No. 6, 2000

IN THIS ISSUE:

SPECIAL FEATURE

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Elkhan Nuriev. NO WAR, NO PEACE IN THE CAUCASUS: THE GEOPOLITICAL GAME CONTINUES!

Farhad Tolipov. GEOPOLITICAL STALEMATE IN AFGHANISTAN

Boris Parakhonskiy. GUUAM: THE WAY TO STRATEGIC STABILITY IN THE CAUCASUS

Aron Brudniy, Cholpon Chotaeva. CENTRAL ASIA: WAYS AND MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT

Farid Arifoglu, Shakhin Abbasov. THE AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT—HOSTAGE TO THE EXECUTIVE. The First Milli Mejlis: A Five-Year History (a Review)

Bakhtier Ergashev. THE FORMATION OF A MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM IN UZBEKISTAN: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Igor Muradian. THE POLITICAL PROCESSES IN IRAN

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Sergei Abashin. OK-SUIAK, MUSLIM ELITE OF CENTRAL ASIA

Igor Dobaev. ISLAMIC RADICALISM IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Irina Ivanova, Vadim Tutlis. HOMO POLITICUS AND RELIGION IN TIMES OF CHANGES IN KYRGYZSTAN

Vladimir Bobrovnikov. MUSLIM NATIONALISM IN THE POST-SOVIET CAUCASUS: DAGHESTAN

Viacheslav Belokrenitskiy. ISLAMIC RADICALISM IN PAKISTAN: EVOLUTION AND REGIONAL ROLE

ETHNIC CONFLICTS

Natella Akaba. GEORGIAN-ABKHAZIAN CONFLICT: ROOTED IN THE PAST, RESOLVED IN FUTURE

David Shakhnazarian. PAST AND PRESENT OF THE NAGORNY KARABAKH PROBLEM

Murat Botashev. ETHNIC CONFLICT IN KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA: FROM ITS SOURCES TO OUR DAYS

Shakhobitdin Ziiamov. ON THE 1989 ETHNIC CONFLICT IN UZBEKISTAN

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

David Preiger, Irina Maliarchuk, Alla Novikova, Elena Nizhnik. GUUAM: THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF COOPERATION

Meiram Zhaksybaev. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Haroutiun Khachatrian. ECONOMIC REFORMS IN ARMENIA: LESSONS OF THE PAST DECADE

Sergei Smirnov. OIL STRATEGY OF KAZAKHSTAN: DREAMS AND FACTS

Gulzhan Oruzbaeva. ADDRESSING THE FOREIGN DEBT PROBLEM IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

THE SILK ROUTE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Amaiak Martirosian. THE GREAT SILK ROAD RESTORED

Farda Asadov. OIL CARAVANS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ON THE GREAT SILK ROAD: WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE FOR AZERBAIJAN AND KAZAKHSTAN

NEIGHBORS

Erkin Tukumov. THE KAZAKHS OF UZBEKISTAN

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

• Regional and State Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Energy Projects: Problems and Prospects

• Political and Economic Reforms: Where to Go?

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