No. 5, Issue 17, 2002

IN THIS ISSUE:
ANTITERRORIST CAMPAIGN

Alexei Fenenko. WASHINGTON’S “ANNIHILATION STRATEGY” IN THE AFGHAN OPERATION

Sergei Okhotnikov. CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE ANTITERRORIST OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN

Laura Bagdasarian. THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER CONTEXT: WHO WANTS TERRORISTS?

Rashid Abdullo. TAJIKISTAN AND THE ANTITERRORIST CAMPAIGN IN AFGHANISTAN

CIVIL SOCIETY

Bakhodir Fakhritdinov. CIVILIAN MOVEMENTS AND PARTIES IN UZBEKISTAN: DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND PROBLEMS

REGIONAL POLITICS

Farkhod Khamraev. CONFERENCE ON INTERACTION AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES IN ASIA: PROSPECTS AND POTENTIALS

Viatcheslav Avioutskii. THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS AS RUSSIA’S “INTERNAL ABROAD”

Oleg Barabanov. THE “GREATER ALTAI:” TRANSBORDER REGIONAL COOPERATION AT THE MEETING PLACE OF CENTRAL ASIA AND SIBERIA

David Gudiashvili. TURKEY AND THE RUSSO-CHECHEN WAR OF 1994-1996

Islam Nazarov. RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND AZERBAIJAN TODAY AND IN THE NEAREST FUTURE

Tigran Akopian. POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ARMENIA (Sources, Public Perception, Ways to Overcome the Problem)

Zurab Davitashvili. GEORGIA: NEUTRALITY OR ORIENTATION TO THE WEST?

Tamar Mikadze. CRISIS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION FROM GEORGIA

Nurgul Kerimbekova, Vladimir Galitskiy. ON THE STATE BORDER BETWEEN KYRGYZSTAN AND CHINA

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Damir Gabbasov. THE ISLAMIC FACTOR AND KAZAKHSTAN’S NATIONAL SECURITY

Garun Kurbanov. HOW DAGHESTAN IS OPPOSING RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

Viacheslav Shved. THE ISLAMIC FACTOR AND UKRAINE’S STRATEGIC INTERESTS

MASS MEDIA

Fatima Muminova. NATIONAL IDENTITY, NATIONAL MENTALITY, AND THE MEDIA

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Sergei Smirnov. THE FABLES AND FOIBLES OF AZERBAIJAN’S OIL POLICY

Baadur Tsereteli. GEORGIA’S FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS: TRENDS, PRIORITIES, AND PROSPECTS

Vladimir Saprykin. EU-UKRAINE-RUSSIA: FURTHER GAS DIALOG AS A GUARANTEE OF EUROPE’S ENERGY SECURITY

ETHNIC RELATIONS

Aigul Zabirova. ASTANA: A CITY LIKE OTHERS OR A CATALYST OF CHANGES?

Antonina Zakharova. SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN: NEW TRENDS IN NATIONAL COMPOSITION AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE ETHNIC SITUATION IN THE REGION

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

  • Power and Elections
  • Russia and the West: Cooperation or Competition?
  • Centers of Power in the Muslim World (Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey): Their Impact on the Local Situation