Central Asia and the Caucasus

Lasha Tchantouridze. ON THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA

Rico Isaacs. MANAGING DISSENT, LIMITING RISK AND CONSOLIDATING POWER: THE PROCESSES AND RESULTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN KAZAKHSTAN

Noor Omarov, Esen Usubaliev. THE REGIONAL CENTERS OF POWER: IS THERE A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, IDEOLOGICAL COOPERATION, OR A CONFLICT OF STRATEGIES AMONG THEM IN CENTRAL ASIA?

Huseyn N. Najafov. IRAN AND THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Pavel Varbanets. REGIONAL CENTERS OF POWER AND THEIR EURASIAN POLITICS (Rivalry in the Islamic East—The Turkish Vector)

Guli Yuldasheva. TURKEY’S NEW FOREIGN POLICY LANDMARKS AND CENTRAL ASIA

Irina Komissina. WILL INDIA BECOME A FULL-FLEDGED PARTICIPANT IN THE BIG GAME IN CENTRAL ASIA?

Alexander Lukoianov. THE TEHRAN SUMMIT, OR THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO IRAN

Larisa Sidorova. PROBLEMS OF THE JOINT USE OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES IN CENTRAL ASIA

Timur Valamat-Zade. TAJIKISTAN ENERGY SECTOR: PRESENT AND NEAR FUTURE

Marat Naribaev. THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION: PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE COOPERATION

Murat Laumulin. KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA: RELATIONS AS PART OF RUSSIA’S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY

Kosimsho Iskandarov. TAJIK-AFGHAN INTERRELATIONS TODAY AND THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS

Geoffrey F. Gresh. PROMOTING PROSPERITY: THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK AND THE RISE OF ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE IN CENTRAL ASIA

Shukhrat Yovkochev. ISLAM AND THE POLITICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL OF THE MUSLIM STATES

Mamuka Komakhia. GEORGIA’S ETHNIC HISTORY AND THE PRESENT MIGRATION PROCESSES

Elena Sadovskaya. CHINESE MIGRATION TO KAZAKHSTAN: CAUSES, KEY TRENDS, AND PROSPECTS

The Special Feature section in the next issues will discuss:

• The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development in Regional and International Dimensions
• Central Eurasia: Politics Today
• Energy Policy and Energy Projects in Central Eurasia