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THE CASPIAN REGION: DEVELOPMENT RESULTS AND NEW TRENDS

Sergey ZHILTSOV https://doi.org/10.37178/ca-c.21.4.03 Sergey Zhiltsov, D.Sc. (Political Science), Head of the Department of Political Science and Political Philosophy, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; Professor, People’s Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation) ABSTRACT The Caspian region came into the focus of attention of the Caspian and non-regional states even prior…

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CICA AND ASIAN COOPERATION ORGANIZATIONS (SCO, ASEAN, OIC): COOPERATION POTENTIAL AND PROSPECTS.

Murat LAUMULIN Svetlana KOZHIROVA DOI: https://doi.org/10.37178/ca-c.21.4.02 Murat Laumulin, D.Sc. (Political Science), Professor, Chief Researcher at the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Expert of the Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies at the Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan) Svetlana…

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THE EU IN CENTRAL ASIA: UNREALIZED AMBITIONS AND PROSPECTS

Olga TIMAKOVA DOI: https://doi.org/10.37178/ca-c.21.4.01 Olga Timakova, Ph.D. (Political Science), Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Philosophy of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russian Federation) ABSTRACT The Soviet Union has disappeared from the maps of the world, leaving the EU a chance to participate…

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ELECTIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN AS AN INDICATOR OF DEMOCRATIZATION

Iuri BULUKTAEV Iuri Buluktaev, Ph.D. (Hist.), senior research associate, Institute of Philosophy and Political Studies, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan) During 10 years of independence elections in Kazakhstan have already considerably influenced its political institutions: election and parliamentary systems, and party structure, yet many analysts are convinced that…

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POWER CRISIS IN GEORGIA: DYNAMICS AND INTERIM RESULTS

Tamaz PAPUASHVILI Tamaz Papuashvili, Ph.D. (Philos.), head, Department of Religion and National State Development, State Chancellery of Georgia Late in October 2001 the political situation in Georgia was seriously aggravated by what, at first glance, looked like a purely financial problem created by auditing the Rustavi-2 TV company by the State Security Ministry. The auditors…

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AFGHANISTAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF PEACE

Viktor KORGUN Viktor Korgun, D.Sc. (Hist.), head, Afghanistan Sector, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation) The anti-terrorist campaign in Afghanistan is drawing to its end. The outcome is obvious: the Taliban as a military-political, ideological, and power structure has been defeated. The well-oiled machine that generated terrorism, drug trafficking, and…

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AFGHANISTAN: DRUG TRAFFICKING AND REGIONAL SECURITY

Irina KOMISSINA Irina Komissina, Senior researcher at the Department of Asia and APR Affairs, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (Moscow, Russian Federation) It has been almost four years since the Taliban regime was overthrown in Afghanistan (an interim government was formed in June 2002) and the country began building a new state with direct assistance…

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ARMENIA AND THE EU’S EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY PROGRAM

Sergey MINASIAN Sergey Minasian, Ph.D. (Hist.), director of the Scientific-Research Center of the Southern Caucasus’ Regional Security and Integration Problems, Russian-Armenian (Slavic) State University, researcher at the Institute of History, Republic of Armenia National Academy of Sciences (Erevan, Armenia) 1. Introduction Integration into the European structures is a priority task of Armenia’s foreign policy, which…

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ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF UZBEKISTAN’S NEW ENERGY POLICY FORMULATION

Georgi PETROV Georgi Petrov, Ph.D. (Techn.), Head of the Hydropower Laboratory, Institute for Water Problems, Tajikistan Academy of Sciences (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) World historical experience shows that successful development of any state largely depends on correctly selected strategic goals and priorities. In fact, there are plenty of examples showing that the choice of true directions has…

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GEORGIA ON THE EVE OF ANOTHER ELECTION CYCLE

Malkhaz MATSABERIDZE Malkhaz Matsaberidze, D.Sc. (Political Science), professor at Ivan Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia) On 1 October, 2005, five one-candidate (majority) constituencies went to the polls to elect their parliament deputies.1 Even though the results could not tip the balance of forces in the country’s legislature where the ruling bloc and its supporters dominate…

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