Books in the The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia series

This Pivot updates the ideas of the famous political philosopher from the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli, for the 21st century, using case studies from the West and from Kazakhstan to demonstrate the utility of Machiavelli's ideas for contemporary political life.

This book is aimed both at researchers and advanced students of Central Asia, the space of the former USSR, and the foreign policy of Russia and China.

This book collects scholarship about the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the societies of central Asia, and aims at explaining why the death rates during the pandemic were so high in Central Asia. It also examines the impact of Sinophobia in Central Asia and the future challenges this feeling may pose on the authorities in the near future.