Volume 15, Issue 1, 2014

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
English Edition Journal of Social and Political Studies
Volume 15, Issue 1, 2014
IN THIS ISSUE:

GLOBALIZATION AND GEOPOLITICS

Oleg Belorus. GLOBAL FORECASTS AND DEVELOPMENT REALITIES OF THE WORLD-SYSTEM OF GLOBALISM

Murat Laumulin. EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN THE GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT OF POST-SOVIET SPACE

Sergey Zhiltsov. THE CASPIAN REGION AT THE CROSSROADS OF GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES

Abdurasul Kayumov, Elena Omelchenko. THE ROLE OF NON-REGIONAL POWERS IN CENTRAL ASIAN WATER AND ENERGY NEXUS

Mohammad Darkhor, Alireza Salehi. THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF AFGHANISTAN AND THEIR IMPACT ON IRANIAN NATIONAL SECURITY

Johnny Melikyan. GEORGIA’S FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE OCTOBER 2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Vakhit Akaev. RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ELITES IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: FORMATION, IDEOLOGICAL CONTRADICTIONS, AND PRACTICAL OPPOSITION

Nazira Kurbanova. ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN KYRGYZSTAN

NATION-BUILDING

Bermet Imanalieva. THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION IN IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL ELECTION STANDARDS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Yulia Komlyakova. DEMOCRATIZATION IN POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA: AMERICAN IMPACT

Rakhmatullo Abdulloev. INFLUENCE OF THE ETHNIC FACTOR ON THE FORMATION OF AFGHAN STATEHOOD

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Michael P. Barry. WHAT IF RUSSIA SHUT OFF UKRAINE’S GAS AGAIN? A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL

Azamatzhon Zokhidov. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS IN CENTRAL ASIA: FACTORS, INTERDEPENDENCE, AND INTEGRATION PROBLEMS

Sulton Rakhimov, Anvar Kamolidinov. FROM THE ARAL TO ROGUN: THE WATER SITUATION IN THE AMU DARYA BASIN TODAY

MASS MEDIA

Eric Freedman, Richard Shafer. PRESS SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: IMPEDIMENTS IN THE TRANSITION TO “DEMOCRATIC JOURNALISM” IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next three issues will discuss:

  • Central Eurasia: Integration Processes
  • Central Eurasia: Religion in the Sociopolitical Context
  • Central Eurasia: Politics Today