Volume 15, Issue 2, 2014

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
English Edition Journal of Social and Political Studies
Volume 15, Issue 2, 2014
IN THIS ISSUE:

GLOBALIZATION AND GEOPOLITICS

Grant Mikaelian. EASTERN PARTNERSHIP FROM PRAGUE TO VILNIUS. WHAT WENT WRONG?

Rustem Zhanguzhin. THE EURASIAN UNION CONCEPT: POLITICAL OR CIVILIZATIONAL?

Gouli Yuldasheva. THE IRANIAN-PAKISTANI FACTOR IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA

Kubat Umurzakov, Nazira Tyulyundieva. THE PROSPECTS OF KYRGYZSTAN’S ACCESSION TO THE CUSTOMS UNION AND COMMON ECONOMIC SPACE

Sergey Minasian. AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA: ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONS

Rasoul Rezae Faramani, Heydar Moradi. UZBEKISTAN: A REGIONAL POWER IN CENTRAL ASIA? REALITY OR DILEMMA?

ENERGY POLICY

Sreemati Ganguli. CENTRAL ASIA-SOUTH ASIA ENERGY COOPERATION: QUEST FOR ENERGY SECURITY AS A DEPENDENCY VARIABLE

Roman Melikian. THE EU’S ENERGY PRIORITIES IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

Maxim Kirchanov. RELIGIOUS PARTIES IN GEORGIA: POLITICAL PLATFORMS AND IDEOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Kanatbek Murzakhalilov. THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF KYRGYZSTAN IN 1991-2013: GROWING PAINS

Zayniddin Nabotov. OFFICIAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN TAJIKISTAN. IMAM E AZAM ABU HANIFA ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF TAJIKISTAN: PAST AND PRESENT

ETHNICITIES AND ETHNIC RELATIONS

Irina Babich. URGENT PROBLEMS OF THE WESTERN CIRCASSIANS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Dosmir Uzbekov, Zaynidin Kurmanov. UIGHURS AS POLITICAL ACTORS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

NATION-BUILDING

Saodat Olimova, Muzaffar Olimov. PUBLIC OPINION, DEMOCRACY, AND AUTHORITARIANISM IN CENTRAL ASIA

Rashid Gani Abdullo. THE 2013 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: LEGITIMACY AND THE ISLAMIC REVIVAL PARTY OF TAJIKISTAN

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