No. 3, Issue 15, 2002

IN THIS ISSUE:
REGIONAL POLITICS

Mariam Arunova. THE CIS: SUMMING UP THE PAST DECADE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Constantine Dmitriev, Mark Eaton. THE TRANSCASPIAN AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER, 2001

Irina Komissina. WILL JAPAN AND THE CAUCASUS BE LINKED BY THE SILK ROUTE?

Teimuraz Gochitashvili, Roman Gotsiridze. GEORGIA: BLUE FUEL AS A LEVER OF REGIONAL POLICY

Aigul Kosherbaeva, Iekaterina Andriushina, Gulnaz Aldibekova. KAZAKHSTAN AND ITS ENTRY INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

David Preiger, Irina Maliarchuk, Viacheslav Dutchak. THE UKRAINIAN PART OF THE EURASIAN OIL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR: YESTERDAY AND TODAY. WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW?

David Shahnazarian. NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT: TEN YEARS OF REGULATION

CIVIL SOCIETY

Ashurboi Imomov. FORMING A CIVIL SOCIETY IN TAJIKISTAN: PROBLEMS AND ARGUMENTS

SPECIAL FEATURE
Central Asia and the Caucasus: Religion in the Sociopolitical Context

Leonid Sjukijainen. ISLAM VS. ISLAM. On Islamic Alternative to Extremism and Terrorism

Orozbek Moldaliev. ISLAMISM AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: A THREAT OF ISLAM OR A THREAT TO ISLAM?

Igor Dobaev. ON THE TYPOLOGY OF THE RADICAL ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS

Valentina Kurganskaia. NEW SPIRITUAL TRENDS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Iakov Trofimov. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN KAZAKHSTAN

Erkin Kurmanov. HIZB UT-TAHRIR IN KYRGYZSTAN

Kiemiddin Sattori. TAJIK PRESS ABOUT THE YOUTH AND ISLAM

Bakhodir Musaev. ISLAM IN UZBEKISTAN: CREATIVE POTENTIAL AND VISIBLE THREATS

Rafik Aliev. RELIGION IN INDEPENDENT AZERBAIJAN

Giga Chikhladze, Irakli Chikhladze. IS GEORGIA MOVING FROM RELIGIOUS PLURALISM TO RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM?

MASS MEDIA

Eka Kvesitadze. THE GEORGIAN PRESS TODAY

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Pyotr Makievskiy, Kholnazar Mukhabbatov. TAJIKISTAN: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS (from the Standpoint of Sustainable Development)

Sergei Kamenev. TURKMENISTAN’S ECONOMY TODAY

Shakhnoza Turaeva. THE STAGES AND LOGIC OF PRIVATIZATION IN UZBEKISTAN

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

  • Antiterrorist Campaign of the West and Its Impact on the Local Situation
  • Power and Elections
  • Russia and the West: Cooperation or Competition?