Central Asia and the Caucasus

Lasha Tchantouridze. IT DOES NOT TAKE A PROPHET: WAR AND PEACE IN THE CAUCASUS

Kornely Kakachia. THE RUSSO-GEORGIAN FIVE-DAY WAR: THE PRICE TO BE PAID AND ITS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Alexander Skakov. THE AUGUST CRISIS IN THE CAUCASUS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Savaş Genç. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GEORGIAN-SOUTH OSSETIAN CONFLICT FOR TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Mukhit Asanbaev, Liazat Umirzakova. NEW FORM OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN KAZAKHSTAN: DESTRUCTIVE SECTS AND CULTS

Igor Dobaev. THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: SPREAD OF JIHAD

Pavel Varbanets. A TURKIC ALLIANCE: POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO TURKEY’S UNREALIZED EU MEMBERSHIP?

Kenan Allahverdiev. THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN THE CONTEXT OF RETROSPECTIVE ETHNO-GEOPOLITICS

Gulsana Tulepbergenova. THE GREATER CENTRAL ASIA PROJECT: PRESENT STATE AND EVOLUTION

Robert Guang Tian. XINJIANG AND ITS ROLE IN GREATER CENTRAL ASIAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Marat Nurgaliev. JAPAN’S PROSPECTS IN THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

Beka Chedia. DILEMMA OF THE GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OR A SLIDE TOWARD NON-LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Lydia Karmazina. INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM IN KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (Part II)

Baktykhan Torogeldieva. THE FORMATION AND NATURE OF POLITICAL CULTURE IN PRESENT-DAY KYRGYZSTAN

Ghelman Akhmedov. CIVIL NATION IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

The Special Feature section in the next issues will discuss:

• Security Issues in Central Eurasia
• Russia, the U.S., and the EU: Their Policy in Central Eurasia
• CIS, EurAsEC, GUAM, and BSECO Regional Organizations: Their Role in the Integration Processes in Central Eurasia