Central Asia and the Caucasus

No. 6, Issue 42, 2006

Sergey Tolstov. ENERGY SECURITY IN THE INTERRELATIONS AMONG THE EU, RF, UKRAINE, AND CENTRAL ASIA

Murat Laumulin. GAZPROM AS A TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION AND CENTRAL ASIA. Part Two

Leonid Sjukijainen. ISLAMIC POLITICAL AND LEGAL THOUGHT IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS TO NEW CHALLENGES

Marian Abisheva, Timur Shaymergenov. RELIGIOUS-POLITICAL EXTREMISM IN CENTRAL ASIA: WHY AND HOW IT IS SPREADING

Ruslan Kurbanov. GLOBALIZATION OF MUSLIM CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CAUCASUS: ISLAMIC CALL AND JIHAD

Malkhaz Matsaberidze. GEORGIA AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF ORTHODOXY

Mukhit Asanbaev. RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN KAZAKHSTAN: POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND RISK FACTORS

Alexander Krylov. RELIGION IN THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZSTAN

Zaid Abdulagatov. WAHHABISM AND JADIDISM IN ISLAMIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN DAGHESTAN: PARALLELS AND CONTRADICTIONS

Alexey Sukhov. POST-SOVIET RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN KYRGYZSTAN: HIZB UT-TAHRIR

Ikbaldjon Mirsayitov. THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN: DEVELOPMENT STAGES AND ITS PRESENT STATE

Serik Primbetov. INTEGRATION PROSPECTS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Nabi Ziadullaev. CENTRAL ASIA IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: CURRENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

Sergey Diachenko. PARLIAMENTARISM IN KAZAKHSTAN: KEY TO THE COUNTRY’S DEMOCRATIZATION

Guram Svanidze. NATIONAL MINORITIES IN GEORGIA: PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION AND LEGAL STATUS

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

• Political Parties and Civil Society
• Fifteen Years of Independence: the Central Asian and Caucasian Countries Sum Up the Political and Economic Results of This Period
• China’s Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects