No. 3, 2000

IN THIS ISSUE:

EVENTS & COMMENTS

Lena Jonson, Murad Esenov. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND STRATEGIES FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN AND AROUND CHECHNYA. On the Results of the Joint Conference organized by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and the Journal Central Asia and the Caucasus

Iia Antadze. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA: EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE ONCE MORE

SPECIAL FEATURE
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND CENTRAL ASIAN AND THE CAUCASUS

Erlan Aben. KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS TODAY: THE PROS AND CONS

Valentina Voropaeva. KYRGYZSTAN AND RUSSIA: PAST AND PRESENT

Saodat Olimova. TAJIKISTAN—RUSSIA: FROM “DIVORCE” TO “INTEGRATION”

Rasim Musabekov. RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN: RELATIONS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Kakhaber Dzebisashvili. RUSSIA AND GEORGIA: A FUTURE HARD TO PREDICT

REGIONAL POLITICS

Vladimir Maksimenko. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS: GEOPOLITICAL ENTITY EXPLAINED

Vakhtang Maysaia, Tina Gogeliani. ENERGY RESERVES OF THE CAUCASUS AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Gulnoza Saidazimova. REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA: REALITIES, CHALLENGES, AND POTENTIALS

Bahodyr Musaev. UZBEKISTAN: REGIONAL SECURITY AND HAZARDOUS SOCIAL TRENDS

Klara Khafizova. KAZAKHSTAN AND XINJIANG

Dr. Ertan Efegil, Ayse Mine Olcay, Huseyin Kydyk. COOPERATION BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

TRADITIONS AND THE PRESENT DAY

Nurlan Amrekulov. ZHUZES AND KAZAKHSTAN’S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

Dzhenish Dzhunushaliev, Vladimir Ploskikh. TRIBALISM AND NATION BUILDING IN KYRGYZSTAN

Vladimir Khanin. KYRGYZSTAN: ETHNIC PLURALISM AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Aleksei Kudriavtsev. WAHHABISM: RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Vakhid Akaev. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: MYTH OR REALITY?

ECONOMICS

Anatoly Topilin. TRANSCAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA: DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CIS COMMON LABOR MARKET

Lyudmila Khafizova.BUSINESS CULTURE AND ETHICS IN POST-SOVIET UZBEKISTAN, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA

Valentina Baturina. SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAMS IN UZBEKISTAN

DISCUSSION

Evgenii Abdullaev. ON SCHOLARSHIP IN CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES

MASS MEDIA

Erlan Askarbekov.INFORMATION WARS ON THE INTERNET

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

  • What are the problems of and is there a future for democracy in Central Asia and the Caucasus?
  • Central Asia and the Caucasus: religious extremism.
  • Central Asia and the Caucasus: is there security in the region and what are the security problems of individual states?