Central Asia and the Caucasus

Lasha Tchantouridze. EURASIA, GEOPOLITICS, AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

Murat Laumulin. GEOPOLITICAL LANDMARKS: CENTRAL ASIA TODAY

Bakhodyr Ergashev. PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION IN CENTRAL ASIA: PROGRESS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Lidia Karmazina. INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: PAST AND PRESENT

Thrassyvoulos N. Marketos. EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AND THE BALKANS: A BATTLEGROUND FOR THE U.S.-RUSSIA STRUGGLE FOR THE GEOSTRATEGIC CONTROL OF EURASIA

Yuri Morozov. RUSSIA, THE WEST, AND THE SCO COUNTRIES IN THE CENTRAL EURASIA ENERGY PROJECTS

Vladimir Matveev. CHINA’S GAS POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Rustam Makhmudov. RUSSIA AND IRAN: ATTEMPTS TO IMPLEMENT NEW STRATEGIC STEPS IN THE CASPIAN-CENTRAL ASIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

Haroutiun Khachatrian. ARMENIA’S ENERGY SECTOR: A REGIONAL ACTOR WITH NO ENERGY RESOURCES

Galia Esenova. KAZAKHSTAN’S FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX: REFORMS, PROBLEMS, AND PROSPECTS

Demur Chomakhidze. EFFICIENT USE OF FUEL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN GEORGIA’S ENERGY POLICY

Bruno De Cordier. A Eurasian Islam? (A vision on the position and evolution of Islam and Islamism in former Soviet Central Asia and the Caspian)

Steven Sabol. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND CENTRAL ASIA: PREMATURE ASSESSMENTS

Malkhaz Matsaberidze. RUSSIA AND GEORGIA: POST-SOVIET METAMORPHOSES OF MUTUAL RELATIONS

Nicolas Lemay-Hébert. THE “FROZEN CONFLICT” THAT TURNED HOT: CONFLICTING STATE-BUILDING ATTEMPTS IN SOUTH OSSETIA

Odd Gunnar Skagestad. CHECHNIA—THE OSCE EXPERIENCE 1995-2003

The Special Feature section in the next issues will discuss:

•  Central Eurasia: Politics Today
•  Security Issues in Central Eurasia
•  Russia, the U.S., and the EU: Their Policy in Central Eurasia