Central Asia and the Caucasus

Gulnoza Saidazimova. ISLAM AND THE WEST: IS A “DIALOG OF CIVILIZATIONS” POSSIBLE? Islam and Fundamentalism in the Globalization Age

Vladimir Plastun. THAT MULTIFARIOUS ISLAM…

Tamaz Papuashvili. WHENCE RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

Orozbek Moldaliev. ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN CENTRAL ASIA

Nargis Kassenova. RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN CENTRAL ASIA—SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY IN THE MAKING?

Elvira Mamytova. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND EXTREMISM IN CENTRAL ASIA

Bahodir Sidikov. RELIGIOUS CONTEXT IN UZBEKISTAN: ROOTS AND SOURCES

Bahodyr Musaev. RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM THREATENS UZBEKISTAN

Enver Kisriev. ISLAM’S POLITICAL ROLE IN DAGHESTAN

Rawan Farhadi. ISLAM AND THE WAR OF LIBERATION IN AFGHANISTAN

Alexander Kniazev. AFGHANISTAN. RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM. THE YEAR 2000

Xu Tao. EXTREMIST THREAT IN NORTHWESTERN CHINA

Stanislav Cherniavskiy. THE CAUCASUS VECTOR OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY

Ertan Efegil. RUSSIAN POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Viacheslav Maslov. THE ROLE OF STATE STRUCTURES IN ENSURING POLITICAL STABILITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Irina Komissina, Azhdar Kurtov. NARCOTIC “GLOW” OVER CENTRAL ASIA—A NEW THREAT TO CIVILIZATION

Paata Dzhincharadze. SHOULD RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES BE WITHDRAWN FROM GEORGIA: SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE SITUATION

Vakhid Akaev. MUFTI KADYROV: PERSON, RELIGIOUS FIGURE, POLITICIAN

Viktor Korgun. AFGHAN FACTOR IN REGIONAL GEOPOLITICS

Viacheslav Komarov. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE TRANSCAUCASUS

Ashot Egiazarian. ARMENIA’S TAX POLICY: ECONOMIC SECURITY ANGLE

Manzura Sultanova. TAJIKISTAN IN THE CONTEXT OF CIS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Evgenii Abdullaev. RUSSIANS IN UZBEKISTAN AS AN URBAN SUB-ETHNOS (Attempt at Social and Cultural Analysis)

Valentin Bushkov, Lydia Monogarova. ETHNIC PROCESSES IN GORNY BADAKHSHAN

The Special Feature column in the next issue will discuss:

• Regional and State Security
• Energy Projects: Present and Future
• Political and Economic Reforms: Trends and Tendencies