No. 3 (9), 2001

IN THIS ISSUE:
SPECIAL FEATURE
FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX AND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PROJECTS

Mikhail Gonchar, Alexander Moskalets. TRANSIT OF CASPIAN OIL AND GAS TO THE WORLD MARKETS: VIEW FROM UKRAINE

David Preiger, Irina Maliarchuk, Alla Novikova, Elena Nizhnik. GUUAM: UPS AND DOWNS OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD

Hasan Kuliev. AZERBAIJAN: PIPELINE STRATEGY AND PIPELINE GEOPOLITICAL DIMENSION

Andrei Chebotarev. KAZAKHSTAN: PRIORITY OIL ROUTES

Vladimir Babak. KAZAKH OIL: ECONOMIC BOOSTER OR DEAD WEIGHT?

Vladimir Iurikov, Tatiana Shestopalova. KYRGYZSTAN’S ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Azhdar Kurtov. THE TURKMENISTAN FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

 

REGIONAL POLITICS

Valerii Gorovoi, Natalia Omel’ianchik. GUUAM: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Alexander Goncharenko. GUUAM AND SECURITY PROBLEMS IN THE BLACK SEA-CASPIAN REGION

Irina Komissina. WILL DRUG TRAFFICKING HURDLE THE CAUCASIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE?

Oleg Bubenok. ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS: PREREQUISITES, EVOLVEMENT AND FORECASTS

Ilham Mamed-zadeh. AUTHORITARIAN REGIME IN AZERBAIJAN AND ITS TRANSFORMATION POTENTIALS

Vera Tseretelli. RUSSIA AND GEORGIA: POST-SOVIET DIVORCE

Ashurboi Imomov. REINFORCING THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF TAJIKISTAN’S INDEPENDENCE

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Igor Savin. ETHNIC AND CONFESSIONAL SITUATION IN SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN AND MAJOR REGIONAL CHALLENGES

Tamaz Papuashvili. ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF GEORGIA

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Tamila Abdullaeva. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN CENTRAL ASIA: STATUS AND PROSPECTS

Yevgeniy Bondar. FREE ECONOMIC ZONES IN KYRGYZSTAN’S REFORMING ECONOMY

DEMOGRAPHY

Anatoliy Topilin, Vassiliy Shul’ga. COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES: PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALITIES OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT

Tamara Klimova. MIGRATION TRENDS IN KAZAKHSTAN (Sociological Aspect)

NEIGHBORS

Dana Mukanova-Khurshudian, Eduard Khurshudian. ARMENIANS IN KAZAKHSTAN: PAST AND PRESENT

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

  • Central Asia and the Caucasus Political and Economic Reforms
  • Regional Centers of Power and Their Impact on Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Ten Years of Independence: Political and Economic Results