Central Asia and the Caucasus

Eldar Ismailov. CENTRAL EURASIA: ITS GEOPOLITICAL FUNCTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Vladimer Papava. “CENTRAL CAUCASASIA” INSTEAD OF “CENTRAL EURASIA”

Vladimir Plastun. CENTRAL ASIA IN SEARCH OF STABILITY

Kornely Kakachia. END OF RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES IN GEORGIA: SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF WITHDRAWAL

Timur Shaymergenov. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF NATO’S CENTRAL ASIAN STRATEGY: THE ROLE OF KAZAKHSTAN

Nugzar Ter-Oganov. RUSSIAN-IRANIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION: 1992-2006

Zarif Alizoda. EVOLUTION OF PARLIAMENTARISM IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

Beka Chedia. GEORGIA: DEVALUED PUBLIC CAPITAL AND THE THIRD SECTOR AT THE CROSSROADS

Bakhtiar Babajanov. SECULARISM AND THE INTER-CONFESSIONAL RIFT (Central Asia’s experience)

Vakhit Akaev. CONFLICTS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC TRENDS: REASONS, DYNAMICS, AND WAYS TO OVERCOME THEM (based on North Caucasian documents)

Farrukh Umarov. TAJIKISTAN: SPECIAL FEATURES OF COOPERATION WITH LEADING INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS

Dmitri Varnavskiy. COOPERATION BETWEEN IRAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Khurshed Dodikhudoev, Vafo Niyatbekov. THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN: COOPERATION ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS

Nikolai Borisov. THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN UZBEKISTAN TODAY: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

Igor Proklov. TURKMENISTAN: CURRENT POLITICS

The Special Feature section in the next issues will discuss:

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