This Atlas provides concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Central Asia and Eurasia. Offering relevant information on the region's place in the contemporary political and economic worlds, it includes background topics, the position of the region in the world and profiles of the constituent countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and also Mongolia, western China, Tibet, and the three Caucasus states Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Each entry comes with timely and significant maps and data.Designed for use in teaching undergraduate and graduate classes and seminars in geography, history, economics, anthropology, international relations, political science and the environment as well as regional courses on the Former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and Eurasia, this book is also a comprehensive reference source for libraries and scholars interested in these fields.