Central Asia and the Caucasus

Arbakhan Magomedov, Ruslan Nikerov. CASPIAN ENERGY RESOURCES AND THE “PIPELINE WAR” IN EUROPE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ENERGY GEOPOLITICS IN NORTHERN EURASIA

Vladimir Paramonov, Alexey Strokov. CHINA IN CENTRAL ASIA: ENERGY INTERESTS AND ENERGY POLICY

Valentina Kasymova, Batyrkul Baetov. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: ENERGY POLICY AND PROJECTS

Georgi Petrov. CONFLICT OF INTERESTS BETWEEN HYRDOPOWER ENGINEERING AND IRRIGATION IN CENTRAL ASIA: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS

Alexey Fominykh. PROJECTING “SOFT POWER:” AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA

Jannatkhan Eyvazov. CENTRAL EURASIA THROUGH THE PRISM OF TURKEY’S SECURITY INTERESTS

Raheleh Behzadi. IRAN’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CASPIAN SEA BASIN.  Oscillation between National Interests and Islamic Adventures

Haroutiun Khachatrian. THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN NORMALIZATION BID IN 2008-2010: AN ARMENIAN VIEW

Akhman Saidmuradov, Ekaterina Puseva. THE GREATER CENTRAL ASIA CONCEPT IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN REGION

Murat Laumulin. CENTRAL ASIA AS VIEWED BY CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ANALYSTS

Maxim Kirchanov. THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT VECTORS OF GEORGIAN NATIONALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY. Between the Traditions of the Political Nation and the Challenges of Radicalization

Nikolai Borisov. KURMANBEK BAKIEV AS ASKAR AKAEV’S POLITICAL SUCCESSOR: FAILURE TO CONSOLIDATE THE POLITICAL REGIME IN KYRGYZSTAN

Andrei Galliev. CRISIS FACTORS IN KYRGYZSTAN: THE REGIONAL, CLAN, AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE

Zhyldyz Urmanbetova. KYRGYZSTAN: TODAY AND TOMORROW

Kanatbek Murzakhalilov, Mirajiddin Arynov. TABLIGHI JAMAAT IN KYRGYZSTAN: ITS LOCAL SPECIFICS AND POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

• Regional Centers of Power and their Policy in Central Eurasia
• Central Eurasia: Politics Today
• Central Eurasia: Religion in the Sociopolitical Context