Silk Road: A Journal of Eurasian Development – Prospectus and Purpose. Issue 1 (15th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Catterall, Pippa; Becker, Charles M.; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom
• Is Part Of: Silk road. Volume 2:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 62
• Page End: 65
• Publication Date: 2020-09-15
• Subjects: Central Asia -- Silk Road -- public policy -- Eurasia -- social sciences -- Tashkent Agreement; 300
• DOI: 10.16997/srjed.39
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-682X

Abstract

This editorial explains the beginnings of the journal Silk Road commencing around the time of the 2019 Tashkent agreement and the journal's future scope and ambitions. As nations within Central Asia look towards greater cooperation the editors articulate the journal's focus on public policy issues and how Silk Road intends to offer a long-held need for scholarly perspectives and analysis from within the region itself. It explains how the journal's name links to the past of the region, to evoke its 'inclusive' connotations as a space of exchange, travel and 'ambiguity' but also is 'intended to evoke a dynamic forward look towards the future'. Embodying a broad and interdisciplinary focus in its scope, it is hoped that the journal's name also paves the way to its long term mission of encouraging 'creativity among researchers working' on policy in the region and to 'prompt them both to analyse current public policy and to imagine its future'.