Central Asia and the Caucasus

Viatcheslav Avioutskii. CONFESSIONAL GEOPOLITICS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA AND THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

Garun Kurbanov. SUFISM IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: PHILOSOPHY OF PROTEST

Ivlian Khaindrava. THE CHURCH IN GEORGIA TODAY

Magomed Ramazanov. RUSSIA IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: WHERE DO THE CONFLICTS STEM FROM?

Leila Tania. STRATEGIC VARIANTS: HOW THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA CAN BE SETTLED

Vladimir Priakhin. POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC RECTANGULAR “TBILISI-TSKHINVALI-VLADIKAVKAZ-MOSCOW”: PROSPECTS FOR A GEORGIAN-SOUTH OSSETIAN SETTLEMENT

Tigran Balaian. THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: A LONG-TERM TRUCE

Liatifa Mamedova, Gusein Guseinov. THE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT: PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE

David Babaian. THE KARABAKH CONFLICT AND SELF-DETERMINATION OF AZERBAIJANIANS

Marina Karapetian. THE KARABAKH CONFLICT AND STABILITY IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Daniel Linotte, Megumi Yoshii. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CHECHNIA. A LONG-TERM AND DAUNTING TASK

Farkhod Tolipov. ARE THE HEARTLAND AND RIMLAND CHANGING IN THE WAKE OF THE OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN?

Sergey Minasian. RUSSIA-IRAN: MILITARY-POLITICAL COOPERATION AND ITS PROSPECTS

Farkhad Khamraev. “THE XINJIANG FACTOR” AND CENTRAL ASIAN SECURITY

Robert L. Larsson, Gela Kvashilava. INFORMATION SECURITY IN GEORGIA: ICT DEVELOPMENT AND A NEW AGENDA?

Rustem Zhanguzhin. THE SOUTH CAUCASIAN COUNTRIES ON THE ROAD TO EUROPE (On the Results of a Joint Conference of the Concord Center and the F. Ebert Foundation, Sevan, 23-27 June, 2003)

Sergey Markedonov. NEW COSSACKS IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA: IDEOLOGY, VALUES, AND POLICIES

Veniamin Ginsburg, Manuela Troschke. SHARING THE RESOURCES OF THE CASPIAN SEA: PARTICIPANTS, INTERESTS, AND PROBLEMS

Oleg Sidorov. CENTRAL ASIA’S WATER RESOURCES AS A CAUSE OF REGIONAL CONFLICTS

Natalia Voutova. THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS COMMITMENTS TO THE ORGANIZATION

Ravshanbek Duschanov. OPPORTUNITIES FOR USING WEST EUROPEAN INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA

Nurbek Elebaev. DEVELOPING SECURITIES MARKET IN KYRGYZSTAN: PROBLEMS AND PRIORITIES

Jahangir Kakharov. PRIVATIZATION OF CORPORATIONS IN UZBEKISTAN IN COMPARISON WITH TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

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

• Religion in the Sociopolitical Context
• Statehood Development
• Tightening Regional Security