Volume 15, Issue 3, 2014

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
English Edition Journal of Social and Political Studies
Volume 15, Issue 3, 2014
IN THIS ISSUE:

REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Wang Shuchun, Wan Qingsong. THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT AND THE EEU—RIVALS OR PARTNERS?

Farrukh Usmonov. THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION: RUSSIA’S VIEW ON IRAN’S CANDIDACY

Ashot Alexanian. CURRENT CHALLENGES FOR THE INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS: EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN DIMENSIONS

Murat Laumulin. EURASIAN INTEGRATION: VIEWS AND OPINIONS

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Bruno de Cordier. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK IN SOUTHERN EURASIA: IDENTITY-FRAMED COOPERATION OR CHANNEL FOR ARAB GULF INVESTMENT?

Talant Sultanov, Bermet Imanalieva, Isabek Asanbaev. KYRGYZSTAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL RATINGS (Dynamics for 2005-2013)

GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY

Mahir Khalifazadeh. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S RUSSIA “RESET” POLICY AND THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Farkhod Tolipov. CENTRAL ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN: THE SECURITY COMPLEX DILEMMA

Valeria Gianjumian. TURKISH POLICY IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Guli Yuldasheva. IRAN IN RUSSIA’S CENTRAL ASIAN POLICY

ENERGY POLICY

Sergei Zhiltsov. PIPELINES IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CASPIAN REGION: COMPETITION TAKES A NEW TURN

NATION-BUILDING

Beka Chedia. THE PARADIGM OF POST-SOVIET POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN GEORGIA

Asel Murzakulova. ACQUIRING LEGITIMACY: THE IMPACT OF CIS INTERPARLIAMENTARY INSTITUTIONS ON POST-SOVIET PARLIAMENTARIANISM

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

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

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