Central Asia and the Caucasus

Martin Malek. TERMS OF REFERENCE OF SECURITY POLICY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS

Irina Komissina. INDIA: COOPERATION WITH THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES IN REGIONAL SECURITY

Rauf Guseinov. SOUTH CAUCASUS: POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE SPREAD OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS

Artur Atanesian. TERRORISM, ITS ROOTS AND THREATS: CURRENT TRENDS ANALYZED

Sarfaroz Niyozov. SHI‘A ISMAILI TRADITION IN CENTRAL ASIA: EVOLUTION, CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES

Iakov Trofimov. RELIGION IN THE SOCIAL-POLITICAL CONTEXT OF KAZAKHSTAN

Cholpon Chotaeva. ISLAM IN THE SOCIAL-POLITICAL CONTEXT OF KYRGYZSTAN

Igor Savin. HIZB UT-TAHRIR IN SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN: SOCIAL MAKEUP

Georgy Siamashvili. THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE IN GEORGIA

Pavel Krayniuchenko. ISLAM IN THE STAVROPOL TERRITORY

Alexander Dzadziev. THE OSSET-INGUSH CONFLICT: THE ROOTS AND THE PRESENT DAY

Paata Veshapidze. THE GEORGIAN-ABKHAZIAN CONFLICT: WHAT NEXT? View from the Left Bank of the Inguri

Rita Kuznetsova. WOMEN IN ABKHAZIA BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR

Sergei Zhiltsov. RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN CASPIAN AND RUSSIAN POLICY

Veniamin Ginsburg, Manuella Troschke. THE EXPORT OF TURKMENISTAN’S ENERGY RESOURCES

Vladimir Saprykin. UKRAINE’S ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE: WHOSE OIL AND WHERE SHOULD IT GO?

Asbed Kotchikian. GEORGIAN-ARMENIAN RELATIONS: BETWEEN OLD AND NEW

Rovshan Guliev. AZERBAIJAN’S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS: Retrospective Analysis and Solution Prospects

Sergei Kliashtorniy. RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: GEOPOLITICAL ALTERNATIVES AND CIVILIZATIONAL CHOICE

Aziz Niiazi. THE SOUTH OF THE CIS: FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Yaroslav Zhalilo. UKRAINE: EURASIAN INTEGRATION OR EUROPEAN CHOICE?

Zhuldyzbek Abylkhozhin. KAZAKHSTAN: RURALIZATION OF CITIES AND ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN “MODERNIST” AND “TRADITIONALIST” IDENTITY

Sergei Iliashenko. ON THE MIGRATION PROCESSES IN THE REPUBLIC OF DAGHESTAN

Eteri Kvirikashvili. JEWISH EMIGRATION FROM GEORGIA TO ISRAEL

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

• Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Nation Building
• Tightening Regional Security
• Ethnic Relations and Population Migration