Vol. 19 No. 1 (2018): CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

REGIONAL POLICY

• Konstantin Syroyezhkin, Svetlana Kozhirova. EVOLUTION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY: LEGACY AND INNOVATION

• Sergey Ryazantsev, Roman Manshin, Zafar Vazirov, Mirzokosim Karimov. CHINA’S INFLUENCE ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: METHODS AND CONSEQUENCES

• Erbolat Sergazin, Zhanar Esimova, Aygul Kozhakhmetova, Manshuk Mukasheva. SECURITY STRATEGY AS A FACTOR IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

POLITICS TODAY

• Sergey Zhiltsov, Dmitriy Slisovskiy, Nadezhda Shulenina, Elena Markova. SHAPING NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES: RESULTS, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS

• Ali Salgiriev, Maret Betilmerzaeva, MagomedSoltamuradov, Magomed-Emi Shamsuev. SPECIFIC INTERESTS OF THE NORTH CAUCASIAN ELITES AS A CONFLICT POTENTIAL

• Leyla Arapkhanova. AN ANALYSIS OF THE ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLIC OF INGUSHETIA YUNUS-BEK EVKUROV BEFORE THE PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY IN 2010-2017: PROSPECTS OF GROWTH AND OVERCOMING THREATS

• Maret Betilmerzaeva, Ali Salgiriev, Magomed Soltamuradov, Vakha Gaziev. SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUST IN CHECHEN SOCIETY

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

• Mukhtar Senggirbay. SUFI IDEOLOGY, SHAMANIST RITUALS: HOW RELIGIOUS GROUPS BECAME POPULAR IN KAZAKHSTAN?

• Layla Khusnutdinova, Ramil Istamgalin, Evgeniy Efimenko, Liana Sadykova. IN SEARCH OF A CONFESSIONAL COMPROMISE IN THE “RELIGION-SOCIETY-THE STATE” CONTEXT

• Svetlana Lyausheva, Irina Karabulatova, Zuriet Zhade, Nadezhda Ilyinova. THE ISLAMIC UMMAH OF RUSSIA AND ISIS: ISLAMIC RADICALISM IN THE TURKIC-SPEAKING REGIONS