Central Asia and the Caucasus

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

Gennady Starchenkov. CASPIAN OIL IN THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND WORLD POLITICAL CONTEXTS

Ambrish Dhaka. INDIA’S ENERGY SECURITY AND CENTRAL ASIA’S ENERGY RESOURCES

Ksenia Borishpolets. ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: POLITICAL RIVALRY IN A TRANSITIONAL SOCIETY

Elkhan Nuriev. THE 2005 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN AZERBAIJAN: INFLUENCING FACTORS

Timur Shaymergenov. THE 2005 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN KAZAKHSTAN: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION

Malkhaz Matsaberidze. GEORGIA ON THE EVE OF ANOTHER ELECTION CYCLE

Ohannes Geukjian. LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS: THE OSCE MEDIATION IN THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT (1992-1996)

Kamal Makili-Aliev. PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING AND OBSERVING THE LAW OF WAR IN THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS

Sergey Minasian. SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETIA: WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER RUSSIA WITHDRAWS ITS MILITARY BASES FROM GEORGIA

Renat Bekkin. ISLAMIC ECONOMIC MODEL AND THE PROBLEMS OF ITS APPLICATION IN RUSSIA

Eric Freedman, Maureen Walton. INDEPENDENT NEWS WEB SITES’ COVERAGE OF RELIGION IN CENTRAL ASIA

Rinat Pateev. MUSLIM COMMUNITIES OF THE ROSTOV REGION

Vladimir Plastun. RUSSIA AND AMERICA IN CENTRAL ASIA (An Attempt at Comparative Analysis)

Mehmet Kalyoncu. STATE-BUILDING vs. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (The Case of Azerbaijan and Its Oil Fund Management)

Arsen Vartanian. ARMENIA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBALIZATION PROCESSES

Talaibek Koichumanov. CORRUPTION FIGHTING AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN KYRGYZSTAN: TODAY AND TOMORROW

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

• Political and Economic Development Trends
• World and Regional Centers of Power and their Impact on the Regional Situation
• Multinational Companies in the Economic and Political Environment in Central Asia and the Caucasus