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Dear Readers,
The Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus
presents the first issue of The Caucasus & Globalization. We hope that this journal, an academic publication in the form of a digest, will give academics and specialists the opportunity to share with the broad public the results of their research studies on the political, economic, legal, and social problems of the Caucasian Region in correlation with the globalization processes.It goes without saying that there is an acute shortage of thought-provoking scientific and analytical digests among the great abundance of various printed matter. And this is no accident. All of us, the peoples of the Caucasus, are busy restoring our statehood, building relations with the world around us, and forming new political, economic, and social orders, while trying to respect and preserve our history, culture, and independence. Our minds are occupied with the region’s hot spots—Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Chechnia, Ingushetia, and Daghestan—because we are well aware that without rapid and fair settlement of these conflicts, we cannot become full-fledged states and self-respecting nations. We have too much going on.
Nevertheless, the rebirth of our states also presupposes the creation of new paradigmatic approaches to and analytical views on history, politics, the economy, culture, and religion. We must come to terms with ourselves, understand who we are, define who we want to be, and identify how best to attain our goals and follow our chosen path. We must first comprehend all of this ourselves, and then present it to the rest of the world at a level it can understand and accept.
The Caucasus & Globalization
, which covers the most diverse areas of social studies, will be published quarterly in English and Russian. The first issue includes articles by members of the editorial board, which is made up of well-known academics from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and the U.S.I am inviting academics, specialists, and all our readers to cooperate with us, and hope that you will not only find the articles in this first issue interesting, but also very beneficial.
Nazim MUZAFFARLI (IMANOV)
Editor-in-Chief
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