No. 5 (11), 2001

IN THIS ISSUE:
DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Azer Allakhveranov. THE THIRD SECTOR IN AZERBAIJAN: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Sergei Diachenko. POLITICAL PARTIES OF KAZAKHSTAN IN THE ELECTION CONTEXT

Resul Yalcin. THE FORMATION OF A MULTIPARTY SYSTEM IN UZBEKISTAN

Arslan Tookson. UZBEKISTAN: DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN A TRANSITION PERIOD

Baglan Mailybaev. CONTINUITY OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION: PROBLEMS OF REALIZATION (Yeltsin-Putin study case)

REGIONAL CONFLICTS

Afrand Dashdamirov. IDEOLOGICAL CONTRADICTIONS OF ETHNIC POLICIES IN THE CAUCASUS

Megumi Nishimura. NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE TRANSCAUCASUS: INCONSISTENCY AND DOMESTIC RESPONSE

Edisher Khoshtaria-Brosse. THE CAUCASIAN POLITICAL TANGLE: PAST AND PRESENT

Sanobar Shermatova. THE OIL FACTOR IN THE CHECHEN CONFLICT

SPECIAL FEATURE
THE REGIONAL CENTERS OF POWER: THEIR IMPACT ON CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

Bülent Aras. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD TRANSCAUCASUS

Abbas Maleki. IRAN AND TURAN: APROPOS OF IRAN’S RELATIONS WITH CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASIAN REPUBLICS

Bao Yi. CHINA’S STRATEGIC INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA. COOPERATION WITH CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

Dmitri Trofimov. TASHKENT BETWEEN ANKARA AND TEHRAN: LESSONS OF THE 1990s AND OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE

Elena Urazova. TRENDS IN TURKEY’S ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH POST-SOVIET TURKIC STATES

Marina Kazakova, Irina Komissina. PAKISTAN: GEO-ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Esen Usubaliev. JAPANESE POLITICS IN CENTRAL ASIA IN VIEW OF ANOTHER POSSIBLE CENTER OF POWER

REGIONAL POLITICS

Sergei Golunov. THE POST-SOVIET BORDERS OF CENTRAL ASIA: SECURITY AND COOPERATION

Irina Perepelitsa. GUUAM IN A NEW GEOPOLITICAL AND GEO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT

Zulfiia Rakhimova. UZBEKISTAN IN GUUAM AND THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

Rasim Hassanov. AZERBAIJAN: TRANSFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

Eduard Agajanov. THE FRAGMENTARY AND INDETERMINATE NATURE OF THE REFORMS AS A NEGATIVE FACTOR IN ARMENIA’S DEVELOPMENT

DEMOGRAPHY

Cholpon Jakupova. KYRGYZSTAN’S EXPERIENCE IN RESOLVING THE REFUGEE PROBLEM

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

  • Ten Years of Independence: Political and Economic Results
  • Ethnic Conflicts and Disputed Territories
  • Inter-state and Interregional Integration