This book provides an up-to-date overview of contemporary Central Eurasian politics, identifies key issues, trends and transformation paths in this respect, and analyses the conceptual foundations of security and power in the region. Key topics include autocratic proliferation and regime security in Central Asia, the strategic situation in Afghanistan, China's changing role in Central Asian security, governance problems in Kyrgyzstan as a rentier state and the destructive role of internal security services in the context of democratic transition in Armenia, e-justice and cyber security in Kyrgyzstan, and the politics of authoritarian neoliberalism and labour resistance in Kazakhstan. With contributions by Serik Beimenbetov - Marie-Sophie Borchelt Camêlo - Shalva Dzebisashvili - Aziz Elmuradov - Lia Evoyan - Bradley Jardine - Edward Lemon - Aliia Maralbaeva - Zumrat Sanakulova - Aijan Sharshenova - Farkhod Tolipov - Akram Umarov - Aitbay Zhansaya