No. 4 (10), 2001

IN THIS ISSUE:
REGIONAL POLITICS

Sergei Pirozhkov. CIS INTEGRATION IN THE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT

Alec Rasizade. THE MYTHOLOGY OF MUNIFICENT CASPIAN BONANZA AND ITS CONCOMITANT PIPELINE GEOPOLITICS

Venaliy Amelin. RUSSIAN BORDER REGIONS AND CENTRAL ASIA: PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATION

Baglan Mailybaev. THE NATION’S RIGHT TO RESIST OPPRESSION AND ENGAGE IN OPPOSITION IN THE LIGHT OF TRADITIONS OF RUSSIANS AND KAZAKHS

Georgii Rudov. RUSSIA AND KYRGYZSTAN: DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS OF RELATIONS

RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Sergei Demidov. RELIGION IN POST-SOVIET TURKMENISTAN

SPECIAL FEATURE
Political and Economic Reforms

Vassiliy Shul’ga, Yuri Chaplygin, Oleg Rybkin, Sergei Kazanskiy. STRATEGIC TARGETS AND STAGES OF ECONOMIC REFORM IN THE CIS COUNTRIES

Elhan Polukhov. AZERBAIJAN: THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Reshad Muradov. EVOLUTION OF THE LABOR MARKET IN AZERBAIJAN

Gubad Bairamov. PRIVATIZATION IN AZERBAIJAN: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS

Alexander Markarov. INSTITUTIONAL REFORM AS PART OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN ARMENIA

Garegin Kerian. EVOLUTION OF A MULTIPARTY SYSTEM IN ARMENIA

Laik Baideldinov. THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AS A POLITICAL REALITY: PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY

Erbol Shauenov. DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN KAZAKHSTAN

Bulat Khusainov. KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER GLOBALIZATION

Ainura Elebaeva, Margarita Pukhova. POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IN KYRGYZSTAN: SPECIFIC FEATURES

Kimitaka Matsuzato. AN ISLAND OF DEMOCRACY? LOCAL REFORMS IN KYRGYZSTAN 1990-2000

Saodat Olimova. DEMOCRATIZATION OF LOCAL SELF-ADMINISTRATION IN TAJIKISTAN

THE ABKHAZIAN KNOT

Gigi Tsiklauri, Tamara Giorgobiani. AUTONOMIES IN GEORGIA: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE, AND THEIR FUTURE

Leila Tania. ABKHAZIA AT THE CROSSROADS

Alexander Krylov. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: FOREIGN FACTOR IN THE CONFLICT

ETHNIC RELATIONS

Dr. Mikhail Degtiar. THE JEWS OF UZBEKISTAN—THE END OF THE EPOCH

Nadir Bekir. CRIMEAN TARTARS: AN ETHNOPOLITICAL FACTOR IN UKRAINE

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

  • Regional Power Centers and Their Impact on the Regional Situation
  • Ten Years of Independence: Political and Economic Results
  • Ethnic Conflicts and Disputed Territories