Central Asia and Central Africa: Transnational Wars and Ethnic Conflicts

• Published in: Journal of human development (Basingstoke, England) Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 5 - 22
• Main Author: Rubin, Barnett R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.03.2006; Taylor and Francis Journals
• Series: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
• Subjects: Afghanistan; Africa; Central Asia; Cultural Identity; Cultural Pluralism; Ethnic Conflict; Ethnic Relations; Transnationalism; War

In the former Soviet states of Central Asia, Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, and the in the Great Lakes region of Africa, conflicts have been organized around cultural identities. These identities, however, are not sub-national but transnational. They have linked groups within a state to...