Central Asia and the Caucasus

Igor Tomberg. CENTRAL ASIAN GAS IN THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT

Konstantin Syroezhkin. CHINA’S PRESENCE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR OF CENTRAL ASIA

Thrassyvoulos (Thrassy) N. Marketos. CHINESE STRATEGY TOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA: ENERGY INTERESTS AND ENERGY SECURITY

Murat Laumulin. CENTRAL ASIA: THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION AND THE THREAT OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

Asiat Buttaeva. ISLAM IN POLYCONFESSIONAL DAGHESTAN

Jannatkhan Eyvazov. STRUCTURAL FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (A POST-SOVIET CENTRAL EURASIA CASE STUDY)

Ahmet Tolga Türker. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Ryan Desseyn, Lasha Tchantouridzé. REALPOLITIK AND THE RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR: THREE YEARS ON

Ksenia Borishpolets, Stanislav Chernyavsky. THE COMMON ECONOMIC SPACE OF RUSSIA, BELARUS, AND KAZAKHSTAN: PRESENT AND FUTURE

Adalat Muradov. AZERBAIJAN’S ACCESSION TO THE WTO: ITS PROPOSALS ON THE SERVICE SPHERE ARE MORE LIBERAL THAN THE COMMITMENTS OF WTO MEMBERS

Mavzuna Karimova. TAJIKISTAN’S ECONOMIC COOPERATION PROSPECTS WITH THE SCO COUNTRIES

Brian J. Bowe, Eric Freedman, Robin Blom. SOCIAL MEDIA, CYBER-DISSENT, AND CONSTRAINTS ON ONLINE POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN CENTRAL ASIA

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:

• Conflicts in Central Eurasia: Past and Present
• Regional and World Centers of Power and Conflicts in Central Eurasia
• Conflict Settlement in Central Eurasia: Mechanisms and Prospects