CALL: The Caucasus and Central Asia, twenty years after independences (ocamagazine.com)

Call For Papers

The Caucasus and Central Asia, twenty years after independences:
Questioning the notion of "South countries"

International conference, Almaty, August 25-27, 2011

Twenty years ago, after the collapse of the USSR, the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) became independent. The Central Asian republics, created between 1924 and 1936, could then - unexpectedly - enjoy a sovereignty previously unknown to them, whereas in the Caucasian states, the strong national movements that had developed during perestroika were deeply rooted in the past. During the 20th century, these Soviet socialist republics had been integrated into the unified production and trade system set up on the scale of the USSR and the principles of socialist planning. In this framework, they could take advantage of the resources and development policy of the Soviet state. Thus, despite any lacks or shortcomings they might have, the Caucasian and Central Asian republics belonged to the developed world in the bi-polar geopolitical division. The Caucasus and Central Asia served as models, if not showcases, for some Third World countries, all the more so as the USSR provided assistance to developing countries struggling against imperialism.

Since the collapse of the USSR and the East-West division, the North-South opposition seems to have become one of the major reading grids of the international scene. Whereas during the Cold war, geopolitical analyses rested on the ideological and strategic confrontation between capitalist and socialist worlds, the North-South grid, for the most part, pointed to inequalities in development. Appearing in the 1970s, the notion of "South" in fact replaced the term "third world countries" or "developing countries, as opposed to the "North", the developed and industrialised countries. Then came the expression "South countries", referring to the diversity of this heterogeneous ensemble made up of both emerging and least advanced countries. In these new divisions of today's globalised and regionalised world, where do we situate the independent states of Central Asia and the Caucasus?

Research on contemporary trends in Central Asia and the Caucasus contains few attempts at examining the analysis grids elaborated to study the South countries - despite the fact that after the crisis at the turn of the 1990s and the magnitude of its economic, political and social impact, the newly independent Central Asian and Caucasian states were included, by international institutions as well as non-governmental organisations, in the "South countries". As a result, during the 1990s, international assistance destined for the Central Asian republics and, to a lesser extent, the Caucasian republics, tended to slip from "transition" to "development" aid. In this respect, according to some analysts, Central Asia and the Caucasus followed a very original post-soviet trajectory, having entered into the globalised world by means of what could be called "third worldisation". Thus they argue that the border between the "North" and the "South countries", formerly located on the border of the USSR, was from then on situated on the southern border of Russia.

Since it opposes a former metropolis and its former colonies, an approach in terms of "South countries" falls into a post-colonial pattern; as such, it leads us to examine the USSR's imperial dimension and to mobilise the theoretical approaches (theory of dependency, post colonial studies, etc) to which we owe the notion of "South countries".

The current trajectories of Central Asia and the Caucasus also suggest that development issues be examined in the context of globalisation. In particular, these issues require an analysis of the transition paradigm developed during the 1990s by international organisations, aimed at replacing the socialist model with a political system organised on a democratic basis, an economy based on liberal capitalist principles and a Euro-Atlantic geopolitical positioning. Economic and social dynamics have tended to invalidate this teleological notion, which conditioned development and oriented the insertion of Central Asian and Caucasian republics into the mechanisms of globalisation. However, it is essential to question transition policies in order to evaluate the slippage towards the "South" which has taken place since their independence.

The present period can be likened to a moment of diversification and individualisation of societies, economies and territories, on the basis of the Newly Independent States. In this respect, an examination of contemporary transformations in all their complexity not only means keeping a close watch on the diversity of political, economic and social actors, but also trying to identify the fault lines which tend to segment Central Asian and Caucasian territories and societies.

The aim of the conference "The Caucasus and Central Asia, twenty years after independences: an examination of the notion of 'South Countries'" - is to question the relevance of heuristic tools based on territories situated in the "South" but also, the very notion itself of "South countries", so as to gain insight into the southern peripheries of post-soviet space. Its purpose is to bring together researchers in all social science disciplines (sociology, history, political science, geography, anthropology, demography and economics). This diversity should favour a confrontation of approaches and further insight into the complexity of the itineraries followed by the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus in the past twenty years.


Themes

The formation of states: post-colonial problems?

- The formation of Republican territories: the history of borders, border policy and implementation, autonomous territories, political structuring of space;
- The structuring of political domains: creation of regional and local Republican state apparatuses at the time of incorporation into the Soviet Union; the ethnicising and confessionalising of political issues;
- The transformation of Soviet and post-Soviet elites, the emergence of new actors and new political resources (NGOs, etc.).

Inequality and poverty: societies thrust into third world status?

- Pauperisation and social differentiations; social and spatial segregation-aggregation; city-rural inequalities;
- Work migrations: socio-economic and political causes for mobility (poverty, conflicts, etc); implementation of public policies; life itineraries and strategies of migrants; social, demographic and economic consequences of migration in the country of origin and the host country;
- Questions on the definition of South countries from the point of view of demographic transition (fertility, mortality, life expectancy).

International geopolitical insertion: are the South countries being dominated?

- Global and regional power plays, in particular Russia, the former metropolis;
- The positioning of international organisations;
- The role of cross border enterprises;
- The international ambitions of certain Central Asian and Caucasian states;
- Regional alliances.

Economic globalisation: are the South countries being exploited?

- Re-orientation of economic and commercial exchanges;
- Government action in the economic sector and the role of national and international entrepreneurs: the appropriation and exploitation of Central Asian and Caucasian resources;
- Fashioning of a resource based economy and link with development;
- The informal sector and "globalisation from the bottom up".

Organisation:

The conference "The Caucasus and Central Asia, twenty years after independences: questioning the notion of 'South Countries'" will be held in Almaty on August 25th, 26th, and 27th, 2011.

Proposals for communications should be sent before January 15th, 2011 at the following address: colloque.sudsov@gmail.com. They may be written in French, English, or Russian. Please, send an abstract (about 2000 signs), and a short CV. Answers will be sent by the organisation committee before February 28th 2011.

Working languages will be English and Russian.

Organising Institutions:

Centre d'étude des mondes russe, caucasien et centre-européen (CERCEC)
(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris
Institute for oriental studies, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty) ANR (French National Research Agency)
Program "Sudsov", Paris
IFEAC (French Institute for Central Asian Studies), Tashkent
Centre franco-russe de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, Moscow.

Organisation committee:

Sophie Hohman, CNRS-CERCEC/ INED (National Institute for Demographic Studies), Paris,
Anne Le Huérou, CNRS-CERCEC, Paris,
Isabelle Ohayon, CNRS-CERCEC, Paris,
Amandine Regamey, Paris I University/CERCEC, Paris,
Nazigul Shajmardanova, Institute for Oriental Studies, Almaty,
Silvia Serrano, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, CERCEC, Paris,
Julien Thorez, CNRS- Center "Mondes iranien et indien", Paris.

International scientific committee:

Sergey Abashin, Institute of ethnology and anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Alexandre Iskanderyan, Caucasus Institute, Erevan,
Mohamed-Reza Djalili, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva,
Sanat Kushkumbaev, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, Almaty,
Vladimir Mukomel, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Claire Mouradian, CNRS-CERCEC, Paris,
Ghia Nodia, Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development/Ilya University, Tbilissi,
Saodat Olimova, Sharq Center, Duchanbe,
Jean Radvanyi, Centre franco-russe de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, Moscow.

CALL: Study Abroad Course in the Caucasus (crdcgmu.wordpress.com)

Today I received this letter for a call for student prgramms in Feorgia (Tbilisi) ...

I always enjoy reading your blog and following the latest events in the South Caucasus. My name is Bram Houben and I am a recent graduate of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University in Arlington, Va. Throughout my studies I have focused on the South Caucasus and worked on several projects in the region.

At the moment, I'm working together with one of my professors to provide other students the exciting opportunity to participate in a study abroad course that will take place in Tbilisi next summer. To truly reach students worldwide I would like to ask you, if at all possible, to share this exciting announcement on your blog.

Please click on this link for more information about the course or visit crdc.gmu.edu.

I would really appreciate the opportunity to share this course with your blog audience.
Thank you so much and please let me know if you have any questions or if you want me to compose a specific posting to put on your blog.

Sincerely,
Bram Houben
Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC)
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution George Mason University
Office Phone: (703) 993-4473
Office Fax: (703) 993-1302
crdc.gmu.edu

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CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
SPACE IS LIMITED - DEADLINE DEC 10TH – APPLY TODAY!
May 27th- June 5th, 2011 3 CREDITS $3695 w/o Airfare

DESCRIPTION: This exciting new program brings you to the heart of conflict in the South Caucasus. The course will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia with lectures by a variety of specialists, including academics and practitioners. Formal sessions are complemented by various site visits, governmental and non-governmental, to encourage a more comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted issues affecting societies in conflict.
The program aims to provide context for understanding the change that the South Caucasus has experienced during the past years, opportunities for understanding conflict tensions surrounding inter-community relations, and the aftermath of wars involving South Ossetians, Abkhaz, Russians, and Georgians, as well as the conflict over Karabakh. Related dynamics in the North Caucasus and globally will also be considered.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Susan Allen Nan will lead this program. Dr. Nan is a scholar-practitioner of conflict resolution whose main focus is on the South Caucasus. She also works on evaluating conflict resolution initiatives and community conflict resolution approaches. She has engaged long-term in conflict resolution in Eurasia, as well as contributing to a variety of initiatives in Eastern Europe.

APPLICATION PROCESS: In order to be eligible for the course in the Caucasus, participants must submit a CV (or resume), a personal statement of no more than one page explaining why they want to participate and a photocopy of their passport to Program Director, Bram Houben at ahouben@gmu.edu

PROGRAM FEE & DETAILS: $3,695.00
Program fee includes double-occupancy hotel lodging; daily breakfast; most other meals; in-country ground transportation; airport transfer; emergency evacuation insurance; pre-departure orientation; cultural excursions; course trainers and speakers costs; Tuition for 3 Credits (CONF 399*/695); but NOT international airfare. 

ELIGIBILITY: Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus is open to all Mason and Non-Mason bachelors, Ms and Ph.D students as a 3 credit course and to non-students as a professional development seminar. Mason students can take the course as CONF 385*/399*/695 (Other options may be available – check with your advisor).
*Please check with your advisor

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Master Students graduating in the Spring 0f 2011 are still eligible to walk during the May Graduation Ceremony while enrolled in this class.

CRDC website
CRDC International Courses webpage

DR. SUSAN ALLEN NAN IN THE NEWS
The roles of conflict resolution scholars in Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-South-Ossetian conflict
Susan Allen Nan Faculty Page
Interview Susan Allen Nan





Susan Allen Nan, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, commenting on the different approaches of presidential candidates Obama and McCain to Russia and the challenges in the US Russia relationship following the outbreak of violence in Georgia and South Ossetia. Nan contends that McCain's rhetoric has been inflammatory, with name-calling that leaves little room for a productive Russian response while Obama's rhetoric has been just as strong, while leaving the door open for negotiation and collaboration. Interview conducted on September 24th, 2008. Video courtesy of Al Jazeera English.

INSTITUT: The Caucasus: Old Ethnopolitical Conflicts and New Geopolitical Design (harrimaninstitute.org)

Wednesday, 03 November 2010, 4:00pm
Garden Room 2, Faculty House

Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Sergey Markedonov (Visiting Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS).

The Caucasus is currently undergoing a rapid transformation from a peripheral region to one of strategic importance for the security of Eurasia, Europe and the Transatlantic region. Markedonov will examine some of the causes behind regional involvement of foreign states, international organizations and the European Union in the Caucasus following the dissolution of USSR. He pays close attention to Russia?s position in the region, its desire to maintain its exclusive role in geopolitics of the Caucasus and the shaping of the new regional status quo following the August War of 2008 (new political agenda for South Ossetia and Abkhazia, new Western strategies on engagement/non-recognition, impact of the August war on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution and the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement).

here: harrimaninstitute.org

ARTICLE: Abkhazia on Three Wheels. By Alexander Cooley and Lincoln Mitchell. © 2010 World Policy Institute

Alexander Cooley is associate professor of political science at Barnard College and Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.
Lincoln Mitchell is an associate at the Harriman Institute and the author of Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign

Policy and Georgia’s Rose Revolution (University of Pennsylvania, 2008). They are the authors of "After the August War: A New Strategy for U.S. Engagement with Georgia" (Harriman Institute, May 2010).

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REVIEW: Aft er the August War: A New Strategy for U.S. Engagement with Georgia. By Lincoln Mitchell and Alexander Cooley (harrimaninstitute.org)

THE HARRIMAN REVIEW
Volume 17, Numbers 3-4 May 2010
Special Double Issue
After the August War:
A New Strategy for U.S. Engagement with Georgia
The Harriman Review would like to thank Matt hew Schaaf
for his considerable assistance in putt ing together this special issue.
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Contents

List of Maps, Charts, and Tables 5
Acknowledgments 7
Executive Summary 9
Map of the Region 12
Introduction 13
1. The U.S. Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership 17
2. Abkhazia and South Ossetia Before and Aft er the War 23
3. Democracy 34
4. U.S. Assistance to Georgia 43
Conclusion 54
Appendices
Timeline 1: Major Military and Legal Events Regarding Abkhazia, Ajara,
and South Ossetia Since 1921 59
Timeline 2: Russian-Georgian Relations from 2003 to 2008 62
Timeline 3: June to October 2008 64
Major Agreements Signed between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia,
August 2008-March 2010 67
Bibliography 69


This project is the product of good will, cooperation and constructive engagement from a great
number of individuals and organizations. We are thankful to the Smith Richardson Foundation for a grant to undertake and disseminate the fi ndings of this research from July 2009 through December 2010. We are especially grateful to Nadia Schadlow for her support, advice and confi dence that we could deliver a product that could be of service to the broader policy community.
Columbia University’s Harriman Institute oversaw the project. We deeply appreciate the support and encouragement of Director Tim Frye, his predecessor Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, as well as the Harriman Institute’s faculty, staff and affi liates. We owe a special thank you to Matthew Schaaf for his superb research assistance and help with the preparation of the final report. During the grant period, Harriman also sponsored three
special seminars of the Limited Sovereignty and Soft Borders in Southeastern Europe and the Former Soviet States: The Challenges and Political Consequences of Future Changes in Legal Status series, co-directed by Alexander Cooley and Gordon Bardos, on the topics of the Georgia aid and reconstruction package, dynamics of unrecognized and partially recognized states, and the U.S.-Georgia Charter of Strategic Partnership. We thank the presenters of these sessions – Tom de Waal, Cory Welt, Ken Yalowitz, Chris Walker, Tamuna Karosanidze, and Janine Wedel – as well as the seminar participants for stimulating and challenging our thinking about these topics. Finally, we thank Ron Meyer for his work in preparing the report for publication as well as releasing it as a special issue of the Harriman Review.
The cooperation of a number of organizations and individuals across Washington D.C., Moscow, Brussels, Tbilisi and Sukhumi were invaluable to our efforts. On the U.S. side, we appreciate the help and guidance we received from the Department of State, Department of Defense, National Security Council, U.S. Congress, and USAID.
In Moscow, we thank Moscow State University and Moscow State Institute of International Relations for organizing special roundtable seminars involving their experts on the topics of U.S.-Georgia-Russia relations and the future of the South Caucasus. We also appreciate our meetings with members of the Russian think-tank community and print and electronic media who specialize in the South Caucasus for their insights.
In Brussels, we benefi ted from meetings with the European Union Special Representative to the South Caucasus, Georgia confl ict and the European Union External Relations and Trade divisions. We also thank representatives of NATO, the European Policy Centre, LINKS, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States for their insights.
In Georgia, we are especially thankful to the State Ministry of Reintegration and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for their support. We met with a variety of government and opposition political representatives, as well as civil society groups representing a range of political views. We also thank the U.S. Embassy and the EU Mission in Tbilisi for their helpful assistance. Nina Khatiskasi was indispensable for our trip’s planning.
In Sukhumi we appreciate the efforts of the Abkhaz authorities to help arrange our April 2010 visit and providing us with important meetings and perspectives.
Ultimately, none of these partners are responsible for any errors in the report or any other of its shortcomings.
Finally, the authors deeply appreciate the support of our families—Marta, Asher, Reuben, Nicole and Greta —through these extended periods of overseas travel.

Lincoln Mitchell and Alexander Cooley
New York, May 2010

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INTERNET: Publications on the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia (kices.org)

Please find attached the new issue of Publications on the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia.

For an archive of back issues please visit www.kices.org/publication_0E.php

KICES – Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies

www.kices.org

Research Centre for East European Studies / Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen

www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de

Publications on the Caucasus and Central Asia – A quarterly bibliography

(POCAU+CA) 4 – 2009

An overview of recent English- and German-language academic publications

on the Caucasus and Central Asia

POLITICS

Arutiunov, Sergey: Cultural Archetypes and Political Change in the Caucasus,

Nova Science, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1607417392, Hardcover.

Coene, Frederik: The Caucasus: An Introduction,

Routledge, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415486606, Hardcover, pp. 240.

Cummings, Sally N. (ed.): Domestic and International Perspectives on Kyrgyzstans Tulip

Revolution: Motives, mobilization and meanings,

Routledge; December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415491907, Hardcover, pp. 166.

Das Ende des postsozialistischen Raums? (Ent-) Regionalisierung in Osteuropa, Beiträge für

die 17. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten, veranstaltet von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für

Osteuropakunde, der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa und der Europäischen Akademie Berlin,

Arbeitspapiere der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa No. 104, September 2009, pp. 158,

http://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de/images/stories/pdf/JOE-Tagungen/fsoAP104.pdf

Dave, Bhavna (ed.): Politics of Modern Central Asia,

Routledge, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415468268, Hardcover, pp. 1776.

Domjan, Paul / Stone, Matt: A Comparative Study of Resource Nationalism in Russia and

Kazakhstan 2004–2008,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 62 (January 2010), No. 1, pp. 35–62.

Emerson, Michael / Youngs, Richard (eds): Democracy's Plight in the European

Neighbourhood: Struggling Transitions and Proliferating Dynasties,

Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, 2009, ISBN 978-92-9079-926-9, pp. 171,

http://www.ceps.eu/ceps/download/2315

Ergun, Ayça: The presidential election in Azerbaijan, October 2008,

in: Electoral Studies, Vol. 28 (December 2009), No. 4, pp. 647–651.

Gendron, Renée: Alternative Dispute Resolution in the North Caucasus,

in: Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3 (4) (Autumn 2009), pp. 333–341.

George, Julie A.: The Politics of Ethnic Separatism in Russia and Georgia,

Palgrave Macmillan, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0230613591, Hardcover, pp. 260.

Gilligan, Emma: Terror in Chechnya: Russia and the Tragedy of Civilians in War,

Princeton University Press, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0691130798, Hardcover, pp. 288.

Gullette, David: The Genealogical Construction of the Kyrgyz Republic: Kinship, State and

Tribalism,

Global Oriental, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1906876104, Hardcover, pp. 272.

Hann, Chris / Pelkmans, Mathijs: Realigning Religion and Power in Central Asia: Islam,

Nation-State and (Post)Socialism,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (November 2009), No. 9, pp. 1517–1541.

Ishiyama, John: Historical legacies and the size of the red-brown vote in post-communist

politics,

in: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 42 (December 2009), No. 4, pp. 485–504.

Kabulov, Egamberdy: On the Results of the Presidential Election in Kyrgyzstan,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Karmazina, Lydia: Opposition in Kazakhstan: Nagging Problems,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Ostrowski, Wojciech: Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan,

Routledge, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415485807, Hardcover, pp. 212.

Rundle, Christopher: Central Asia,

in: Asian Affairs, Vol. 40 (2009), No. 3, pp. 453–457.

Sabanadze, Natalie: Globalization and Nationalism: The Cases of Georgia and the Basque

Country,

Central European University Press, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-9639776531, Hardcover,

pp. 218.

Sattarov, Rufat: Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan: Between Historical

Legacy and Post-Soviet Reality - with special reference to Baku and its environs,

Reichert Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89500-692-0, Hardcover, pp. 394.

Shafer, Richard / Freedman, Eric: Press Constraints as Obstacles to Establishing Civil

Societies in Central Asia,

in: Journalism Studies, Vol. 10 (December 2009), No. 6, pp. 851–869.

FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

Abushov, Kavus: Policing the near abroad: Russian foreign policy in the South Caucasus,

in: Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63 (2009), No. 2, pp. 187–212.

Alturki, Fahad / Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime / Ilahi, Nadeem: How Russia Affects the

Neighborhood: Trade, Financial, and Remittance Channels,

IWF Working Paper 09/277, December 2009,

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2009/wp09277.pdf

Averre, Derek: Competing Rationalities: Russia, the EU and the ‘Shared Neighbourhood’,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (December 2009), No. 10, pp. 1689–1713.

Bilgin, Mert: Geopolitics of European natural gas demand: Supplies from Russia, Caspian

and the Middle East,

in: Energy Policy, Vol. 37 (November 2009), No. 11, pp. 4482–4492.

Bishku, Michael B.: The South Caucasus Republics and Israel,

in: Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 45 (2009), No. 2, pp. 295–314.

Boonstra, Jos: The EU Strategy for Central Asia says ‘security’: Does this include Security

Sector Reform?,

EUCAM Policy Brief No. 10, November 2009,

http://www.eucentralasia.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/Policy_Briefs/PB10.pdf

Coene, Frederik: The Caucasus: An Introduction,

Routledge, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415486606, Hardcover, pp. 240.

Cruz-Del Rosario, Teresita: Risky riparianism: Cooperative water governance in Central

Asia,

in: Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63 (2009), No. 3, pp. 404–415.

Das Ende des postsozialistischen Raums? (Ent-) Regionalisierung in Osteuropa, Beiträge für

die 17. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten, veranstaltet von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für

Osteuropakunde, der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa und der Europäischen Akademie Berlin,

Arbeitspapiere der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa No. 104, September 2009, pp. 158,

http://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de/images/stories/pdf/JOE-Tagungen/fsoAP104.pdf

Domjan, Paul / Stone, Matt: A Comparative Study of Resource Nationalism in Russia and

Kazakhstan 2004–2008,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 62 (January 2010), No. 1, pp. 35–62.

Falkowski, Maciej: Turkey’s game for the Caucasus,

OSW Commentary No. 29, October 2009, Center for Eastern Studies,

http://www.osw.waw.pl/files/commentary_29.pdf

Filippov, Mikhail: Diversionary Role of the Georgia–Russia Conflict: International Constraints

and Domestic Appeal,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (December 2009), No. 10, pp. 1825–1847.

Gänzle, Stefan: EU Governance and the European Neighbourhood Policy: A Framework for

Analysis,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (December 2009), No. 10, pp. 1715–1734.

Gavrilis, George: Beyond the Border Management Programme for Central Asia (BOMCA),

EUCAM Policy Brief No. 11, November 2009,

http://www.eucentralasia.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/Policy_Briefs/PB11.pdf

Gerber, Theodore P. / Mendelson, Sarah E.: Security Through Sociology: The North

Caucasus and the Global Counterinsurgency Paradigm,

in: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Vol. 32 (2009), No. 9, pp. 831–851.

Hanks, Reuel R.: 'Multi-vector politics' and Kazakhstan's emerging role as a geo-strategic

player in Central Asia,

in: The Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Sudies, Vol. 11 (September 2009), No. 3,

pp. 257–269.

International Monetary Fund: Armenia: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money

Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism,

IMF Country Report No. 10/9, January 2010,

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2010/cr1009.pdf

International Monetary Fund: Armenia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-

FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of

Terrorism,

IMF Country Report No. 10/8, January 2010,

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23522.0

Ivanov, Vladimir: GUAM: Old Problems and New Challenges,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Karrar, Hasan H.: New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy Since the

Cold War,

University of British Columbia Press, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0774816922, Hardcover,

pp. 252.

Kavalski, Emilian (ed.): The New Central Asia: The Regional Impact of International Actors,

World Scientific Publishing Company, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-9814287562,

Hardcover, pp. 300.

Lippert, Barbara / Fischer, Severin: Mehr Gleise: Energieaußenpolitik und

Nachbarschaftspolitik der EU,

in: Osteuropa, Vol. 59 (November 2009), No. 11, pp. 53–70.

Marat, Erica: The Military and the State in Central Asia: From Red Army to Independence,

Routledge, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415493475, Hardcover, pp. 176.

Marketos, Thrassyvoulos: Iran’s Geopolitics in the Midst of the U.S.-Russia-China Energy

Security Struggle for Geostrategic Control over Eurasia,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Mikaelian, Grant: The BSEC: Its Regional Integration Prospects for Armenia,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Mikhelidze, Nona: After the 2008 Russia-Georgia War: Implications for the Wider Caucasus,

in: The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 44 (2009), No. 3,

pp. 27–42.

Morozov, Yuri: Cooperation among the SCO Countries in the Humanitarian Sphere: Existing

Problems and Possible Solutions,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Naribaev, Marat: Cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Shanghai Cooperation

Organization as a Factor in the Development of Foreign Economic Activity Today,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Nikolaev, S.: Russia-Central Asia: Toward Prosperity and Security,

in: International Affairs, Vol. 55 (2009), No. 4, pp. 26–34.

Omelicheva, Mariya Y.: Convergence of Counterterrorism Policies: A Case Study of

Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia,

in: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Vol. 32 (2009), No. 10, pp. 893–908.

Ostrowski, Wojciech: Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan,

Routledge, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415485807, Hardcover, pp. 212.

Overland, Indra et al. (eds.): Petroleum Politics of the Caspian,

Routledge, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415549165, Hardcover, pp. 208.

Popescu, Nicu: EU and the Eastern Neighbourhood: Reluctant Involvement in Conflict

Resolution,

in: European Foreign Affairs Review, (2009) No. 14, pp. 457–477.

Rich, Paul B. (ed.): Crisis in the Caucasus: Russia, Georgia and the West,

Routledge, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415544290, Hardcover, pp. 246.

Sadigbayli, Rovshan: The Implications of the 1993 U.N. Security Council Action for the

Settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict,

in: Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3 (Autumn 2009), No. 4, pp. 342–370.

Sasse, Gwendolyn: The European Neighbourhood Policy and Conflict Management: A

Comparison of Moldova and the Caucasus,

in: Ethnopolitics, Vol. 8 (2009) No. 3–4, pp. 369–386.

Shelest, Anna: The Georgian-Russian Conflict, Energy Projects, and Security of the Black

Sea-Caspian Region,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Sierra, Pardo: Stabilizing the Neighbourhood? The EU’s Contribution to SSR in Georgia,

in: European Foreign Affairs Review, (2009) No. 14, pp. 479–500.

Slay, Ben: Energy Security, Poverty and Vulnerability in Central Asia and the Wider

European Neighbourhood,

CASE Network Studies and Analyses No. 396, 2009,

http://www.case.com.pl/upload/publikacja_plik/27584884_CNSA_396_Dec14_2009.pdf

Tiede, Wolfgang / Schirmer, Jakob: Die rechtlichen Grundlagen der Überwachungsmission

der Europäischen Union in Georgien (EUMM),

in: Osteuropa-Recht, Vol. 55, No.4, pp. 403–413.

Tolstrup, Jakob: Studying a negative external actor: Russia's management of stability and

instability in the ‘Near Abroad’,

in: Democratization, Vol. 16 (2009), No. 5, pp. 922–944.

Tomashot, Shane: Swamp of Terrorism: U.S. Foreign Policy in Central Asia,

Lampert Academic Publishing, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-3838322940, Paperback,

pp. 116.

Tulmets, Elsa / Delcour, Laure: Pioneer Europe? The ENP as a Test Case for EU’s Foreign

Policy,

in: European Foreign Affairs Review, (2009) No. 14, pp. 501–523.

Volkhonskiy, Mikhail: Medvedev-Sarkozy’s Six Points: The Diplomatic Aspect of the South

Ossetian Settlement,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Welt, Cory: The Thawing of a Frozen Conflict: The Internal Security Dilemma and the 2004

Prelude to the Russo-Georgian War,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 62 (January 2010), No. 1, pp. 63–97.

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Alturki, Fahad / Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime / Ilahi, Nadeem: How Russia Affects the

Neighborhood: Trade, Financial, and Remittance Channels,

IWF Working Paper 09/277, December 2009,

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Apergis, Nicholas / E. Payne, James: The emissions, energy consumption, and growth

nexus: Evidence from the commonwealth of independent states,

in: Energy Policy, Vol. 38 (January 2010), No. 1, pp. 650–655.

Arutiunov, Sergey: Cultural Archetypes and Political Change in the Caucasus,

Nova Science, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1607417392, Hardcover.

Baylarov, Orkhan: Leasing contract in Azerbaijan and United States: Comparison Analysis,

Verlag Dr. Müller, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-3639223934, Paperback, pp. 68.

Bilgin, Mert: Geopolitics of European natural gas demand: Supplies from Russia, Caspian

and the Middle East,

in: Energy Policy, Vol. 37 (November 2009), No. 11, pp. 4482–4492.

Birchwood, Diane: Explaining differences in sport participation rates among young adults:

Evidence from the South Caucasus,

in: European Physical Education Review, Vol. 14 (2009), No. 3, pp. 283–298.

Charles, Robia: Religiosity and Trust in Religious Institutions: Tales from the South

Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia),

UC Berkeley: Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, 2009,

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Chedia, Beka: The Georgian Orthodox Church in Current Georgian Policy,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Coene, Frederik: The Caucasus: An Introduction,

Routledge, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415486606, Hardcover, pp. 240.

Council of Europe: Youth Policy in Armenia (2009),

Council of Europe, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-9287166272, Paperback, pp. 70.

Danzer, Alexander M.: Battlefields of Ethnic Symbols. Public Space and Post-Soviet Identity

Formation from a Minority Perspective [Kazakhstan],

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (Novmber 2009), No. 9, pp. 1557–1577.

Das Ende des postsozialistischen Raums? (Ent-) Regionalisierung in Osteuropa, Beiträge für

die 17. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten, veranstaltet von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für

Osteuropakunde, der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa und der Europäischen Akademie Berlin,

Arbeitspapiere der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa No. 104, September 2009, pp. 158,

http://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de/images/stories/pdf/JOE-Tagungen/fsoAP104.pdf

Domjan, Paul / Stone, Matt: A Comparative Study of Resource Nationalism in Russia and

Kazakhstan 2004–2008,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 62 (January 2010), No. 1, pp. 35–62.

Gorton, Matthew / White, John: Export strategies and performance in the CIS: Case study

evidence from the dairy sector,

in: Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 21 (December 2009 ), No. 4, pp. 475–494.

Gugushvili, Alexi: Political Economy of Old-Age Pension Reforms in Georgia,

in: Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3 (Autumn 2009), No. 4, pp. 371–386.

Gullette, David: The Genealogical Construction of the Kyrgyz Republic: Kinship, State and

Tribalism,

Global Oriental, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1906876104, Hardcover, pp. 272.

Hajiyev, Shamseddin / Murshudli, Fakhri: Azerbaijan Financial and Banking System during

the Global Crisis: Shift of Emphasis in International Comparative Assessments,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Hann, Chris / Pelkmans, Mathijs: Realigning Religion and Power in Central Asia: Islam,

Nation-State and (Post)Socialism,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (Novmber 2009), No. 9, pp. 1517–1541.

Hinote, Brian P. et al.: Post-Communism and Female Tobacco Consumption in the Former

Soviet States,

in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 61 (Novmber 2009), No. 9, pp. 1543–1555.

Hinote, Brian P. et al.: Psychological distress and dietary patterns in eight post-Soviet

republics,

in: Appetite, Vol. 53 (August 2009), No. 1, pp. 24–33.

International Crisis Group: Central Asia: Migrants and the Economic Crisis,

Asia Report No°183, January 2010,

http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/central_asia/183_central_asia___migrants

_and_economic_crisis.pdf

International Monetary Fund: Armenia: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money

Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism,

IMF Country Report No. 10/9, January 2010,

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2010/cr1009.pdf

International Monetary Fund: Armenia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-

FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of

Terrorism,

IMF Country Report No. 10/8, January 2010,

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23522.0

Ismailov, Eldar: Monetary and Banking Systems of the Central Eurasian Countries in the

Context of the World Financial and Economic Crisis,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Kalyuzhnova, Yelena / Nygaard, Christian: Resource nationalism and credit growth in FSU

countries,

in: Energy Policy, Vol. 37 (November 2009), No. 11, pp. 4700–4710.

Kramer, Matthias (ed.): Integratives und nachhaltigkeitsorientiertes Wassermanagement:

Kooperationspotenziale zwischen Deutschland und Zentralasien,

Gabler, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-3834920836, Hardcover, pp. 300.

Lerman, Zvi / Sedik, David: Rural Transition in Azerbaijan,

Lexington Books, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0739143162, Hardcover.

Manning, Paul: The Epoch of Magna: Capitalist Brands and Postsocialist Revolutions in

Georgia,

in: Slavic Review, Vol. 68, No. 4, pp. 924–945.

Mickiewicz, Tomasz M.: Hierarchy of governance institutions and the pecking order of

privatisation: Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia reconsidered

in: Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 21 (December 2009), No. 4, pp. 399-423.

Migranian, Aza: The World Economic Crisis and its Impact on the Economic Development of

the Central Asian Countries,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Mikaelian, Grant: The BSEC: Its Regional Integration Prospects for Armenia,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Musabayov, R. / Shulman, R. (eds): Azerbaijan in 2008: Sociological monitoring:

Comparative analysis of findings of sociological survey held in the Republic by totals of 2006,

2007 and 2008,

Baku, 2009,

http://www.fes.ge/images/Fes_Files/ASPublications/puls_2009_eng.pdf

Naribaev, Marat: Cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Shanghai Cooperation

Organization as a Factor in the Development of Foreign Economic Activity Today,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Nathan, Joy: Kazakhstan's New Economy: Post-Soviet, Central Asian Industries in a Global

Era,

University of Scranton Press, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1589661073, Paperback,

pp. 512.

Orenstein, Mitchell A.: What Happened in East European (Political) Economies? A Balance

Sheet for Neoliberal Reform,

in: East European Politics & Societies, Vol. 23 (2009), No. 4, pp. 479–490.

Ostrowski, Wojciech: Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan,

Routledge, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415485807, Hardcover, pp. 212.

Overland, Indra et al. (eds.): Petroleum Politics of the Caspian,

Routledge, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0415549165, Hardcover, pp. 208.

Racioppi, Linda / O'Sullivan, Katherine: Gender Politics in Post-Communist Eurasia,

Michigan State University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-87013-866-9, Paperback, pp. 315.

Rechel, Bernd / McKee, Martin: Health reform in central and eastern Europe and the former

Soviet Union,

in: The Lancet, Vol. 374 (October 2009), No. 9696, pp. 1186–1195.

Roberts, Ken et al.: Youth leisure careers during post-communist transitions in the South

Caucasus,

in: Leisure Studies, Vol. 28 (2009), No. 3, pp. 261–277.

Roberts, Ken et al.: Young adults’ family and housing life-stage transitions during post-

communist transition in the South Caucasus,

in: Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 12 (2009), No. 2, pp. 151–166.

Samwel, Margriet / Gabizon, Sascha: Improving school sanitation in a sustainable way for a

better health of school children in the EECCA and in the new EU member states,

in: Desalination, Vol. 248 (November 2009), No. 1–3, pp. 384–391.

Sattarov, Rufat: Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan: Between Historical

Legacy and Post-Soviet Reality - with special reference to Baku and its environs,

Reichert Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89500-692-0, Hardcover, pp. 394.

Shafer, Richard / Freedman, Eric: Press Constraints as Obstacles to Establishing Civil

Societies in Central Asia,

in: Journalism Studies, Vol. 10 8 December 2009), No. 6, pp. 851–869.

Shelest, Anna: The Georgian-Russian Conflict, Energy Projects, and Security of the Black

Sea-Caspian Region,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Slay, Ben: Energy Security, Poverty and Vulnerability in Central Asia and the Wider

European Neighbourhood,

CASE Network Studies and Analyses No. 396, 2009,

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Sultanova, Lola / Gaysina, Albina: The World Crisis and the Raw-Material Oriented

Transition Economies,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Tolipov, Farkhad: Central Asia: Regional Response to a Global Challenge,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

Totadze, Anzor: The Population of the Caucasus,

Nova Science, December 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1608760169, Hardcover.

Tvalavadze, Giorgi: Gewährleistung nach deutschem, georgischem und UN-Kaufrecht: Eine

rechtsvergleichende Darstellung aus der Sicht des Verkäufers,

Wisschenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, November 2009, ISBN-13: 978-3865734907, Paperback,

pp. 456.

United Nations: Environmental Performance Review, Kyrgyzstan, Second Review,

United Nations, October 2009, ISBN-13: 978-9211170030, Paperback, pp. 216.

Uzagalieva, Ainura / Menezes, António: The poverty effect of remittance flows: Evidence

from Georgia,

in: Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 21 (December 2009 ), No. 4, pp. 453–474.

Vakhabov, Abdurakhim / Bobakulov, Tulkin: Uzbekistan’s Banking System and its Role in

Implementing the Anti-Crisis Program,

in: Central Asia and the Caucasus, Vol. 58–59 (2009), No. 4–5.

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