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IN THIS ISSUE

REGIONAL SECURITY

Nick Megoran, John Heathershaw. DANGER AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Eldar Gabdullin, Aida Abirova. A NEW TURN IN U.S. POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN AND CONCOMITANT RISKS FOR CENTRAL ASIA

Abdolreza Farajirad, Javad Khansari, Zahra Radmehr, Mohamad Darkhor. TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN AND INSTABILITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Levon Hovsepian. TURKEY AND RUSSIA: MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION TODAY AND TOMORROW

RELIGION IN  SOCIETY

Kadyrzhan Smagulov. THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION TODAY IN KAZAKHSTAN

Elena Burova. KAZAKHSTAN: THE PHENOMENON OF “IMPOSED IDENTITY”

Vladimir Ivanov. RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF TURKEY’S POLICY IN AJARIA AND THE GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Vakhit Akaev. THE HISTORY AND SPECIFICS OF THE ISLAMIC RENAISSANCE TODAY IN THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC

NATION-BUILDING

Bakhodyr Ergashev. TRADE UNIONS IN THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS: PRESENT STATE, PROBLEMS, AND PROSPECTS

Ashot Alexanian. THE CIVILIARCHIC FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL DEMOCRATIZATION IN ARMENIA

REGIONAL POLITICS

Leon Rozmarin. CONVERGENCE AND CONFLICT: THE “STRUCTURE” AND POLICIES AFFECTING RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA, CHINA, AND THE UNITED STATES

Evgenia Gaber. TURKEY IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA: THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD

Farkhad Tolipov. ON UZBEKISTAN’S GRAND STRATEGY

ENERGY POLICY

Rustam Makhmudov. ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL ASIA’S OIL AND GAS RESERVES AND THEIR BUDDING SALES MARKETS (THE EU AND CHINA)

Sevak Sarukhanian. ARMENIA’S ENERGY SECURITY: MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Ashot Markosian, Makar Petrosian. THE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT