Central Asia and the Caucasus

Malkhaz Matsaberidze. THE ROSE REVOLUTION AND THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Sukhrobjon Ismoilov. UZBEKISTAN: NEW VOTING TECHNIQUES IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF THE 2004 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

Viacheslav Belokrenitskiy. THE MUSLIM EAST IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY: CURRENT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

Teimuraz Panjikidze. CHRISTIANITY IN GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: THEN AND NOW

Mira Karybaeva. DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPARTY SYSTEM IN CENTRAL ASIA

Valerian Dolidze. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN GEORGIA

Ekaterine Gakhokidze. GEORGIA: POLITICAL PARTIES BEFORE AND AFTER THE ROSE REVOLUTION

Valentina Kurganskaia. THE PARTY SYSTEM IN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE ETHNIC ISSUE

Vladimir Babak. KAZAKHSTAN: HOW ITS MULTIPARTY SYSTEM CAME INTO BEING

Parviz Mullojanov. PARTY BUILDING IN TAJIKISTAN

Rustam Mirzaev. TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS AND GEOPOLITICS IN THE GREAT SILK ROAD REGION

Farkhod Tolipov. CENTRAL ASIA AS A SPACE, POLITY, PEOPLES, AND FATE

Bakhtier Rashidov. RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA: A SHIFT TO POSITIVE FOREIGN POLICIES

Boris Parakhonskiy. COUNTRIES OF THE BLACK SEA REGION AND EUROPEAN SECURITY

Shoislam Akmalov. THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION AND REGIONAL SECURITY PROBLEMS

Mamuka Komakhia. YEZIDI KURDS IN GEORGIA: ETHNIC SELF-AWARENESS AND CONSOLIDATION

Sergey Markedonov. ETHNOPOLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE ROSTOV REGION, THE KRASNODAR AND STAVROPOL TERRITORIES: PROBLEMS, CONTRADICTIONS, AND PROSPECTS

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

• Religion in the Sociopolitical Context
• The Democratic Revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine and their Impact on Central Asian and Caucasian Politics
• Border Delimitation and Separatism