CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA

Abstract

Book Review: I. Zvyaglskaya Middle East and Central Asia: Global trends in regional execution. Moscow: “Aspect Press”, 2018. 224 p. (In Russian)“Middle East and Central Asia: Global trends in regional execution” is an analysis of the main trends in the development of international relations, political regimes, societies, identities in two significant regions of Russia for the world. The author managed not only to list the main trends, but also to show their interrelation, and also to give a forecast regarding their further influence. The publication addresses such important issues as the fate of statehood, the difficulties of protecting sovereignty, the role of traditionalism in the modern East, the origins of terrorism and extremism.

Keywords

• middle east
• central asia
• arab spring
• terrorism
• extremism
• statehood
• sovereignty
• identity
• hybrid conflict
• hybrid regime
• traditionalism