№ 2 - 2008
Shvetzova D.S.
Political Risks in States of Central Asia

The article contains analysis of crisis tendencies in the development of political and social processes in five countries of the Central Asian region. High quality Russian, Kazakh, Kyrghyz and Turkmen expert estimations of the risks have allowed to present descriptions of the basic threats facing Central Asian elites and to forecast possible political and social changes in the region.