No. 6, Issue 18, 2002

IN THIS ISSUE:
REGIONAL CONFLICTS

Elkhan Nuriyev, Kamil Salimov. THE REALITIES AND PROSPECTS FOR SETTLING THE KARABAKH CONFLICT. Could There Be an International Peace Enforcement Operation?

Vladimir Priakhin. THE “BLACK GARDEN” OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: NAGORNY KARABAKH AND THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD ORDER

POWER AND ELECTIONS

Azhdar Kurtov. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Shakhin Abbasov, Farid Gakhramanly. AZERBAIJAN: ELECTIONS AND POWER

Tamara Mchedlishvili. ELECTION IN GEORGIA—THE STUMBLING BLOCK FOR POLITICAL PARTIES

Levan Berdzenishvili. GEORGIA AFTER THE LOCAL ELECTIONS OF 2 JUNE, 2002

Iuri Buluktaev. ELECTIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN AS AN INDICATOR OF DEMOCRATIZATION

Nur Omarov. POWER AT THE CROSSROADS: APROPOS OF A CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SITUATION IN KYRGYZSTAN

REGIONAL POLITICS

Farkhod Tolipov. WAR ON TERROR AND THE SECURITY DILEMMA

Adil Kozhikhov. MIDDLE EAST AND THE CASPIAN IN THE U.S. ENERGY STRATEGY

Nelly Portnova. LINGUISTIC POLICY IN KYRGYZSTAN

Andrew F. March. ON IDEOLOGICAL FORMULATION AND TRANSMISSION IN ISLAM KARIMOV’S “IDEOLOGY OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE”

REGIONAL ARMED FORCES

Rustam Burnashev, Irina Chernykh. THE ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Tamaz Papuashvili. ON THE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE IN GEORGIA

Valentin Bushkov, Tokhin Kalandarov. ISMAILITES OF TAJIKISTAN: TRADITIONS AND THE PRESENT DAY

Ravil Gainutdin. MUSLIMS IN RUSSIA: WHO ARE THEY?!

Garun Kurbanov. RELIGION IN POST-SOVIET DAGHESTAN: SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Ghoncheh Tazmini. JADIDISM: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ISLAMIC MODERNITY IN IRAN

ETHNIC RELATIONS

Magomed Kurbanov. REPRESSIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLES OF DAGHESTAN: REHABILITATION PROBLEMS

Ainura Elebaeva. MIGRATION IN POST-SOVIET KYRGYZSTAN: NATURE, TRENDS, AND TYPES

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Leonid Friedman. STRUCTURAL SHIFTS IN THE EMPLOYMENT SPHERE IN CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

Haiot Odinaev, Saiid Pirov. TAJIKISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INTENSIFYING FOREIGN TRADE

Roman Gotsiridze. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN BLOCKADED ABKHAZIA

Naira Airumian. POSTWAR ECONOMY OF NAGORNY KARABAKH

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

  • Russia and the West: Cooperation or Competition?
  • Muslim Centers of Power (Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey): Their Impact on the Local Situation
  • Political Development Trends in the Context of International Antiterrorist Campaign