CRIA: Announces call for papers for its Winter 2009 issue to be published at the end of January 2009

Call for Papers for the Winter 2009 issue (Vol. 3, No. 1) of the Caucasian Review of International Affairs

Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) announces call for papers for its Winter 2009 issue to be published at the end of January 2009. Deadline for submissions is December 31, 2008.

Submission guidelines can be found at
http://cria-online.org/Submit_a_Paper.html .

CRIA is particularly interested in papers on the following topics:

- Prospects of the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after the recent developments in the region;
- Refugee issues due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict;
- Recent attempts of rapprochement in Turkish-Armenian relations and their prospects;
- Did Kosovo establish precedent for the conflicts in the Caucasus?
- GUAM and its role in the security of the member-states;
- The recent initiatives for the stability in the Caucasus their prospects;
- European Union and the conflict resolution in the South Caucasus;
- What should the West do in Georgia? What roles for the EU?
- Western energy interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia;
- Islam in the Caucasus;
- Iranian nuclear program and its implications for the South Caucasus ;
- Germany and Caucasus;
- Russian policy towards the South Caucasus;
- Georgia and its NATO-membership aspirations;
- Integration of the South Caucasus to the Euro-Atlantic structures;
- Prospects of the South Caucasian Regional Security;
- Global financial crisis and the South Caucasus;
- Israel in the Caucasus;
- Azerbaijan 's relations with the Moslem world;
- Foreign Policy of the new Armenian Government;
- Iran-Armenia relations;
- Azerbaijani community of Iran;
- Legal status of the Caspian Sea;
- China in Central Asia;
- Foreign Policy of Turkmenistan under the new government;
- Turkey and PKK;
- Realist view on Turkey 's accession to the EU;
- Iran-Turkey relations;
- Ukraine 's foreign policy - NATO and EU versus Russia;
- Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US its influence over US foreign policy;
- The American Elections and it's possible impact on Eurasia
- Obama's foreign policy towards Turkey - he issues of Cyprus and Armenian Genocide";
- New administration in Washington and its possible Caucasus policy;
- Interests of the US policy in the South Caucasus.

This is a preliminary list. Please feel free to offer alternative topics, including book reviews to the Editor.

The CRIA is a Germany-based quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The last issue of the Review can be viewed at www.cria-online.org.

Best regards,
Nasimi Aghayev
Editor-in-Chief
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
www.cria-online.org
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