Oil, Islam, and Conflict

The Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan while Chechnya still struggles under a shadow of violence, and the nations surrounding them are barely more stable. Add in the significant reserves scattered throughout Central Asia and you have a volatile political cocktail that makes the region, in Rob Johnson’s words, the “new Middle East.” In Oil, Islam and Conflict , Johnson provides an essential analysis of the region’s tumultuous history and uncertain future. Johnson examines the problems that have