policies and actions taken vis-à-vis these fi ve Central Asia countries. In security terms, Europe perceives Central Asia as a border area separating Europe from the ‘area of instability’, and that philosophy greatly determined the set of policies formulated and applied in relations with the Central Asia countries. Most of them are still countries on the path to development, relying to a certain extent on foreign development and humanitarian aid, including European aid. At the same time, Europe has realised that this region is a potential source of strategic natural resources, including energy, which coincides with the EU’s search for greater diversity of energy sources and routes of its delivery, taking into consideration the current risks, challenges and limitations linked to Russia’s return to an assertive policy of power, confl icts with its neighbours (Ukraine), trade wars etc. The objective of this article is to outline the EU’s policies, concepts and approaches towards the Central Asia region and their modifi cation and adjustment to the current international dynamism and changing situation in the region itself, as well as to identify the global factors which eventually affect the relationship between Europe and the region. Additionally, some recommendations and suggestions with regard to a future EU Strategy are proposed, based on lessons learnt and analysis of the international environment.
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ENERGETICKÉ ZÁUJMY EURÓPSKEJ ÚNIE A RUSKA

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Gonda V.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2013
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vol. 61
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issue 3
297 – 322
EN
The aim of the paper is to outline the interests of the European Union and Russia in the area of energy. The paper is focused on measures leading to strengthening the EU energy safety, clarification of the energy vector of foreign policy of Russian Federation determined by the ambition of Russia to become an energy superpower and on highlighting different understanding of diversification of supplies of energy carriers by both parties. However, such different understanding should not lead to significant weakening of their interdependence in the future. Relations EU – Russia are supplemented with problems of source securing in their energy dialogue; in this context special attention is paid to the Caspian region and Central Asia. Examples of concurrence in the interests of the EU and Russia are mentioned as well as examples of collisions in the interests in the area of energy.
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NATIONAL IN FORM, AUTHORITARIAN IN CONTENT: STATE BUILDING IN CENTRAL ASIA (Narodowe w formie, autorytarne w tresci. Budowanie panstwa w Azji Centralnej)

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Shukuralieva N.
Sprawy Narodowościowe
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2011
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issue 39
71-82
EN
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the new states of Central Asia faced a challenging task of building a new country, its symbols, relations between institutional power and the sovereign and imaginary geopolitical landscape. The grass root processes of national awakening were coupled with the deliberate activities of the dominant political actors striving to shape them in a way conducive to their power claims. Thus the monuments of great ancestors and the billboards presenting the image of incumbent presidents became very common element of the symbolic landscape of Central Asia's new republics. The official speeches of the governing presidents have frequently referred to great historical figures, constructed historical analogies, praised the thousand years old traditions of the fatherland and adduced historical evidence testifying ancient roots of the countries. This article is focused on the mechanisms of ethnocentric reinterpretation of the past. For the newly constituted Republics of Central Asia either the evidence of the past power status and glorious moments or of the past tragedies have been equally strong legitimizing factors both internally and externally. No matter, whether invented or constructed, propagated national values have played a key role in justifying the power claims and international position of the new countries. Additionally, the paper's objective is to analyze how state structures and institutions implement national solutions and how the authoritarian logic of the state institutions performed its power under the guise of national forms.
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