Central Asia and the Caucasus

Thrassyvoulos Marketos. IRAN’S GEOPOLITICS IN THE MIDST OF THE U.S.-RUSSIA-CHINA ENERGY SECURITY STRUGGLE FOR GEOSTRATEGIC CONTROL OVER EURASIA

Eldar Ismailov. MONETARY AND BANKING SYSTEMS OF THE CENTRAL EURASIAN COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

Lola Sultanova, Albina Gaysina. THE WORLD CRISIS AND THE RAW-MATERIAL ORIENTED TRANSITION ECONOMIES

Aza Migranian. THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

Shamseddin Hajiyev, Fakhri Murshudli. AZERBAIJAN FINANCIAL AND BANKING SYSTEM DURING THE GLOBAL CRISIS: SHIFT OF EMPHASIS IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Abdurakhim Vakhabov, Tulkin Bobakulov. UZBEKISTAN’S BANKING SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE ANTI-CRISIS PROGRAM

Boris Zazhigaev. ONE OF THE LIMITROPHE TERRITORIES OF THE GLOBAL WORLD (TRANSFORMATION OF THE STATES OF THE BALTIC-BLACK SEA REGION IN THE 21ST CENTURY). Part I

Farkhad Tolipov. CENTRAL ASIA: REGIONAL RESPONSE TO A GLOBAL CHALLENGE

Grant Mikaelian. THE BSEC: ITS REGIONAL INTEGRATION PROSPECTS FOR ARMENIA

Yuri Morozov. COOPERATION AMONG THE SCO COUNTRIES IN THE HUMANITARIAN SPHERE: EXISTING PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Vladimir Ivanov. GUAM: OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW CHALLENGES

Marat Naribaev. COOPERATION BETWEEN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TODAY

Beka Chedia. THE GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN CURRENT GEORGIAN POLICY

Lydia Karmazina. OPPOSITION IN KAZAKHSTAN: NAGGING PROBLEMS

Egamberdy Kabulov. ON THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN KYRGYZSTAN

Anna Shelest. THE GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN CONFLICT, ENEGY PROJECTS, AND SECURITY OF THE BLACK SEA-CASPIAN REGION

Mikhail Volkhonskiy. MEDVEDEV-SARKOZY’S SIX POINTS: THE DIPLOMATIC ASPECT OF THE SOUTH OSSETIAN SETTLEMENT

The Special Feature section in the next issues will discuss:

• Energy Policy and Energy Projects in Central Eurasia
• Regional Centers of Power and their Policy in Central Eurasia
• Central Eurasia: Politics Today