Vol. 21 No. 1 (2020): CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

REGIONAL POLICY

• Ahmad Naser Vakhshiteh, Marina Lapenko, Aigerim Ospanova. MOSCOW-ANKARA-TEHRAN: A TRIPARTITE TACTICAL ALLIANCE IN THE SYRIAN CRISIS

• Erzhan Kerimbaev, Nabizhan Mukhametkhanuly, Aynur Turgenbay, Zaure Nabizhankyzy. MAIN FACTORS OF CHINA’S SOFT POWER IN CENTRAL ASIA

• Olga Timakova. STRATEGY OF THE GULF COUNTRIES: SPECIAL ASPECTS OF POLICY TOWARDS CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

• Sergey Zhiltsov. JAPAN’S POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

• Araz Aslanli, Nazim Jafarov. SYRIAN CRISIS AND THE SOUTH CAUCASUS STATES

• Vladimir Karyakin. GEOPOLITICAL REGIONALISTICS: THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST AS THE “HEARTLAND” OF THE 21ST-CENTURY WORLD-SYSTEM

• Assel Tokeyeva, Dauletbek Rayev, Dinara Dauen. BELT AND ROAD: BENEFITS AND PROSPECTS FOR KAZAKHSTAN

• Kulipa Baisultanova, Elmira Kagazbaeva, Dinara Dauen, Zhanar Yesserkepova. ISSUES IN FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING OF POLITICAL CULTURE IN POST-SOVIET KAZAKHSTAN

REGIONAL INTEGRATION

• Aidarbek Amirbek, Kanat Makhanov, Rashid Tazhibayev, Makpal Anlamassova. THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

• Bauyrjan Makangali, Sagynysh Amirbekova, Marvan Khamitova, Erkin Baydarov. RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SYRIAN CRISIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• Irina Babich. MODERN PROTESTANT IDEOLOGY AND DENATIONALIZATION OF NORTH CAUCASIAN PEOPLES (CASE STUDIES OF NORTH OSSETIA AND ADYGEI)

ETHNIC RELATIONS AND MIGRATION

• Duman Jampeisov, Sergey Ryazantsev, Sergey Peremyshlin, Dauren Jampeisov. MANAGING ETHNIC REPATRIATION EXPERIENCE: CENTRAL ASIAN STATES AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION