Central Asia and the Caucasus

Sergey Diachenko. POLITICAL PARTIES OF KAZAKHSTAN IN THE 2005 ELECTION CAMPAIGN: LESSONS, CONCLUSIONS, AND PROSPECTS

Bakyt Baimatov. INDIGENOUS DIMENSIONS OF “CIVIL SOCIETY” IN KYRGYZSTAN—PERSPECTIVES FROM THE MARGINS

Shamsiddin Karimov. DIALECTICS OF THE EMERGENCE OF A CIVIL SOCIETY AND STATE SUPPORT OF NGOS IN TAJIKISTAN

Rafael Ultanbaev. EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN NEW INTEGRATION CONDITIONS

Vladimir Babak. THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR IN KAZAKHSTAN

Sergey Smirnov. TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Lasha Tchantouridze. KYRGYZSTAN AT A CROSSROADS: FACING THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF THE TULIP REVOLUTION

Zalkar Kamalov. THE INVESTMENT SECTOR AND TNC ACTIVITIES IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Atajan Iazmuradov. GREATER SOUTH ASIA—AMERICA’S NEW REGIONAL APPROACH TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA: HOW IT IS DEVELOPING AND WHAT PROMPTED IT

Nikolai Silaev. GUAM AND THE SMALLER GAME IN THE POST-SOVIET EXPANSE

Yelda Demirağ. PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Sossi Tatikian. EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION TRENDS OF THE SOUTH CAUCASIAN STATES

Zakir Chotaev. THE MULTILATERAL STRUCTURES AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF RUSSIA’S SECURITY POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Timur Dadabaev. LIVING CONDITIONS, INTRA-SOCIETAL TRUST, AND PUBLIC CONCERNS IN POST-SOCIALIST TURKMENISTAN

Jan Šír. THE RUSSIAN VECTOR IN TURKMENISTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY

Renat Bekkin. IRAN: EXPERIMENTING WITH THE ISLAMIC ECONOMY

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss: Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Energy Policy and Energy Projects
• Religion in the Sociopolitical Context
• Political Parties and Civil Society