China and India in Central Asia : a new great game? / edited by Marlène Laruelle ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Central Asia? The Strategic Rationale of Indian and Chinese Involvement in the Region / M.Laruelle, J.François Huchet, S.Peyrouse and B.Balci -- Russia Facing China and India in Central Asia: Cooperation, Competition, and Hesitations / M.Laruelle -- Central Asia-China Relations and their Relative Weight in Chinese Foreign Policy / J.P.Cabestan -- An Elephant in a China Shop? India's 'Look North' to Central Asia{u2026}Seeing Only China / E.Kavalski -- Afghanistan and Regional Strategy: The India Factor / M.Singh Roy -- Afghan Factor in Reviving Sino-Pak Axis / S.Singh -- India and China in Central Asia: Mirroring their Bilateral Relations / RJ.François Huchet -- India - China Interactions in Central Asia through the Prism of Paul Kennedy's Analysis of Great Powers / B.Chaudhuri and M.Sethi -- Cooperation or Competition? China and India in Central Asia / Z.Huasheng -- Scramble for Caspian Energy: Can Big Power Competition Sidestep China and India? / P.L. Dash -- Comparing the Economic Involvement of China and India in post-Soviet Central Asia / S.Peyrouse -- The Reconstruction Issue in Afghanistan: The Indian and Chinese Contribution / G.Sachdeva -- From the Oxus to the Indus: Looking Back at India-Central Asia Connexions in the Early Modern Age / L.Gayer Uyghur Islam: Caught between Foreign Influences and Domestic Constraints / R.Castets -- The Jama'at al Tabligh in Central Asia: A Mediator in the Recreation of Islamic Relations with the Indian Subcontinent / B. Balci