No. 6 (30), 2004

IN THIS ISSUE:

REGIONAL CONFLICTS

Ilgar Mammadov. MEDIATION ABILITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) IN THE CASE OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

David Babaian. THE WEST AND THE CONFLICT IN NAGORNY KARABAKH

CIVIL SOCIETY

Rashid Abdullo. POLITICAL PARTIES OF TAJIKISTAN ON THE EVE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

REGIONAL SECURITY

Sergey Minasian. ARMS CONTROL IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Ruslan Kurbanov. SPREAD OF JIHAD: THE ORIGINAL FACTORS AND THE SCOPE OF ISLAMIC RADICALIZATION IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Dmitri Karmanov. THE RADICAL ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA

Irina Babich. THE REPUBLIC OF ADIGEY: ISLAM AND SOCIETY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

Nikolai Kiriushko. MUSLIMS IN UKRAINE: IS THERE FREEDOM OF FAITH?

ENERGY RESOURCES AND ENERGY POLICY

Sergey Smirnov. THE CHINESE DRAGON IS THIRSTY FOR OIL AND GAS

REGIONAL POLITICS

Dina Malysheva. THE INTERNATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORIST CAMPAIGN AND THE POLITICAL PROCESSES IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

Zhao Huasheng. CHINA, RUSSIA, AND THE U.S.: THEIR INTERESTS, POSTURES, AND INTERRELATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Ziia Kengerli. TURKEY’S GEOSTRATEGIC INTERESTS IN THE CAUCASUS

Igor Burnashev. SPECIFIC FEATURES OF KAZAKHSTAN-BELARUS RELATIONS IN POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE

Azhdar Kurtov. CENTRAL ASIA DEALS WITH ITS WATER PROBLEMS: A VIEW FROM KYRGYZSTAN

INTERREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Mariam Arunova, Vladimir Goriunkov. THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (On the Outcome of the Meeting of the SOC Council of Heads of Government. Bishkek, September 2004)

Rustem Zhanguzhin. REGIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL STRUCTURES AT THE TRANSITIONAL STAGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC MODERNIZATION OF THE BLACK SEA-CASPIAN STATES (Conference overview. The international conference “Problems and Prospects for Cooperation between the Southeast European Countries within the BSEC and GUUAM,” Donetsk, September 2004)

ETHNIC RELATIONS AND POPULATION MIGRATION

İsmail Aydingün. THE CRIMEAN TATARS IN THE CRIMEA: SOURCE OF CONFLICT OR STABILITY BETWEEN CRIMEAN RUSSIANS AND UKRAINS?

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Pulat Shozimov. TAJIKISTAN: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE IDENTITY ISSUE

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss: Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Geopolitical Landmarks
• Party Development
• Religion in the Sociopolitical Context

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