S. Sultanov. CIS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. Moscow Summit of 25 January, 2000>

A. Cohen. U.S. INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

A. Jekshenkulov. THE ROLE OF THE WEST IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN REGION

I. Komissina. JAPAN AND CENTRAL ASIA: PARTNERSHIP IS GAINING MOMENTUM

M. Laumulin. KAZAKHSTAN AND THE WEST: RELATIONS DURING THE 1990s IN RETROSPECT

I. Mouradian. GEORGIA’S GEO-CIVILIZING CHOICE

B. Parahonskiy. THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL COOPERATION MODELS IN GUUAM

A. Veliev. THE ISRAEL-TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN TRIANGLE: PRESENT AND FUTURE

D. Matsnev. THE ROLE OF CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS IN THE CIS ECONOMY

N. Elebaev. CENTRAL ASIAN STATES AND THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION: PRESENT AND FUTURE

S. Petrosian. POWER ENGINEERING IN THE ARMENIAN ECONOMY

S. Sheraliev. G. Oruzbaeva. KYRGYZSTAN SEEKS TO BOOST ITS ECONOMY BY MEANS OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

A. Ignatenko. ENDOGENOUS RADICALISM IN ISLAM

S. Shokhomurov. ISMAILISM: TRADITIONS AND THE PRESENT DAY

V. Bobrovnikov. ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RELIGIOUS LEGISLATION IN DAGHESTAN

A. Skakov. ON TWO SIDES OF THE BORDER: GEORGIA AND CHECHNIA

V. Ardzinba. “GOOD RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA IS WHAT WE WANT”

T. Nadareishvili. “I AM NOT SURE THERE IS A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE ABKHAZIAN ISSUE”

G. Pashaeva. THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: IS THERE A WAY OUT?

N. Saparov. “THE TURKMEN MODEL OF DEMOCRACY”: SPECIFIC FEATURES

M. Bekker JEWS IN AZERBAIJAN: PAST AND FUTURE

M. Shterenshis. APPROACH TO TAMERLANE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION. Ending 600 Years of Historiography of Timur

The Special Feature column in the next issue will include:

• Relations with Russia: Are There Problems and Is There Future?
• Hopes and Obstacles of Democratic Changes

• Religious Extremism in Central Asia and the Caucasus