Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia Audiobook (Free)

Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the previous Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and unimportant to the exterior globe. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia can be in reality a globalization head with more extensive participation in economics, politics, and protection dynamics beyond its borders than every other world region. However Central Asia’s worldwide activities are mainly hidden from watch, with disturbing implications for world security.

Based on many years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Traditional western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The writers also uncover popular Western involvement in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic government authorities, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and essential, this publication exposes the global connections of a troubled region that has to no longer become ignored.