No. 2 (8), 2001

IN THIS ISSUE:

REGIONAL POLITICS

Ariel Cohen. CAUSE FOR ALARM: RUSSIA’S POLICY IN SOUTHERN CAUCASUS—THE RECENT TRENDS

Jannatkhan Eyvazov. NATO AND MILITARY-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF AZERBAIJAN’S SECURITY

Evgeniy Abdullaev. “CENTRAL ASIAN” RESOLUTION NO. 397 OF U.S. CONGRESS: LEGAL AND POLITICAL INTERPRETATION

Muhamejan Barbasov. INTEGRATION OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY STATES INTO THE WTO

Haroutiun Khachatrian. ENERGY SECURITY PROBLEMS IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Maryam Arunova. RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: COOPERATION IN THE SECURITY SPHERE

Alexander Didebulidze. THE ENERGY CRISIS IN GEORGIA: CAUSES AND EXIT STRATEGY OPTIONS

Natalia Zhdanova. KAZAKHSTAN AND NUCLEAR SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

THE CASPIAN KNOT

Askar Nursha. THE CASPIAN REGION: TERRITORY AND OIL

Rustam Mamedov. EVOLUTION OF THE CASPIAN’S LEGAL REGIME IN THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD

Sergei Kolchin. OIL AND GAS AS SEEN FROM RUSSIA

Arbakhan Magomedov. OIL AND CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM AS INSTRUMENTS OF ASTRAKHAN AND KALMYK LEADERS

NEIGHBORS

Anar Veliev. KURDS IN AZERBAIJAN: A THREAT OR A GAME THAT POWER PLAYS?

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Igor Dobaev. THE PAST, PRESENT AND DOCTRINAL ROOTS OF ISLAMIC RADICALISM

Iakov Trofimov. THE STATE, SOCIETY, AND RELIGION IN KAZAKHSTAN TODAY

Stepan Danielian. RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN ARMENIA

Rustem Zhanguzhin. ISLAM IN UKRAINE

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Turar Koichuev. ECONOMIC SECURITY IN KYRGYZSTAN

Timur Valamat-zadeh. TAJIKISTAN’S WATER RESOURCES: AN INSTRUMENT OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLITICS

Ludmilla Maksakova. UZBEKISTAN: EMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOR MARKET

Olga Tsapieva. POST-SOVIET SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DAGHESTAN

DEMOGRAPHY

Ali Abasov. DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND GENDER SITUATION IN AZERBAIJAN

Irina Badurashvili, Ekaterina Kapanadze, Revaz Cheishvili. MIGRATION PROCESSES IN GEORGIA

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus