Central Asia and the Caucasus

Zaynidin Kurmanov. EVOLUTION IN THE PARTY STRUCTURE IN KYRGYZSTAN

Abdurrauf Saidmuradov. UZBEKISTAN: POLITICAL PARTIES ON THE EVE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Ramiz Sevdimaliev. ON THE CIVILIZATIONAL AND ISLAMIC NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

Sergey Markedonov. TERRORISM IN CHECHNIA: DEFINITION OF THE PHENOMENON AND ITS EXPLANATION

Malkhaz Saldadze. DEFROSTING THE CONFLICT IN TSKHINVALI: IS THE “REVOLUTION OF ROSES” STILL GOING ON?

Afti Tepsaev. THE REAL AND IMAGINED ABOUT THE CONFLICT IN CHECHNIA

Taleh Ziyadov. PROSPECTS OF CASPIAN GAS AND ITS POTENTIAL MARKETS

Rauf Guseynov. RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES IN CENTRAL ASIA

Bulat Khusainov, Kanat Berentaev. KAZAKHSTAN: PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR AND IMPROVING THE SYSTEM FOR TAXING SUBSURFACE USERS

Vladimir Saprykin. GAZPROM OF RUSSIA IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

Gennadi Petrov. TAJIKISTAN’S ENERGY PROJECTS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Mikhail Tulsky. A SPLIT IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MUSLIMS OF RUSSIA: 1994-2004

Zhao Huasheng. CHINA, RUSSIA, AND THE U.S.: THEIR INTERESTS, POSTURES, AND INTERRELATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Iaroslav Matiichik. GUUAM: ITS CURRENT STATE, RISKS, AND PROSPECTS

Natalia Mkhitarian. CONSOLIDATION OF THE TURKIC WORLD IN THE IDEOLOGY AND POLITICAL PRACTICE OF OFFICIAL ANKARA (Retrospective Stage-by-Stage Analysis)

Anara Beyshembaeva. KYRGYZSTAN: MENTALITY AND MODERNIZATION

Alexander Salitskiy. ASIAN MONEY: A NEW QUALITY

Gulmira Kurganbaeva. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

Otar Kandelaki. GEORGIA: ECONOMIC POLICY AFTER THE “REVOLUTION OF ROSES”

Mamuka Komakhia. GEORGIA’S AZERBAIJANIS: PROBLEMS OF CIVILIAN INTEGRATION

Meiram Baigazin. THE MIGRATION SITUATION IN KAZAKHSTAN

Vladimir Mesamed. UZBEK CINEMA: A SLOW REVIVAL

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

• Political Development Trends in the Context of International Antiterrorist Campaign
• Geopolitical Landmarks
• Party Development