Timur Dadabaev is a Swedish Research Council Guest Professor at Lund University. He concurrently holds Professorships at the University of Tsukuba, Japan and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy.Shigeto Sonoda is Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Tokyo.

• Chapter 1 – Introduction: The Politics of Silence in Central Asian International RelationsChapter 2 – Rethinking IR Theory through Central Asia: Tacit Nationhood in Patchworked NeighborhoodsChapter 3 – “Silence Is Golden”? Strategic Silences in Central Asian States’ Response to the Ukrainian CrisisChapter 4 – Political Narratives and Public Recollection in Central Asia: Polyphonic silences and the manipulating of Post-Soviet nostalgiaChapter 5 – Power of Non-verbal Diplomacy: Nudging Not Nagging in Sino-Uzbek RelationsChapter 6 – Constructivist Framework for a Central Asian Regional Security Complex: Strategic AmbiguityChapter 7 – Strategic Silences and the Water Neighbourhood in Central Asia: Tacit Diplomacy in HydropoliticsChapter 8 – Normative Implications of Strategic Silence Beyond Russia and China: Prospects for U.S.–Japan Foreign Policy Coordination in Central AsiaChapter 9 – Rethinking IR Theory through Silence and Neighborhood in Central Asia: Beyond Rationalism and Reflectivism

Timur Dadabaev is a Swedish Research Council Guest Professor at Lund University. He concurrently holds Professorships at the University of Tsukuba, Japan and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy.Shigeto Sonoda is Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Tokyo.

• Chapter 1 – Introduction: The Politics of Silence in Central Asian International RelationsChapter 2 – Rethinking IR Theory through Central Asia: Tacit Nationhood in Patchworked NeighborhoodsChapter 3 – “Silence Is Golden”? Strategic Silences in Central Asian States’ Response to the Ukrainian CrisisChapter 4 – Political Narratives and Public Recollection in Central Asia: Polyphonic silences and the manipulating of Post-Soviet nostalgiaChapter 5 – Power of Non-verbal Diplomacy: Nudging Not Nagging in Sino-Uzbek RelationsChapter 6 – Constructivist Framework for a Central Asian Regional Security Complex: Strategic AmbiguityChapter 7 – Strategic Silences and the Water Neighbourhood in Central Asia: Tacit Diplomacy in HydropoliticsChapter 8 – Normative Implications of Strategic Silence Beyond Russia and China: Prospects for U.S.–Japan Foreign Policy Coordination in Central AsiaChapter 9 – Rethinking IR Theory through Silence and Neighborhood in Central Asia: Beyond Rationalism and Reflectivism

Timur Dadabaev is a Swedish Research Council Guest Professor at Lund University. He concurrently holds Professorships at the University of Tsukuba, Japan and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy.Shigeto Sonoda is Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Tokyo.

• Chapter 1 – Introduction: The Politics of Silence in Central Asian International RelationsChapter 2 – Rethinking IR Theory through Central Asia: Tacit Nationhood in Patchworked NeighborhoodsChapter 3 – “Silence Is Golden”? Strategic Silences in Central Asian States’ Response to the Ukrainian CrisisChapter 4 – Political Narratives and Public Recollection in Central Asia: Polyphonic silences and the manipulating of Post-Soviet nostalgiaChapter 5 – Power of Non-verbal Diplomacy: Nudging Not Nagging in Sino-Uzbek RelationsChapter 6 – Constructivist Framework for a Central Asian Regional Security Complex: Strategic AmbiguityChapter 7 – Strategic Silences and the Water Neighbourhood in Central Asia: Tacit Diplomacy in HydropoliticsChapter 8 – Normative Implications of Strategic Silence Beyond Russia and China: Prospects for U.S.–Japan Foreign Policy Coordination in Central AsiaChapter 9 – Rethinking IR Theory through Silence and Neighborhood in Central Asia: Beyond Rationalism and Reflectivism