Central Asia and the Caucasus

Frederik Coene. NATO AND THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?

Alexei Fenenko. THE U.S. FACTOR AND THE CRISIS OF THE TRANS-EURASIAN AREA

Sergey Minasian. IRAN ON THE WAY TO THE NUCLEAR BOMB? (Analysis of Tehran’s Nuclear Missile Program)

Bakhtiar Mirkasymov. SALAFISM IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Amirkhan Magomeddadaev. POLITIZATION OF ISLAM IN DAGHESTAN: THE FACTORS BEHIND IT (1987-2002)

Pan Guang. SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL ANTITERRORIST CAMPAIGN

Alexander Chepurin. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE TRANSCAUCASUS IN LIGHT OF ANTITERRORIST OPERATION

Aron Brudniy, Dinara Sydykbekova. CENTRAL ASIA AND CIVILIZATIONAL TRENDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Parvin Darabadi. THE CASPIAN REGION IN CONTEMPORARY GEOPOLITICS

Vladimir Kindalov, Oleg Limanov. RUSSIA AND CHINA IN CENTRAL ASIA: GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES

Mikael Airapetian. ASIA MINOR AND THE CAUCASUS AT THE CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATIONS: ARMENIAN-TURKISH QUESTION IN THE NEW AGE

Oleg Boronin. ON THE PRIORITIES OF RUSSIAN POLICY IN POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA

Zakir Chotoev. TURKEY IN THE ANTITERRORIST CAMPAIGN

Alec Rasizade. AZERBAIJAN AFTER THE FIRST DECADE OF CAPITALISM

Sergey Markedonov. POLEMICAL NOTES ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM IN CHECHNIA: WAS IT ANOTHER KHASAVIURT?

Natalia Ushakova. CENTRAL ASIAN COOPERATION: TOWARD TRANSFORMATION

Rafael Ultanbaev. EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY: THORNY PATH OF DEVELOPMENT

Talaybek Koychumanov. ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS

Rubik Yegorian, Marina Oganesian, Anna Manvelian. KAZAKHSTAN: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF ITS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS

Georgi Petrov. TAJIKISTAN’S HYDROPOWER RESOURCES

Mannon Aliev. REGULATION OF THE SECURITIES MARKET IN UZBEKISTAN

Igor Semenov. THE MOUNTAIN JEWS IN THE CAUCASUS: CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION

Iraklii Chikhladze, Giga Chikhladze. THE YEZIDI KURDS AND ASSYRIANS OF GEORGIA: THE PROBLEM OF DIASPORAS AND INTEGRATION INTO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Energy Policy and Energy Projects
• Regional Conflicts (Abkhazia, Nagorny Karabakh, South Ossetia, Chechnia) and Roads to Settlement
• The Place of Religion in the Sociopolitical Context