Central Asia and the Caucasus

Bahodyr Ergashev. THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTIES OF CENTRAL ASIA: DECLARATIONS, SPECIFICS, AND PROJECTS

Shukhrat Yovkochev. THE MODERNIZATION OF SOCIETY AND TRANSFER OF POWER IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES

Sulaiman Reshiev. FORMING AN EFFECTIVE MECHANISM OF SOCIOPOLITICAL STABILITY IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Arbakhan Magomedov. THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND THE FRONTIERS OF STRUGGLE FOR THE GREATER CASPIAN’S ENERGY RESOURCES

Farkhad Tolipov. STRATEGIC FRICTION IN AFGHANISTAN AND GEOPOLITICAL REVERSAL IN CENTRAL ASIA

Vladimir Paramonov, Oleg Stolpovskiy. RUSSIA AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES: BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION

Michela Telatin. ARMENIA: A DEFENSE REFORM THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Ryskul Abduvalieva. KYRGYZSTAN’S SECURITY PROBLEMS TODAY

Maxim Starchak. U.S. VS RUSSIA: ATTEMPTED COOPERATION WITH TURKMENISTAN IN THE SECURITY AND DEFENSE SPHERE

Robert Guang Tian. FROM INTERNAL TO EXTERNAL: CHALLENGES AGAINST U.S.’S CENTRAL ASIAN POLICY

Anton Finko. UKRAINE, THE TURKIC WORLD, AND CENTRAL ASIA

Levon Hovsepyan. THE TURKISH MODEL AND TURKEY’S CENTRAL ASIAN POLICIES CONDITIONED BY WESTERN STRATEGIC INTERESTS

Khurshed Dodikhudoev, Vafo Niyatbekov. THE CHINESE VECTOR IN TAJIKISTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY

Elena Rudenko. A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF INDIAN-TAJIK POLITICAL COOPERATION: THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

The Special Feature section in the next issues will discuss:

• 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
• World Economic Crisis: Its Impact on the Socioeconomic Situation in Central Eurasian States