Introduction: Central Asia in an Era of Sovereignty: The Return of Tamerlane? Daniel L. Burghart and Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Part I: Social Issues
Chapter 1: The Borderlands Paradox: Framing Central Asia's Current Economic and Security Challenges, Vivian Walker
Chapter 2: Legal Reform in Central Asia: Moving Past History, Roger D. Kangas
Chapter 3: Human Rights and Governance in Central Asia, Mariya Y. Omelicheva
Chapter 4: HIV/AIDS Responses in Central Asia, Svetlana Ancker
Chapter 5: Sorting Central Asia Social Media, Stacie L. Giles
Chapter 6: The Evolution of the IMU and its Communication Strategy: Public Relations or Survival? Sebastien Peyrouse
Chapter 7: Brain Waste? Integration of Central Asian and Georgian Labor Migrants in the United States, Saltanat Liebert
Part II: Economics and Security
Chapter 8: One Belt One Road: Realizing the "China Dream" in Central Asia? Yuhao Du
Chapter 9: Infrastructure and the Political Economies of Central Asia, Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Chapter 10: Great Game Changers? The Changing Nature of Central Asian Energy, Daniel L. Burghart
Chapter 11: Multilateral Engagement with Central Asia on Energy Issues, Richard Wheeler
Chapter 12: Kazakhstan's Bazaar Economy: A Second-Best Institution, Dena Sholk
Chapter 13: The Fifth Estate: Illicit Networks in Central Asia, Elena Kovalova
Chapter 14: Problematic Puzzle Pieces: Enclaves and Conflict in the Ferghana Valley, Timothy Rowe
Chapter 15: The Security Forces, Robert Timm
Part III: Case Studies
Chapter 16: Kazakhstan's Dilemma on Eurasian and Central Asian Integration, Marlene Laruelle
Chapter 17: Kyrgyzstan's Experiments with Democracy, Erica Marat
Chapter 18: Tajikistan's Roghun Dam: Understanding Rahmon's "Palace of Light," Theresa Sabonis-Helf
Chapter 19: Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil & Gas Sector of Turkmenistan, Sophia Srinivasan
Chapter 20: Everyday Governance in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan, Laura Adams, Måns Svensson, and Rustamjon Urinboyev