International Investment Law and Investor-State Disputes in Central Asia: Emerging Issues edited by Kiran Nasir GORE, Elijah Putilin, KABIR, A.N. DUGGAL, and Crina BALTAG,. Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer, 2022. 528 pp. Hardcover: €175.00.

International Investment Law and Investor-State Disputes in Central Asia: Emerging Issues edited by Kiran Nasir GORE, Elijah Putilin, KABIR, A.N. DUGGAL, and Crina BALTAG. Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer, 2022. 528 pp. Hardcover: €175.00.

This book opens with the intriguing assertion that the Central Asian region is of “global interest” due to its immense potential to develop as a dispute settlement harbour. The Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – have been prominent recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the previous two decades, particularly in the fields of energy and natural resources. To attract and provide legal support to foreign investors, all five nations have been swiftly improving their legal and institutional FDI frameworks by signing international investment agreements (IIAs), establishing modern arbitration centres,...