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PUBLICATION- Globalisation, Geopolitics & Energy Security in Central Eurasia and the Caspian Region
Posted by: Mehdi Parvizi Amineh <amineh pscw.uva.nl>
Posted: 14 Jul 2003
Globalisation, Geopolitics and Energy Security in Central Eurasia and the
Caspian Region
by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh
The Hague: Clingendael International Energy Programme, 2003.
ISBN 90 5031 085 0, pp 280, soft cover, with illustrations, index,
bibliography.
About the book
The dramatic and unprecedented events that took place in Eastern Europe and
the Soviet Union (SU) in 1989-1991, radically transformed the bipolar
structure of global politics. These events accompanied by economic
globalisation, the transnationalisation of information and communication
technology and techno-scientific risks have changed the dimensions and
territoriality of geopolitics. The main ideas of traditional- or 'orthodox'
geopolitics can be related to the realist school of International Relations
(IR) who considers the 'nation state' as being paramount and international
relations as a balance of power approach in the struggle of states for
dominance in world politics. Instead we advocate a new approach towards
geopolitics that can be termed 'neo-geopolitics'. Neo-geopolitics aims at
creating a synthesis between orthodox geopolitics and the geo-economic
discourse to develop a new understanding of geographic arrangements as
social constructions that are changeable over time. This approach challenges
how orthodox geopolitics presents the world as 'us' and 'them'. 'National
security threats' are no longer defined in terms of military threats from
other states and outlaw groups. Neo-geopolitics favours a more complex
vision of world politics characterised by states which are themselves,
enmeshed in transnational techno-economic power structures, and
technological systems that threaten the conditions of habitation and
survival on the planet as a whole
The newly independent states of Central Eurasia are faced with a complex of
problems. With the disintegration of Soviet rule they had to create their
own formally independent sovereign states. The current restructuring of the
political system in most of these countries is characterized by the
emergence of new types of 'authoritarian' regimes. However, these regimes
have weak domestic sovereignty. The weak political and socio-economic
situation has given rise to various forms of social upheaval, civil wars,
ethno-religious conflicts, and border disputes.
At the same time significant oil and gas reserves have transformed Central
Eurasia and the Caspian region into one of the most important geopolitical
areas in the post-Cold War era.
The region's resources are vital for advanced industrialised countries and
figure prominently in Western geostrategic and economic interests in the
twenty-first century. Intense competition, as well as co-operation, among
various state and non-state actors for the control of these resources is
emerging. The main actors involved in Central Eurasia and the Caspian region
are identified as follows: inner circle actors (Russia, Iran, and Turkey),
outer circle actors (China, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan), external
actors (the United States, the European Union and its particular member
states), and non-state actors (ethno-religious groups, Transnational
Corporations, crime groups, etc.).
This mixture of state and non-state actors and the scope of their activities
in the changing context of global politics demonstrate that the post-Soviet
New Great Game for the control of Central Eurasian and Caspian Region's
energy resources is far more complex then the nineteenth century competitive
colonisation of the region by the Anglo-Russian powers. Post- Cold War
competition is particularly marked by the quest for control of the most
desired natural resources, oil and gas, which are concentrated in only a few
regions of the world.
The question of where to construct pipelines engenders considerable
conflicts between the interested players that could create obstacles to
building the most economically viable and secure pipelines. Transportation
of energy resources to the global market is also subject to conflicts
between different forces within the Central Eurasian region, including
ethno-religious conflicts. Problems such as lack of infrastructure and
technology, and finding a solution for the Caspian legal regime dispute
could pose further obstacles to prospective pipeline construction.
This book analyses these and other important post-Soviet geopolitical
aspects to better understand the complexity of conflicts and co-operation
around the energy resources in Central Eurasia and the Caspian Region.
CONTENTS
* List of Tables
* List of Figures
* List of Maps
* List of Abbreviations
* Preface Coby van der Linde
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Chapter 1 Rethinking Geopolitics in the Age of Globalisation
* Chapter 2 The Central Eurasian Region: A Historical Background
* Chapter 3 Caspian Energy Resources and Global Oil Demand
* Chapter 4 The New Great Game in Central Eurasia: Russia, Iran, and Turkey
* Chapter 5 The New New Great Game in Central Eurasia: China, Afghanistan, Pakistan:
* Chapter 6 The New Great Game in Central Eurasia: United States, European Union
* Chapter 7: The New Great Game in Central Eurasia: Transnational Corporations
* Chapter 8: The New Great Game in Central Eurasia: drug-trafficking, political Islam
* Chapter 9: The Caspian Legal Regime Dispute
* Chapter 10: The Dilemma of Pipeline Routes-The Challenge of Oil and Gas Transportation from the Caspian Basin
* Chapter 11 Prospects for Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region
* Bibliography
* Index
To Order:
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of the book by sending an e-mail to ciepclingendael.nl. The book will be
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If you require anymore information about the publication or ordering, please
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PUBLICATION- Russia and Orient: the Problems of Interaction (in Russian)
Posted by: Center for Regional and Transborder Studies <transboundhotbox.ru>
Posted: 14 Jul 2003
Rossiya i Vostok: problemy vzaimodeistviya (Russia and Orient: the Problems of
Interaction).
Volgograd: Volgograd State University Press, 2003.
326 pp. ISBN 5-85534-797-4
This collection of articles contains the papers prepared for the
international conference of the same name which was held in Volgograd in
November of 2002. It was organized by the Department of CIS at the Institute
of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) and the Center for
Regional and Transboundary Studies of Volgograd State University. The
conference was supported by George Soros Foundation and Friedrich Naumann
Stiftung.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD (pp. 3-4)
PART I. HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF MUTUAL RELATIONS
Vadim Astashin (Volgograd State University). The 'Eastern Issue' in Foreign
and Russian Historiography
Elena Kussayinova (Uriupinsk Branch of Volgograd State University). The Role
of the Cossacks in Russia's Eastern Policy in XVI-XVII Centuries
Alexander Loginov (Volgograd State University). The 'Turkic Stream' in
Traditional Clothing of Don Cossacks in XVI-XVIII Centuries
Alexander Ryabtsev (Astrakhan State University). The Role of Iran in
Geopolitical Plans of Russia in XVIII Century
Ivan Kurilla (Volgograd State University). United States and Russia's
Eastern Policy in the Middle of XIX Century
Larissa Chereshneva (Lipetsk State Pedagogical University). Criticism of
the Bipolar World Idea: International Asian Conference in Delhi in 1947
Zauresh Saktaganova (Karaganda State University, Kazakhstan). On the
Question about the Role of Kazakhstan in the All-Union integration in the
First Decade after World War II
PART II. REALITIES AND STEREOTYPES OF ETHNO-CULTURAL INTERACTION
Andrey Kussainov (Uriupinsk Branch of Volgograd State University).
Historical Process in the Light of Ethnocentrism
Sergey Arkhipov (North Ossetian State University). Information Picture of
the World in Russia and the East: Comparative Analysis
Igor Kazanin (Volgograd State University). The Orient in Perception of the
Russian Intelligentsia
Victor Dyatlov (Irkutsk State University). 'Yellow Peril:' Transformation of
the Phobia
Natalia Gronskaya (Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University).
Socio-linguistic Situation in Eastern Regions of Russian Federation:
Asymmetries and Differences
Vladimir Bobrovnikov (Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of
Sciences). The Myth about the Caucasian War and Orientalism in the Northern
Caucasus
Marina Ryblova (Volgograd State University). 'Wild Steppe:' the Culture of
Frontier Today and in Ethnographic Retrospective
PART III. THE PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY AND ETHNIC MIGRATION
Victor Victorin (Astrakhan State Pedagogical University).
Ethno-confessional Specific Groups within the Ethnic Structure at the
Eurasia's Frontiers
Elvira Mamytova (Kyrgyz State National University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).
Ethno-confessional and Tribal Aspects of Conflicts in Central Asia
Olga Brussina (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of
Sciences). 'Double Citizenship' in Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Period:
Legal Basis and Non-official Practice
Vladimir Boyko (Barnaul State Pedagogical University). Eastern Diasporas of
the Russian-Asian Borders (Altai Region): Social and Geopolitical Aspects
Grigory Pyadukhov (Penza State Architectural Academy). Ethnic groups of
External Migrants: the Tendencies of Inflow to Saratov, Penza Region and
Mordovian Republic
PART IV. INTERNATIONAL LINKS, REGIONAL SECURITY, TRANSBOUNDARY INTERACTION
Oleg Reut (Petrozavodsk State University). About the Leadership in (of)
Globalization
Grigory Kossach. (Institute of Asian And African Studies at Moscow State
University). Russia and the Arabian World: Realities of Interaction
Leonid Vardomsky (Institute of International Economic and Political Studies,
Russian Academy of Sciences). The Problems and Prospects of Euro-Asian
Economic Community
Sergei Panarin (Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences).
Russia and Central Asia: before and after September 11
Sergei Abashin (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of
Sciences). Islam in Central Asia: Local Conflicts and Global Threats
Svetlana Kozhirova (Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan).
Border Aspect of Russian-Kazakhstanian Relations
Sergei Golunov (Volgograd State University). The Caucasian Border of Russia:
Issues of Security and International Cooperation
Due to the support of Soros Foundation the book is itself of no cost.
Unfortunately, we are not able to cover postal expenses.
All queries should be sent to:
Dr Sergey Golunov
Director
Center for Regional and Transborder Studies
Volgograd State University
30 2nd Prodolnaya str.,
Volgograd 400062
Russia
Tel:7 (8442) 432025
Fax:7(8442) 438124
E-mail: transboundhotbox.ru
Site: <http://www.transbound.narod.ru>
INTERNET RESOURCE- Religious Studies on the Internet
Posted by: International Association of Religious Studies <iarshongming.us>
Posted: 11 Jul 2003
Dear Colleagues:
The International Association of Religious Studies has just launched the
following forums on religious studies on the Internet:
* Collaborative Opportunities in Religious Studies
* Job Opportunities in Religious Studies
* Studentship Opportunities in Religious Studies
* New Books on Religious Studies
* Interfaith Studies
* Science and Religion
* Religious Art and Architecture
* Religious Archaeology
* Buddhist Studies
* Christian Studies
* Catholic Studies
* Islamic Studies
* Hindu Studies
* Jewish Studies
* Daoist Studies
* Confucian Studies
They are provided for the IARS members as well as general scholars on
religious studies to discuss all scholarly topics on world religions. To
post messages or conduct discussions, please feel free to visit
www.hongming.us/religions and register prior to your post. It is very
convenient. We hope that you will like to use this service in your scholarly
life.
Best wishes,
International Association of Religious Studies
http://www.hongming.us/iars
PUBLICATION- Security and Transboundary Cooperation in Russia's New Borderlands
(in Russian)
Posted by: John Schoeberlein <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 9 Jul 2003
Transparent Borders: Security and Transboundary Cooperation in Russia's New
Borderlands
Prozrachnye granitsy: bezopasnost. i transgranichnoe sotrudnichestvo v zone
novyh pogranichnyh territorii. Rossii (Transparent Borders: Security and
Transboundary Cooperation in Russia's New Borderlands)
Ed. by Leonid Vardomsky and Sergey Golunov
Moscow-Volgograd, Academic Educational Forum on International Relations,
2002, 573 p. ISBN 5-901981-03-0.
This collective monograph is a result of the international research project
"Security Issues of the New Russian Borderlands" was held from September,
2001 to June, 2002 on the base of the Center for Regional and Transboundary
Studies at Volgograd State University. The project was supported by the
Academic Educational Forum on International Relations. All papers are in
Russian.
Authors:
Andrei Bykov
Vladimir Chassovsky
Sergey Golunov
Alexei Kiriukhin
Vladimir Kolossov
Alexander Kubyshkin
Andrei Makarychev
Vladimir Ostapchenko
Eugeny Pankratov
Olga Romanova
Elena Samburova
Ilya Toropitsyn
Leonid Vardomsky
Musa Yusupov
Contents:
Chapter I. Conceptual Fundamentals Of Transboundary Security: International
Experience
1. Spatial Descriptions of Transboundary Security
2. Northern American Experience of Security and Cooperation in Borderlands
Chapter II. The Phenomenon Of Russian New Borderland
1. Historical Background of Forming Russian and Soviet Borders in 20th Century
2. New Borderlands in International Relations at the Post-Soviet Space
3. Security Issues for New Russian Borders and Formation of the Border Policy
4. New Borders of Russian Federation in the Light of Regional Cooperation in the Post-Soviet Space
Chapter III. Old Borders of Russian Federation
1. The Borders with Norway and Finland
2. Russian-Chinese Border
Chapter IV. New Borders of Russia
1. The Borders of Kaliningrad Exclave
2. The Borders with Latvia and Estonia
3. Russian-Byelorussian Border: the Experience of Interregional Cooperation
4. Russian-Ukrainian Border
4.1. Cross-Border Cooperation
4.2. The Factor of Regional Transboundary Identities
5. The Borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan
6. Border Problems of Caspian Territories
7. Russian-Kazakhstani Border
CONCLUSION
TERMINOLOGICAL VOCABULARY
APPENDIX 1. Conception of Cross-Border Cooperation in Russian Federation
APPENDIX 2. The List of Passing Points through the New Russian Borders
APPENDIX 3. Some Social-Economic Indices of the New Russian Border Regions
in 2000
APPENDIX 4. Foreign Trade Turnover of Russian Border Regions with the
neighbor Post-Soviet States
Due to the support of MacArthur Foundation the book is itself of no cost.
Unfortunately, we are not able to cover postal expenses.
All queries should be sent to:
Dr Sergey Golunov
Director Center for Regional and Transborder Studies
Volgograd State University
30 2nd Prodolnaya str.
Volgograd 400062
Russia
Tel: 7 (8442) 432025
Fax: 7(8442) 438124
E-mail: sgolunovhotbox.ru
PUBLICATION- Fonus #7, Intercultural Journal for Peace and Development
Posted by: Munira Shahidi <munira_shahidiyahoo.com>
Posted: 8 Jul 2003
More than one and a half years passed between the withdrawal of the Taliban
and the start of the constructive reconciliation of Afghanistan. But
constant local wars and ethnic contradictions contribute to the 'war-torn'
image of the country in the world community. Although Afghanistan has huge
potential for sustainable development, this image constricts realization of
that potential. Fonus #7 will promote the exchange of knowledge and positive
thinking with respect to Afghanistan, in order to bring that country into
intercultural dialogue. Our project, which is supported and financed by
UNESCO, aims to create constant intercultural dialogue between Tajikistan
and Afghanistan. We will see new positions on gender policy, education,
economy and ecology, as well as the state of the museums, transformation in
literary thought, art, music etc. We are open to positively thinking authors.
ON-LINE JOURNAL- Transoxiana 6 - Julio 2003 (in Spanish)
Posted by: Paola E. Raffetta <paola_raffettauolsinectis.com.ar>
Posted: 6 Jul 2003
Transoxiana 6 - Julio 2003
Disponible online en:
http://www.transoxiana.org
Contenidos:
Editorial
El mito indio del diluvio en su relación con los cuentos clásicos
y próximo-orientales - Paolo Magnone
Ancient Jewelry from Central Asia
Antigua joyería del Asia Central - Elena Neva
El conflicto kurdo en Irak
Segunda parte: la guerra y más allá - María Inés Pampín
Arte culinario en la Antigua Mesopotamia - Lic. Noemí Sierra
La iconografía de Aton en el Egipto de la dinastía XVIII y su relación
con la ideología amarniana - Lic. Graciela N. Gestoso Singer
The Establishment and Development of Christianity in the Parthian Empire
El establecimiento y desarrollo del Cristianismo en el Imperio Parto -
Evangelos Venetis & Dr. M. Alinia Mozdoor
>From Portraiture of Power to Gold Coin of Kaghan: Western Turks
and Eastward Diffusion of Solidus - Lin Ying
Paola E. Raffetta
Editora,
T R A N S O X I A N A
E-Journal de Estudios Orientales
URL: http://www.transoxiana.org
Mail to: editor[]transoxiana.org
Escuela de Estudios Orientales "RP Ismael Quiles SJ"
Universidad del Salvador - Buenos Aires - Argentina
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 4 June 2003 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 4 Jul 2003
The 4 June 2003 Issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a subscription
free
Web journal, is now on-line at http://www.cacianalyst.org/
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University-The Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies is proud to announce the publication
of the 4 June 2003 issue of its biweekly Journal, The Central Asia-Caucasus
Analyst.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is freely available on the world wide web at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/ The Institute also offers its readers the option
of downloading The Analyst in PDF format, enabling readers to view and print
out the entire issue of The Analyst at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/Issue_ad.htm.
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now been made searchable. Readers can now search the 600+ articles, field
reports, and hundreds of news items by author and keyword.
Please take a minute of your time to take the Analyst survey at
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THE ANALYTICAL ARTICLES INCLUDE:
HIZB-UT-TAHRIR: MAKING INROADS INTO KAZAKHSTAN?
Mike Redman
The Islamic radical party Hizb-ut-Tahrir has recently been issuing aggressive
new statements throughout southern Kazakhstan, calling for jihad against the
U.S. and Britain. In a clear attempt to make political gains from regional
uneasiness about the recent war in Iraq, this propaganda offensive points to a
deviation from the party's usual targets of criticism; secular regional
governments and the state of Israel. While such propaganda is unlikely to
find
a receptive audience in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh government of Nursultan
Nazarbayev will have to act wisely in stemming the potential influence of a
party which has proved elsewhere to be capable of thriving amid rigid
controls by the state.
TURKMENISTAN RECONSIDERS RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN
Hooman Peimani
Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov praised Turkmenistan's relations with
Uzbekistan in mid-May less than six months after the Uzbek ambassador was
declared persona non grata. He was subsequently forced to leave Ashgabad as he
was accused of involvement in a November 2002 assassination attempt against
Niyazov. The Turkmen authorities described the assassination attempt as a
failed coup. As evident in Niyazov's remark, the sudden change of attitude
towards Uzbekistan indicates Ashgabad's efforts to break its mainly self-
imposed isolation. Abrupt changes in its policies, such as its May decision to
withdraw from the dual-citizenship agreement with Russia, have worsened this
situation.
THE MOSCOW SUMMIT: TEMPERED HOPE FOR THE SCO
Matthew Oresman
On May 28 and 29, the Heads of State of the Member Nations of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) met in Moscow to transform the SCO from a mere
talk shop to a "full-fledged" international organization. While it remains to
be seen how long these new commitments will last, the SCO has received a new
infusion of life that should allow it to develop rapidly in the short-term.
Still many questions remain about the true intentions of the individual SCO
members and what role the organization will play in the rapidly changing
strategic environment of Central Asia and the balance-of-power diplomacy of
China, Russia, and the United States.
TURKMENBASHI'S GAS GAMES: GAS FOR POWER?
James Purcell Smith
For the last 10 years, President of Turkmenistan Saparmurad Niyazov became
famous, among other extraordinary actions, by the announcement of a number of
gas pipeline projects in every possible direction, which never materialized.
After being subdued to Russian dominance because of a foreign-orchestrated
assassination attempt, the Turkmen president came up with another pipeline
project: Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia, in addition to already existing and
operating 5 pipelines in the Northern direction. This raises questions as to
the implications for Turkmenistan, but also regarding the developing
international environment in Central Asia.
THE FIELD REPORTS INCLUDE:
NEW ELECTION CODE PASSED IN AZERBAIJAN
Gulnara Ismailova
On May 27, the Azerbaijani parliament passed the law on the adoption of a new
elections code, in its third and final reading, with a vote of 95 to 5.
According to this document, the provisions of the Election Code (EC) touching
upon the formation of election commissions at all levels would come into force
after the new parliamentarian elections in 2005.
AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN RELATIONS ENDANGERED AFTER RUSSIAN PUBLICATION
Fariz Ismailzade
The already tense relations between Azerbaijan and Iran have again become the
focus of this week's political agenda in the region after an article in the
Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta's on May 29. In this article, the
newspaper claimed that the U.S. Administration had already secured the
Azerbaijani government's approval for the usage of the latter's territory
for a
possible attack on Iran.
KYRGYZSTAN CLOSES BORDERS WITH CHINA
Aijan Baltabaeva
The Kyrgyzstan government closed its borders with China to prevent the
possible
penetration of SARS into the country. The Kyrgyz authorities have heeded the
request of the Health Care Minister, Mitalip Mamytov, who appealed to the
Prime
Minister to shut its borders with China. Earlier, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
had
done the same. Physicians say Kyrgyzstan has a damp, hot, subtropical climate,
which means great conditions for the spread of SARS.
TURKMENISTAN: IMPLICATIONS OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP TERMINATION
Chemen Durdiyeva
President Niyazov's latest decree of April 22, 2003 stipulated the complete
cancellation of dual citizenship between Turkmenistan and Russia, and put an
end to the ongoing confusion over citizens' travels to Russia. However, this
decree keeps causing unexpected results by creating uneasiness within and
consolidation of the opposition abroad.
The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where
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for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers,
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Please remember that The Analyst does not accept double submissions.
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PUBLICATION- Nations in Transit 2003, Freedom House Publication
Posted by: Alla Corey <acoreyrowmanlittlefield.com>
Posted: 2003
Nations in Transit 2003
Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia
By Freedom House
How are democracy and the rule of law faring in Central and Eastern Europe
and the former Soviet Union? In Nations in Transit 2003, leading regional
specialists offer answers by reporting on more than fifty key indicators of
political and social reform in twenty-seven post-Communist countries. Each
country report analyzes electoral processes; civil society; media
independence; governance; corruption; and constitutional, legislative, and
judicial frameworks. The results are incisive, authoritative, and
comprehensive. As an added dimension, Freedom House-which for more than
twenty-five years has rated global political rights and civil liberties in
its benchmark Freedom in the World surveys-has developed a rating system
that allows for comparative analysis of reforms. Nations in Transit 2003 is
an invaluable resource and reference tool for governmental and
nongovernmental organizations, schools and universities, and anyone else
interested in better understanding the structures and institutions that form
the infrastructure on which transitions to open societies depend.
Freedom House is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports
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ON-LINE RESOURCE- News Central Asia, On-Line News Agency
Posted by: Tariq Saeedi <tariqonline.tm>
Posted: 1 Jul 2003
We are pleased to announce that a news agency - News Central Asia (nCa) -
has been launched from Central Asia.
A trial version of the website is available at the following URL:
<www.newscentralasia.com>
Please note, this is a trial version only and there may be some bugs in the
software. Your feedback will help us improve the quality and content.
Accompanying Newsletter will soon be introduced to deliver fresh news
stories in your mailbox.
In case of any problems, or for any enquiries, please contact me at:
tariqonline.tm
Thanks.
Tariq Saeedi
Editor, nCa
PUBLICATION- Missionnaires de l'Islam en Asie Centrale (in French), Bayram
Balci
Posted by: Bayram Balci <bayram.balcisuperonline.com>
Posted: 27 Jun 2003
Missionnaires de l'Islam en Asie Centrale.
Les écoles turques de Fethullah Gülen
Bayram Balci
Ed. Maisonneuve & Larose, 15 rue Victor Cousin, Paris 5ème
E-Mail: <servedit1wanadoo.fr>
A l'heure où la Turquie frappe aux portes de l'Union Européenne, elle
développe en parallèle une stratégie d'influence dans les républiques
turcophones de l'ex-URSS, où sa présence économique et culturelle se
renforce depuis le début des années 90. Cette présence turque en Asie
centrale est largement l'oeuvre d'une puissante organisation religieuse,
dirigée par l'énigmatique Fethullah Gülen, longtemps prêcheur officiel au
service de l'Etat turc et actuellement en exil volontaire aux Etats Unis.
Charismatique et visionnaire, Gülen a choisi l'éducation comme vecteur de
son expansion. Aujourd'hui, son mouvement est présent dans toutes les
républiques d'Asie centrale : Ouzbékistan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan,
Turkménistan et Tadjikistan où ses disciples animent un vaste réseau
d'écoles privées. A long terme, ces "jésuites de l'Islam turc" projettent
de former les nouvelles élites centre-asiatiques qui réislamiseront les
populations locales, longtemps soumises à la propagande athée soviétique.
Cette entreprise a su se concilier l'appui tacite des gouvernements locaux
et des puissances extérieures - Turquie et Etats Unis notamment - qui
craignent l'implantation d'éléments islamistes plus radicaux, d'obédience
saoudienne.
L'auteur : Bayram BALCI, docteur, diplômé des Instituts d'Etudes Politiques
de Grenoble et d'Aix en Provence, est actuellement responsable du programme
"Turquie-Caucase" à l'Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA) à
Istanbul. Il a séjourné quatre ans en Asie centrale comme chercheur à
l'Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale (IFEAC) à Tachkent.
Actuellement, ses recherches portent sur l'éducation islamique dans le
Caucase et en Asie centrale et les mouvements migratoires entre l'Asie
centrale et l'Arabie Saoudite via le pèlerinage.
Chapitre 1 Les ambitions de la Turquie en Asie centrale
Chapitre 2 Le mouvement nourdjou en Turquie, de Said Mursi à Fethullah Gülen
Chapitre 3. La communauté de Fethullah Gülen en Turquie: une organisation
omniprésente marquée par le charisme de son chef
Chapitre 4. Mode d'implantation des lycées nourdjou en Asie centrale
Chapitre 5. Relais et réseaux des écoles nourdjou en Asie centrale
Chapitre 6. Entre islam et turcité : le message véhiculé par les disciples de
Fethullah Gülen en Asie centrale
Chapitre 7. Action étatique turque et action nourdjou en Asie centrale: rivalité
ou complémentarité?
CFP- Reconceptualizing Autonomy in Post-Communist Europe, JEMIE, No. 3 (2003)
Posted by: Graham Holliday <hollidayecmi.de>
Posted: 27 Jun 2003
Call for Papers: Reconceptualizing Autonomy in Post-Communist Europe?
The Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) is a
peer-reviewed electronic journal edited under the auspices of the European
Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI). JEMIE is a multi-disciplinary journal,
which addresses issues across a broad field of studies, including
ethnopolitical conflict, strategies of conflict management in divided
societies, nationalist movements, minority mobilization and participation,
and minority rights. It is devoted to the analysis of current developments
in minority-majority relations in the wider Europe, and aims to stimulate
wider debate amongst academics, students and practitioners. As an electronic
journal, JEMIE further aims to promote scholarly debate across as broad an
audience as possible, and make the latest literature available to students
who do not have easy access to an academic library.
Every quarter, a Special Focus section is published which highlights a topic
of particular interest to students of minority issues and ethnopolitics. The
third issue of 2003 will include a section examining the variety of autonomy
arrangements that currently obtain throughout Eastern Europe and the former
Soviet Union, and seek to discover whether these arrangements constitute the
evolution of a distinctly 'post-communist' form of autonomy.
Contributions are invited which examine the various models of autonomy
developing in this region, either in the form of single or comparative case
studies. In this way, papers may wish to address examples of local
self-government arrangements in Hungary or Slovenia, post-conflict and
preventative conflict arrangements such as Kosovo and Vojvodina, the
specifics of Gagauzia (Moldova), the Crimea (Ukraine), forms of federalism
in Russia, and the situation of Ajaria (Georgia). More specifically, the
papers may seek to examine some of the following questions:
What forms of autonomy arrangements presently exist in post-communist
Europe? Can these arrangements be defined simply in territorial or ethnic
terms? Are such arrangements formalized or informal, and how effective have
they been in mitigating conflict?
How did these arrangements arise? Were they a natural response to domestic
challenges or rather the result of external pressures and the involvement of
outside actors? What has been the impact of the transition context on
autonomy arrangements?
If regional or intergovernmental organizations have been involved, to what
extent, and with what purpose, have they promoted autonomy arrangements over
other models of accommodation, or advanced some hybrid mix of
conflict-regulating strategies?
Can novel forms of 'post-communist' autonomy arrangements be discerned, and
how is this shaping the evolution of minority rights norms and regimes in
the wider Europe?
A provisional deadline for submission is scheduled for 15 August 2003, with
publication in mid-September and over the subsequent quarter. The Editors
would welcome an early expression of interest. Manuscripts of between 7,000
and 10,000 words will be accepted, and should be forwarded via email to
Graham Holliday (hollidayecmi.de) and Gwendolyn Sasse (G.Sasselse.ac.uk).
Submissions should include a preliminary abstract, brief biographical note,
and a list of references. Final decisions on publication are reserved by the
Editorial Board.
Editors: Graham Holliday & Gwendolyn Sasse
Consulting Editor: Marc Weller
Assistant Editor: William McKinney
ISSN: 1617-5247
International Editorial Board
Gudmundur Alfredsson :: Marie-Janine Calic :: Richard Caplan
François Grin :: Ted Robert Gurr :: Lauri Hannikainen
Rainer Hofmann :: Donald Horowitz :: Jennifer Jackson Preece
Charles King :: Will Kymlicka :: Joseph Marko :: John McGarry
Margaret Moore :: Brendan O'Leary :: John Packer
Alan Phillips :: Max van der Stoel :: Stefan Troebst
PUBLICATION- Les Etats Post-Sovietiques (in French), Ed. by Jean Radvanyi,
2003
Posted by: Gael Raballand <lesballandnoos.fr>
Posted: 27 Jun 2003
LES ETATS POST-SOVIETIQUES ed. by Jean Radvanyi (Armand Colin,
Collection U, 2003). [in French].
In this book, the authors analyse the evolution, since 1991, of the
fifteen former soviet Republics in four directions: the historical and
territorial aspects of identity, the political systems, the economic reforms
and the political choices in terms of foreign and security policies. This
book is designed to a large audience: undergraduate and students but also
researchers in geography, political science and even international relations.
Almost thirty young and senior researchers contributed to this book,
including several major experts of the former Soviet Union. L Observatoire
des Etats postsoviétiques, headed by Jean Radvanyi, was created in 1992, in
the framework of the French National Institute of Oriental Languages and
Civilizations. This center is studying the post-socialist process in the
former Soviet Union space with a pluridisciplinary approach. Jean Radvanyi
is a geographer, Professor at the French National Institute of Oriental
Languages and Civilizations where is heading the Russian Department.
The authors describe in detail the evolution of the South Caucasian
and Central Asian countries in the parts 4 and 5 of this book. Maps are
included for each State as well as one page with major geographic and
economic data.
For further details, please contact Jean Radvanyi, radva at ext.jussieu.fr
ON-LINE RESOURCE- Scholarly Articles Research Alerting, Central Asia Survey
Posted by: Sharron Lawrence <Sharron.Lawrencetandf.co.uk>
Posted: 24 Jun 2003
Dear Colleague
Taylor & Francis currently publishes over 750 academic peer-reviewed
journals across a variety of disciplines. In response to the changing needs
of the academic community, we are using the Internet actively to disseminate
information about journals in advance of publication.
SARA - Scholarly Articles Research Alerting, is a special email service
designed to deliver tables of contents, for any Taylor & Francis, Carfax,
Routledge, Spon Press, or Psychology Press journal, to anyone who has
requested the information. This service is completely free of charge.
All you need to do is register, and you will be sent contents pages of the
journal(s) of your choice from that point onwards, in advance of the printed
edition.
You can select to receive alerts by keyword or by title and you may
unsubscribe at any time. For each of your choices, you will receive the
relevant bibliographic information: journal title, volume/issue number and
the ISSN. You will also receive full contents details, names of authors and
the appropriate page numbers from the printed version.
This will give you advance notice of what is being published, making it
easier for you to retrieve the exact information you require from the hard
copy once it arrives in your library.
Titles that may be of interest are:
Central Asian Survey
Europe-Asia Studies
To register for this complimentary service, please visit:
<www.tandf.co.uk/sara> and click on the SARA button.
For a free online sample copy or further information on the above titles,
please visit <www.tandf.co.uk/journals>
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Transitions Online Magazine
Posted by: Ky Krauthamer <krauthamerktol.cz>
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Transitions Online <http://www.tol.cz>, a respected magazine of
politics and society in the transition states of Europe and Central
Asia, is accepting proposals for articles on its culture site,
<http://culture.tol.cz>.
We are seeking informed, topical material on all aspects of culture,
society and diversity in the former Soviet Central Asian republics and
Mongolia, as well as Russia. We are looking for feature stories,
interviews, columns and essays, as well as reviews.
Transitions Online is a nonprofit organization providing high-quality
news, features, reviews and analysis by both young and experienced
journalists and experts. We do not publish articles meant for a small
specialist audience. Proposals are of course welcome from scholars and
experts eager to work on topical, high-quality journalism for a
well-educated readership. Transitions' family of publications are
widely read by media, public- and private-sector decision makers, and
scholars in Europe, Asia and North America.
For more information, please write:
Ky Krauthamer
Culture editor, Transitions Online
<krauthamerktol.cz>
Include a CV in English and copies of English-language publications, if
available,.
Additional information for contributors can be found on the Transitions
home page under About Us/Submissions.
PUBLICATION- Central Asia and the Caucasus, 2003 No. 3
Posted by: Murad Esenov <muradcommunique.se>
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to introduce the contents of the third issue, no.3 (21), of
the journal "Central Asia and the Caucasus" (in English and Russian). It
will be published in late June. To inquire about more details, as well
as to subscribe, please contact:
Murad Esenov
"Central Asia and the Caucasus"
Center for Social and Political Studies
Sweden
Tel.: (46) 70 232 16 55
Tel/fax: (46) 920 620 16
E-mails:
muradcommunique.se
murad.esenovca-org
Web: http://www.ca-c.org
CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 3 (21), 2003
IN THIS ISSUE:
REGIONAL SECURITY
* Frederik Coene. NATO and the South Caucasus: Much Ado About Nothing?
* Alexei Fenenko. The U.S. Factor and the Crisis of the Trans-Eurasian Area
* Sergey Minasian. Iran on the Way to the Nuclear Bomb? (Analysis of Tehran's Nuclear Missile Program)
RELIGION IN SOCIETY
* Bakhtiar Mirkasymov. Salafism in Central Asia and the Northern Caucasus
* Amirkhan Magomeddadaev. Politization of Islam in Daghestan: The Factors behind It (1987-2002)
REGIONAL POLITICS
* Pan Guang. Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Context of International Antiterrorist Campaign
* Alexander Chepurin. Political Development Trends in the Transcaucasus in Light of Antiterrorist Operation
* Aron Brudniy, Dinara Sydykbekova. Central Asia and Civilizational Trends at the Beginning of the 21st Century
* Parvin Darabadi. The Caspian Region in Contemporary Geopolitics
* Vladimir Kindalov, Oleg Limanov. Russia and China in Central Asia: Geopolitical Changes
* Mikael Airapetian. Asia Minor and the Caucasus at the Crossroads of Civilizations: Armenian-Turkish Question in the New Age
* Oleg Boronin. On the Priorities of Russian Policy in Post-Soviet Central Asia
* Zakir Chotoev. Turkey in the Antiterrorist Campaign
* Alec Rasizade. Azerbaijan after the First Decade of Capitalism
* Sergey Markedonov. Polemical Notes about the Constitutional Referendum in Chechnia: Was It Another Khasaviurt?
REGIONAL ECONOMIES
* Natalia Ushakova. Central Asian Cooperation: Toward Transformation
* Rafael Ultanbaev. Eurasian Economic Community: Thorny Path of Development
* Talaybek Koychumanov. Economic Interests of Central Asian States: Identification Problems
* Rubik Yegorian, Marina Oganesian, Anna Manvelian. Kazakhstan: the Present and Future of Its Transportation Corridors
* Georgi Petrov. Tajikistan's Hydropower Resources
* Mannon Aliev. Regulation of the Securities Market in Uzbekistan
ETHNIC RELATIONS
* Igor Semenov. The Mountain Jews in the Caucasus: Certain Aspects of Ethnic Identification
* Iraklii Chikhladze, Giga Chikhladze. The Yezidi Kurds and Assyrians of Georgia: The problem of
Diasporas and Integration into Contemporary Society
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
* Energy Policy and Energy Projects
* Regional Conflicts (Abkhazia, Nagorny Karabakh, South Ossetia, Chechnia) and Roads to Settlement
* The Place of Religion in the Sociopolitical Context
If you are interested to go into more details about the content of the
articles you may find all necessary information on our Internet home-page:
<http://www.ca-c.org>
ON-LINE RESOURCE- French Institute for Central Asian Studies Website
Posted by: IFEAC Administration <publicifeac.com.uz>
Posted: 28 May 2003
The French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) would like to announce
the creation of its website at <www.ifeac.org>.
For those who read the French language and are interested in finding out
more about our activities, please find information about our publications,
such as Les Cahiers d'Asie centrale (the periodical of our Institute), and
many others; topics studied by our researchers; and past and future
conferences and colloquia at:
<www.ifeac.org>
Yours truly,
IFEAC Administration
E-mail: <publicifeac.com.uz>
Web: <www.ifeac.org>
In Tashkent:
18a, rue Rakatboshi (ex-Spilkov)
700031 Tachkent, Ouzbekistan
In Paris:
Ambassade de France en Ouzbékistan
Service de la valise diplomatique
128bis, rue de l'Université
75007 Paris
PUBLICATION- British Intelligence on Afghanistan, IDC Publishers
Posted by: Willemijn Lindhout <wlindhoutidc.nl>
Posted: 27 May 2003
British Intelligence on Afghanistan and its Frontiers, c. 1888-1946
Secret and confidential print from the British Government of India
IDC Publishers is pleased to announce the publication of British
Intelligence on Afghanistan and its Frontiers, c. 1888-1946
The Intelligence files concentrate on Afghanistan's internal and external
affairs and trans-frontier tribes and personalities. The collection, from
the India Office Records in the British Library, is unique in its breadth
and accessibility.
Military Intelligence
The Intelligence Branch issued a stream of practical handbooks, route books,
military reports, tribal monographs, 'who's who' compilations, and summaries
of events. Sources were officers in the field and their contacts, together
with local tribesmen who had been clandestinely employed.
Political Intelligence
The Government of India Foreign & Political Department had a parallel
intelligence interest, concentrating on Afghanistan's internal and external
affairs and trans-frontier tribes and personalities. It issued its own
compilations, mainly sourced by political officers.
Finding Aid
In addition to this primary source IDC offers a printed and online finding
aid with an introduction and by A.J. Farrington, Former Deputy Director,
Oriental and India Office Collections (OIOC), British Library.
* Approx. 17,000 frames * 410 microfiches * Including printed and
online guide <www.idc.nl/catalog/referer.php?c=396>
For more information on this or other intelligence collections, please visit
<www.idc.nl> or contact us at <infoidc.nl>
PUBLICATION- Archaeological Monuments of Egiin Gol Valley (Mongolia)
Posted by: Tsagaan Turbat <ts_turbatyahoo.com>
Posted: 26 May 2003
Ts. Turbat, Ch. Amartuvshin and U. Erdenebat, Archaeological Monuments of
Egiin Gol Valley (from Bronze age to Mongolian period), Edited by Prof. D.
Tseveendorj, Ulaanbaatar, 2003, Mongolian text, pp.295, 139 b/w ills., 40
color ills., 240x173 cm. Two hundred fifty copies of the book were printed.
The book is the first edition of excavation of survey of Egiin Gol valley in
North Mongolia. During last 12 years the Mongolian, French and American
archaeologists jointly worked in this valley which was endangered by the
construction of Hydroelectric Power Station. The archaeologists made the
survey over 251 sq. km and found over 900 archaeological sites related to
many historical periods from Stone age to late Middle age. Including 28
sites of Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, 389 burial mounds called
"kergesur" from Bronze age, 89 slab graves from Bronze age, 3 petroglyphs, 1
deer stone, 119 Xiongnu tombs, 5 Turkic graves, 71 Mongolian period tombs, 2
ancient settlement, 5 ruins of 19th century monasteries. Since 1992 to 2002
the archaeologists excavated 27 slab graves, 8 kergesur, 106 Xiongnu tombs,
5 Turkic graves, 28 Mongol graves, 2 settlements from Xianbei and Kitan
periods representatively and unearthed hundreds of artifacts. This book is
introducing that excavated materials completely with analysis of funeral
practices and artifacts. The book is devoted for archaeologists,
ethnologists, historians and for all who interested in history and culture
of Central Asia. Send the e-mail to <ts_turbatyahoo.com>,
<ts_turbatmongol.net> or <chamaryahoo.com>.
Ts. Turbat
Department of Mongolian History
Mongolian State Pedagogical University
PUBLICATION- The Caucasus: Armed and Divided, Saferworld Publication
Posted by: Anna Matveeva <amatveevasaferworld.org.uk>
Posted: 21 May 2003
Saferworld Publication Announcement:
"The Caucasus: Armed and Divided--Small arms and light weapons proliferation
and humanitarian consequences in the Caucasus."
This publication is a collective monograph that brings together the case
studies of local experts in the Caucasus focusing on the region's conflicts,
the relationship between conflict and levels of arms possession and the
effects of small arms proliferation there since the break up of the Soviet
Union. It also considers the ways in which new security actors emerged in
the Caucasus and how societies in the region address the issues of personal
and collective security. It also includes a chapter on Russia's policy
towards the small arms issue in the Caucasus. The case studies demonstrate
that there is no single problem with small arms and light weapons but rather
that each area has its own specific 'problems' such as unresolved conflicts,
state weakness, crime and trafficking as well as a range of external factors.
Now available on our website at: <www.saferworld.org.uk>
For more information or to receive hard copies of this report please contact:
Anna Matveeva
Head of Arms and Security - Eastern Europe Programme
E-mail: amatveevasaferworld.org.uk
Tel: +44(0) 207 881 9290.
Paul Eavis
Executive Director
Saferworld
Stephen Gethins
Project Co-ordinator - South Caucasus
Saferworld
46 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0EB
Tel. +44 (0)207 881 9290
Web: <www.saferworld.org.uk>
PUBLICATION- Letters of Khwaja 'Ubayd Allah Ahrar, Jo-Ann Gross and Asom Urunbaev
Posted by: Jo-Ann Gross <grosstcnj.edu>
Posted: 18 May 2003
Jo-Ann Gross and Asom Urunbaev have recently published "The Letters of
Khwaja 'Ubayd Allah Ahrar and His Associates" (Brill, 2002). The book
contains an annotated English translation, Persian transcription, and
facsimile of 257 autograph letters of the fifteenth-century Central Asian
Naqshbandi pir, Khwaja 'Ubayd Allah Ahrar and his associates. The letters
are contained in the Majmu'a-yi murasalat, which is housed in the
manuscript collection of the Institute of Oriental Studies in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan. Three introductory chapters discuss the Central Asian
Naqshbandiya; Khwaja 'Ubayd Allah Ahrar; the social, historical, economic,
and political significance of the letters; and the manuscript and its author.
Full information about the book may be found at:
http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id10450.htm
PUBLICATION- ISAR and Oral Ataniyazova, Medical-Social Problems of Karakalpakistan
Posted by: John Deever <johnisar.org>
Posted: 13 May 2003
Now available, "The Aral Sea Crisis and Medical-Social Problems of
Karakalpakstan" (in Russian), produced by "Bilim", Karakalpakstan,
Uzbekistan, 2001, 78 pp.
This unique publication about the Aral Sea and the crisis of the people of
Karakalpakstan has been co-written by local NGO activist Oral Ataniyazova.
Ataniyazova was selected in 2000 as one of a handful of global environmental
activists whose work was deemed worthy of the Goldman Prize
(http://goldmanprize.org/recipients/recipientprofile.cfm?recipientid(tm))
--the environmental equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Unlike many other resources on the Aral Sea crisis, this publication is
written from the perspective of a resident and experienced physician whose
health projects and independent civil society activities are closely tied to
the fate of the Karakalpak people. Exploring issues such as pesticides,
dioxin, women and children's health, and the history of Karakalpaks, the
book offers researchers excellent and rare primary source material into the
ongoing disaster of the Aral Sea and its people.
For more information, please write to:
Perzent
PO: Box 27, Nukus-12,
Rep. Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) 742012
Or email: <perzentintal.uz>; <oralintal.uz>
John P. Deever
Publications Program Officer
Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia
1601 Connecticut Ave NW #301
Washington DC 20009
tel: 202-387-3034
fax: 202-667-3291
web: <http://www.isar.org>
PUBLICATION- Children of War, Emine Gursoy-Naskali, Aylin Koc, eds., (in Turkish)
Posted by: Emine Gürsoy-Naskali <Naskaliturk.net>
Posted: 12 May 2003
"Children of War: Orphans" (in Turkish)
Eds. Emine Gursoy-Naskali, Aylin Koc
Istanbul 2003, 467 p., ISBN 975-97708-1-4
Kirmizi Yayincilik
Introduction, Orphans in the Ottoman Social Context, Orphans in post
World War I in Turkey, Orphanages, Deportations and Memories, Orphans in
Azerbaijan and Russia, Orphans in Literature, Psychological and
Sociological Perspectives, Legal Aspects, Orphans in Music and Art.
Contains first time published photographs from the Celal Bayar and Kazim
Karabekir archives.
Regarding Central Asia: The section "Orphanages" has a chapter on
Ilkhanid orphanages in Tabriz; "Deportations and Memories" has two
chapters on the Crimean, Karachay-Balkar deportations, "Orphans in
Azerbaijan and Russia" has one chapter on Karabagh, one chapter on the
Russian Federation, and one chapter on Turkish aid to the post WWI
famine in Russia.
CONTENTS / ICINDEKILER
Sunus / Emine Gursoy-Naskali
Giris / Emine Gursoy-Naskali
I. OSMANLI SOSYAL YAPISINDA OKSUZ VE YETIMLER
Osmanli Devletinde Yetimlerin Sosyal Haklarinin Korunmasi / Veli Inanc
Savas Yillarinda Himaye-i Etfal Cemiyetinin Cocuk Sagligi Konusundaki Hedef
ve Faaliyetleri / Makbule Sarikaya
Osmanli Devletinde Yetimler Icin Alinan Bazi Sosyal Tedbirler / Ebubekir
Sofuoglu
Eytam Idaresi Sandiklari ve Osmanli Devletinde Yetimlerin Ekonomik
Haklarinin Korunmasi / Mehmet Canli
Osmanli Belgelerine Gore Birinci Dunya Savasi Yillarinda Almanya'ya
Gonderilen Daruleytam Ogrencileri / Safiye Kirbac
II. MILLI MUCADELE DONEMINDE OKSUZ VE YETIMLER
1911-1922 Yillarinda Anadolunun Kimsesiz Kiz Cocuklari / Ferhunde Ozbay
Milli Mucadele Doneminde Yetimlere Butceden Ayrilan Pay / Ridvan Akin
Amerika'daki Turklerin Milli Mucadele Yetimlerine Yardimlari / Veysi Akin
Cocuk Davamiz / Timsal Karabekir
III. YETIMHANELER
XIV. Yuzyil Baslarinda Tebriz'de Iki Yetimhane / Osman Gazi Ozgudenli
Oksuz ve Yetim Cocuklar Icin Kurulmus Bir Egitim Kurumu: Darussafaka / Aylin
Koc
Izmir'de Cumhuriyet Donemi Cocuk Bakim Yurtlari - Fotograflar / Emine
Gursoy-Naskali
IV. SURGUNLER VE HATIRALAR
1944-1945 Kirim Faciasi ve Yetimler / Aydin Semi-zade
Cocuk Gozuyle 1943-1944 Kirim Tatari, Karacay ve Balkar Surgunu / Svetlana
M. Tchervonnaia
Yemen Elmasi ve Dogu Cephesinden Bir Mektup / Ahmet Buran
Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa Zirhlisi Sehitlerinden Carkci Yuzbasi Ahmet
Efendinin Yetimleri: Nermin Atature ve Nakiye Sarier'in Hatiralari / Nilufer
Hatemi
Bir Darussafakali / Davut Okutcu
V. AZERBAYCAN VE RUSYA COGRAFYASINDA OKSUZ VE YETIMLER
Karabag Savasinin Cocuk Yuzleri / Nesrin Sariahmetoglu-Karagur
Gunumuz Rusya'sinin Anali Babali Oksuzleri / Liaisan Sahin
1921-1923 Yillari Arasinda Rusya'da Basgosteren Kitliktan Etkilenen Turk
Cocuklari ve Turkiye'nin Bunlara Sahip Cikmasi / Husnu Yilmaz Livatyali
VI. EDEBIYATTA OKSUZ VE YETIMLER
Turk Soz Varliginda 'Oksuz' ve 'Yetim' Kavramlari / Asiye Mevhibe Cosar
Turk Kahramanlik Destanlarinin Oksuz ve Yetim Bahadirlari / Mehmet Aca
Turk Masallarinda Oksuz ve Yetimler / Aylin Koc
Nasihat Icerikli Metinlerde Oksuz ve Yetim Kavramlari / Dilek Herkmen
Savasin Gercek Kurbanlari: Cocuklar / Alev Sinar Cilgin
VII. PSIKOLOJIK VE SOSYOLOJIK PERSPEKTIF
Adli Psikiyatrik Acidan 'Savas ve Cocuk' / Gokhan Oral
Savas ve Yetimlik Kavramlari / Dursun Ayan
Oksuz ve Yetimlerin Toplumsal Butunlesme Problemi: Diyarbakir Yetistirme
Yurdu Ornegi / M. Cengiz Yildiz
VIII. HUKUK VE YASAL DUZENLEMELER
Sehit Cocuklarini Korumaya Yonelik Yasal Duzenlemeler / Yusuf Cam
Savas ve Silahli Catisma Ortaminda Bulunan Cocuklara Iliskin Hukuki
Duzenlemeler / Feride Filiz Yuce
IX. SANAT VE MUZIK
Turk Sinemasinda Oksuz ve Yetim Cocuk Imgeleri / Nilufer Ocel
Oksuz ve Yetim Konulu Turku Gufteleri / Metin Eke
PUBLICATION- Irrigation in Central Asia, World Bank Report
Posted by: David Mikosz <dmikoszworldbank.org>
Posted: 8 May 2003
The World Bank has recently released a large report on irrigation in Central
Asia. It raises many interesting issues and will guide policy makers in and
out of the region. Below is some information on the report and how to
receive a copy. In addition, a series of Global Development Learning Network
(GDLN) video conferences will be conducted on the topic.
Irrigation in Central Asia: Social, Economic and Environmental Considerations
The Central Asian countries in the Aral Sea Basin have some of the largest
irrigation schemes in the world. Some 22 million people depend directly or
indirectly on the irrigated agriculture. Entire communities exist solely
because of these schemes. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, farmers'
incomes have fallen dramatically, many institutions have ceased to function,
and maintenance has stopped almost entirely. As a result, water supply is
erratic, salinisation and waterlogging have increased, canals are broken or
silted up, and machinery is on the point of breaking down altogether.
Rehabilitation is urgently needed, but neither governments nor the combined
donors have sufficient resources. Policy-makers are faced therefore with a
series of difficult questions:
* Which schemes should be rehabiliated and which left to decline?
* What is the relationship between poverty and irrigation in this region?
* Do the poor suffer disproportionately from a contraction in irrigation?
* Would irrigated agriculture be economically viable if everything (including
electricity for pumping) were at world market prices?
* What happens to communities as the irrigation infrastructure declines?
* How can we reduce the hardship that results from the decline? For example,
is it worth rehabilitating irrigation schemes as a form of social
assistance, to keep people employed for a limited period?
* What about the environmental problems associated with irrigation in this
region? If we added the costs of environmental damage, how would that
affect the economic analysis of rehabilitation projects?
The World Bank and consultants from three Central Asian countries have
analyzed these questions using a combination of quantitative and qualitative
methods. We found that enormous hardship results from the degradation of
infrastructure and households have very few alternative livelihood options.
The extent to which local institutions are able to function has an important
effect on well-being in the communities when water is available.
Quantitative analysis of household surveys validated the qualitative work by
finding that the poor suffer disproportionately from the contraction in
infrastructure. The economic analysis showed that a surprising number of
schemes turned out to be economically viable, even those with high lifts,
and would be even more viable if economic reforms allowed farmers more
flexibility. We found that incorporating a partial value of the
environmental externality did not fundamentally change decisions about
whether to go ahead with a particular investment in irrigation
rehabilitation. We also found that it may be financially preferable for the
government to subsidize a loss-making rehabilitation scheme rather than
providing cash or other transfers to help soften the social burden of
letting infrastructure collapse and thus suggest that irrigation may be
worth considering as one way to ease social burdens of the transition
period. We stress that rehabilitation should always take place in a context
of policy and institutional reforms.
To obtain an email version of this report, in English or Russian, please
contact: David Mikosz, <dmikoszworldbank.org>
Please note, these reports are very large - more than 3.5 megabytes for the
Russian version and 2.5 for the English version. Please specify which
version you would like.
Also, you can contact the World Bank Country Offices to obtain a copy of that
report.
Here are the main contact people at our country offices:
Tajikistan:
Bobojon Yatimov
email: <byatimovworldbank.org>
Uzbekistan:
Dilshod Khidirov
email: <dkhidirovworldbank.org>
Kyrgyz Republic:
Orunbek Shamkanov
email: <oshamkanovworldbank.org>
If you have any questions or are not able to reach them, please contact me at
<dmikoszworldbank.org>. Please also contact me if you wish more information
on the upcoming series of video conferences.
PUBLICATION- Sharon Hudgins, A Slice of Life in Siberia & the Russian Far
East
Posted by: Sharon Hudgins <swhudginsearthlink.net>
Posted: 7 May 2003
THE OTHER SIDE OF RUSSIA: A SLICE OF LIFE IN SIBERIA & THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
by Sharon Hudgins
Texas A & M University Press, 2003
This book is now in the bookstores--and can also be ordered online at
<www.tamu.edu/upress> or at <www.amazon.com>.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
Travel to post-Soviet Siberia and the Russian Far East with author Sharon
Hudgins as she takes readers on a personal adventure through the Asian side
of Russia--an area closed to most Westerners and many Russians prior to the
1990s. Even today, few people from the West have ridden the Trans-Siberian
railroad in winter, stood on the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, feasted with
the Siberian Buryats, or lived in the "high-rise villages" of Vladivostok
and Irkutsk.
One of only a handful of American women who have lived and worked in this
part of the world, Hudgins dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that
surround this "other side of Russia." She artfully depicts the details of
everyday life, set within their cultural and historical context--local
customs, foods, and festivals, as well as urban life, the education system,
and the developing market economy in post-Soviet Siberia and the Russian Far
East.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sharon Hudgins is an award-winning author and food/travel writer who has
also worked as a university professor, book editor, magazine editor,
filmmaker, and photographer. For almost two decades she worked for the
University of Maryland's education programs in Europe, Asia, and the United
States.
She has lived abroad for 20 years--in Germany, Spain, Greece, France,
England, Scotland, Japan, Korea, and Russia--and has traveled in more than
40 countries around the world. Her previous residences have ranged from
Munich, Athens, Paris, London, Madrid, and Tokyo, to a shepherd's cottage in
the Scottish Highlands, a German winery on the Mosel River, a mountain
village in southern Spain, and a high-rise apartment building in southern
Siberia.
She is the author of three books, one of which received a national literary
award in Germany in 1992. In 1996 her paper about the foods of the Siberian
Buryats won a Sophie Coe Subsidiary Prize in Food History, at the Oxford
Symposium on Food & Cookery. She is a contributor to the forthcoming Oxford
Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, and her culinary research in Russia
has been cited in The Oxford Companion to Food. More than 500 of her food
and travel articles have been published in major magazines and newspapers in
the United States, Europe, and Asia. She is currently working on her next
book, a culinary memoir titled T-Bone Whacks & Caviar Snacks: Cooking with
Two Texans in Siberia.
She holds a bachelor's degree in government (with a specialization in Soviet
and East European studies) from the University of Texas at Austin, a
master's degree in political science (with a specialization in United
States-Soviet strategic relations) from the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor, and a master's degree in communications from the University of Texas
at Austin.
ON-LINE RESOURCE- Transoxiana Resources Index (in Spanish)
Posted by: Paola E. Raffetta <paola_raffettauolsinectis.com.ar>
Posted: 5 May 2003
El indice de sitios web recomendados de Transoxiana ha sido actualizado.
Transoxiana Resources index updated.
<http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/resources.html>
Transoxiana Resources busca ser un espacio interactivo de promocion de
aquellos recursos electronicos valiosos para la difusion de los Estudios
Orientales. Si conoce sitios que desee recomendar, escribanos. Si encuentra
un link que no funciona, agradeceremos el aviso.
Saludos,
Paola E. Raffetta
Editora,
T R A N S O X I A N A
E-Journal de Estudios Orientales
URL: <http://www.transoxiana.org>
Mail to: <editortransoxiana.org>
Escuela de Estudios Orientales "RP Ismael Quiles SJ"
Universidad del Salvador - Buenos Aires - Argentina
PUBLICATION- Parliamentary Elections Guide Armenia 2003, Caucasus Media Institute
Posted by: Vicken Cheterian <vickencaucasusmedia.org>
Posted: 5 May 2003
ANNOUNCEMENT
Publication of
Parliamentary Elections Guide Armenia 2003
The Parliamentary Elections Guide Armenia 2003 is the second in the series
of CMI Election Guides targeted at journalists and observers, both local and
foreign. The guide contains general information on the country; the
electoral programs of parties running for the parliamentary election;
relevant legislation and useful contacts in Armenia. The guide is available
in three languages- English, Russian and Armenian, (3000 copies). The Guide
is published thanks to financial and technical support of Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC), Eurasia Foundation (Armenia) and CIMERA
(Switzerland).
In case of interest please contact Ruben Meloyan or visit the Caucasus Media
Institute.
Demirchyan Pagughi 23
Yerevan, Armenia
tel. + 374 1 54 06 31, 54 06 32
fax.+ 374 1 56 88 60
Email: <rubencaucasusmedia.org>
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 23 April 2003 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 23 Apr 2003
The 23 April 2003 Issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a subscription
free Web journal, is now on-line at <http://www.cacianalyst.org/>
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University-The Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies is proud to announce the publication
of the 23 April 2003 issue of its biweekly Journal, The Central Asia-Caucasus
Analyst.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is freely available on the world wide web at
<http://www.cacianalyst.org/>. The Institute also offers its readers the
option of downloading The Analyst in PDF format, enabling readers to view
and print out the entire issue of The Analyst at
<http://www.cacianalyst.org/Issue_ad.htm>.
The website has recently seen a major graphic facelift, and its archives have
now been made searchable. Readers can now search the 600+ articles, field
reports, and hundreds of news items by author and keyword.
Please take a minute of your time to take the Analyst survey at
<http://www.cacianalyst.org/survey.php>, where you can communicate your
opinions of the Analyst. This will help us make the Analyst an even better
publication.
THE ANALYTICAL ARTICLES INCLUDE:
NGOS - UNLIKELY TARGETS OF AZERBAIJAN'S AND GEORGIA'S WARS ON TERRORISM
Claude Zullo
The governments of Azerbaijan and Georgia are benefiting from the international
war on terrorism as a means of holding on to power. Azerbaijan recently passed
a new law that will make it even more difficult for independent
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to operate. Meanwhile, Georgia is
attempting
to introduce a bill that could drastically undercut its vibrant civil society
groups. Persistent vigilance is needed on the part of local NGOs and the
international community in order to protect civil society groups in both
countries and their fledging democratic institutions.
THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE IN KYRGYZSTAN: THE MILITARY IMPLICATIONS
William D. O'Malley & Roger N. McDermott
In June 2002, Kyrgyz Defense Minister Esen Topoyev announced that Kant airbase
would be made available for CIS Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CRDF),
apparently signaling the intention of the Kyrgyz government to re-enter the
fold and reorienting its security needs toward Moscow. This demonstrated that
Bishkek looks for multiple security partners, including the West, to support
its own fragile security. By November, components of the VVS began arriving at
Kant, and further air movements soon followed this high profile deployment,
with three Su-27 fighters from Lipetsk, two Su-25 attack planes from Dushanbe
and two Il-76 military cargo planes constituting the total Russian deployment
at Kant.
GEORGIA SETS ITS SIGHTS ON NATO
Eric A. Miller
Georgia's unwavering support for U.S. efforts in Iraq has contributed to
Tbilisi's image as Washington's chief strategic partner in the Caucasus.
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze is capitalizing on this cooperation to
facilitate and expedite Georgian membership into NATO. Goodwill alone,
however, will prove insufficient to earn a place in NATO. The Georgian
government must tackle a number of military matters to meet NATO standards.
Some positive results on these measures are emerging, but for membership to
become a reality, Tbilisi must overcome political and economic challenges as
well as military development issues.
BUS ATTACK HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEMS IN CHINA-KYRGYZSTAN RELATIONS
Michael Dillon
What appeared at first to be a serious but unfortunate accident involving a
long distance bus travelling from the Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek to China
took a more serious turn when it emerged that the passengers and drivers
had been shot and killed before the bus caught fire. Diplomatic relations
between China and Kyrgyzstan, already tense, were once again thrown into focus.
THE FIELD REPORTS INCLUDE:
TURKMENISTAN: HISTORIC PACT SIGNED WITH RUSSIA
Turkmen president S. Niyazov paid an official two days visit to Moscow from
the 10th to 11th of April 2003. During the visit, he signed agreements on
security cooperation, exporting Turkmen gas to Russia, and canceled a dual
citizenship deal between Russia and Turkmenistan.
THE FIRST KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN IS TO OVERTHROW LOCAL OFFICIALS
The Kyrgyz ombudsman Tursunbay Bakir uulu will be able to decrease facts of
human rights violation, but not significantly. So thinks a plurality (44
percent) of the local population, as shown by results of interviews held by
the Public Opinion And Prognosis Research Center with UNDP support.
Somewhat fewer, 35 percents, believed the new rights protector can be very
successful. Only 11 percent are convinced he is going to change nothing.
However, almost all the responders say the institute of ombudsman is
necessary for Kyrgyzstan.
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS INTENTION TO JOIN NATO
Speaking on April 18 at a meeting with the co-chairman of US-NATO Committee
Bruce Jackson, President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev re-affirmed his
government's desire and goals to join NATO. Such statements by the head of
state have been rare in Azerbaijan, as in the past his political and military
advisors have been the ones raking up the issue and making similar proposals.
STREAMLINING SOCIAL SECURITY IN KAZAKHSTAN
In spite of much cited macroeconomic success stories, public welfare in
Kazakhstan has been largely ignored in the past decade. Although the country
can boast the highest standard of living in Central Asia, for a nation that
cherishes ambitions to join the WTO the mark is set higher. Kazakhstan is
taking bold steps to increase pension and salaries.
The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where
specialists can assess issues and events in the Central Asia-Caucasus region
for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers,
government officials, diplomats and academics. The Analyst seeks regional
specialists, journalists, economists, and political scientists to join its
pool of authors who are then asked to contribute short, timely, analytical
articles, ca. 1000 words in length. The institute pays a honorarium to the
authors. The Analyst also seeks local experts, corporate representatives
and NGO representatives from the region to write Field Reports for a modest
honorarium.
The Analyst provides factual, objective and analytical articles valuing fresh
insights rather than the conventional wisdom. We welcome readers and writers
from various perspectives and viewpoints. We value your comments and
suggestions.
Those interested in joining The Analyst's pool of authors to contribute
articles, field reports or contacts of potential writers, please send your CV
to: <scornelljhu.edu> and suggest some topics on which you would like to
write.
Please remember that The Analyst does not accept double submissions.
Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Editor
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
The Johns Hopkins University
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. 1-202-663-5922
Fax. 1-202-663-7785
E-mail: <scornelljhu.edu>
CFP- Journal of Central Asian Studies, Globalization and Central Asia
Posted by: Reuel Hanks <hreuelokstate.edu>
Posted: 14 Apr 2003
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Journal of Central Asian Studies seeks contributions to a special issue
on "Globalization and Central Asia."
The guest editor for this special volume is Dr. Laura Adams, Research
Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard
University.
Interested scholars may contact Dr. Adams at <lladams2earthlink.net>.
It is expected that the issue will go to press by August 15, 2003;
therefore, final drafts of articles should be submitted by August 1, 2003.
Articles concerned with other topics and issues in the social sciences and
humanities in Central Asia may be sent to Dr. Reuel Hanks, Editor, JCAS
<hreuelokstate.edu>.
Submissions should follow the guidelines found on the journal's website,
<www.geog.okstate.edu/journals/jcas/jcas.htm>
PUBLICATION- Central Asia and the Caucasus, 2003 No. 2
Posted by: Murad Esenov <muradcommunique.se>
Posted: 14 Apr 2003
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to introduce the contents of the second issue, no.2 (20) of
the journal "Central Asia and the Caucasus" (in English and Russian). It
will be published in late April. To inquire about more details, as well
as to subscribe, please contact:
Murad Esenov
"Central Asia and the Caucasus"
Center for Social and Political Studies
Sweden
Tel.: (46) 70 232 16 55
Tel/fax: (46) 920 620 16
E-mails:
<muradcommunique.se>
<murad.esenovca-org>
Web: <http://www.ca-c.org>
CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 2 (20), 2003
IN THIS ISSUE:
REGIONAL CONFLICTS AND ROADS TO SETTLEMENT
* Viatcheslav Avioutskii, Hayder Mili. The Geopolitics of Separatism:
Genesis of Chechen Field Commanders
* Mayrbek Vachagaev. Chechen Society Today: Myths and Reality
* Robert Bruce Ware. Prospects for Peace in Chechnia
* Iavus Akhmadov. Russia and Chechnia: From a Fief to a Federation Subject
* Tofik Musaev. The Legal Aspects of Territorial and Border Settlement Using
Armenia's Territorial Claims Against Azerbaijan as an Example
* Levon Shirinian. Karabakh Settlement: Exchange of Territories Variant
* Tina Gogueliani. The West's Role in Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict
SPECIAL FEATURE
Muslim Centers of Power: Their Impact on the Situation in Central Asia and
the Caucasus
* Murat Laumulin. Islamic Players on the Central Asian Arena: What are the
Interests of the Neighboring Muslim States in this Region?
* Nina Mamedova. Political and Economic Situation in Iran: Its impact on the
Relationship with Central Asia and the Caucasus
* Zakir Chotoev. The Turkish Factor in the Evolution of the Central Asian
Republics
* Nikolai Kireev. Turkey at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Landmarks for
Political Islam
* Zurab Batiashvili. Huntington's Theory and Relations between Turkey and
the Caucasus
* Ilia Kudriashov. Saudi Arabia: Relations with Muslim Republics in the CIS
and the Russian Federation
* Raziat Kazimova, Vladimir Altunin. The Northern Caucasus in Saudi Arabia's
Foreign Policy: Islamic Solidarity Conception
* Asylbek Izbairov. Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia: Political and Economic
Contacts Today and Tomorrow
RELIGION IN SOCIETY
* Alexander Makharoblidze. "Pax Americana" and Islamic Fundamentalism: is
Coexistence Possible?
* Leonid Sjukijainen. Russia's Islamic Policy
REGIONAL POLITICS
* Mansour Rahmani. Central Asian States: Balancing Opportunities and
Challenges
* Eldar Ismailov, Zia Kengerli. The Caucasus in the Globalizing World: A new
Integration Model
* Boris Parakhonskiy. The Black Sea-Caspian Region in the European Context:
New Landmarks of Security and Cooperation
* Anatoli Barkovskiy, Rivanna Islamova. Where is GUUAM Heading?
* David Preiger, Irina Maliarchuk, Taisia Grinkevich. Persian Gulf
Developments and new Prospects for old Oil Projects
* Ata Khaitov. Missing the big Picture: A View from Turkmenistan
* Ainura Elebaeva, Margarita Pukhova. Political Development of Kyrgyzstan:
Stability and Instability
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
* Political Development Trends in the Context of International Antiterrorist
Campaign
* Energy Policy and Energy Projects
* Regional Conflicts (Abkhazia, Nagorny Karabakh, South Ossetia, Chechnia)
and Roads to Settlement
If you are interested to go into more details about the content of the
articles you may find all necessary information on our Internet home-page:
<http://www.ca-c.org>
CFP- Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Call for Contributions
Posted by: Joseph N. Bell <joseph.bellmsk.uib.no>
Posted: 9 Apr 2003
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
<http://www.uib.no/jais>
<http://enlil.ff.cuni.cz/jais/jais.htm>
The Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies would like to invite scholarly
contributions examining the roots or basic elements of the all too obvious
confrontation between the "West" (of enlightenment and market economy?) and
the (conservative?) Arabic and Islamic "East". Only thoroughly academic
submissions will be considered, and these will be subject to normal peer
review. Ideally we would like to publish at least two articles, one by a
Muslim scholar and one by a non-Muslim Western scholar. More will naturally
also be considered.
If the number of qualified articles is sufficient, paper publication may be
in book form.
Any paper publications will be issued by the Edinburgh University Press, but
all articles will appear on the Journal's Internet site as soon as they are
approved and ready for posting.
Best regards,
Joseph Bell
PUBLICATION- Ali Çarkoglu and Barry Rubin eds., Turkey and the European Union
Posted by: Gloria Center <truejoyNETVISION.NET.IL>
Posted: 8 Apr 2003
Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration and
International Dynamics
Edited by Ali Çarkoglu and Barry Rubin (Frank Cass, 2003)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Ziya Öni, Domestic Politics, International Norms and Challenges to the
State: Turkey-EU Relations in the Post-Helsinki Era
* Chris Brewin, Turkey and Europe After Nice Summit
* Esra Çayhan, Towards European Security and Defence Policy: With or
Without Turkey?
* Semin Süvarierol, The Cyprus Hurdle On Turkey's Road To Membership Of The
European Union
* Kemal Kirici, Justice and Home Affairs Issues in Turkish-EU Relations:
Assessing Turkish Asylum and Immigration Policy and Practice
* William Hale, Human Rights, the European Union, and the Turkish Accession
Process
* Nergis Canefe and Tanil Bora, Intellectual Roots of Anti-European
Sentiments in Turkish Politics: The Case of Nationalist-Conservative
Tradition and Radical Turkish Nationalism
* Gamze Avci, Turkey's Slow EU candidacy: Insurmountable Hurdles to
Membership or Simple Euroscepticism?
* Ali Çarkoglu, Who wants the Full Membership? Characteristics of Public
Opinion Support for EU Membership in Turkey
* Lauren M. McLaren and Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Turkish Parliamentarians'
Perspectives on Turkey's Relations with the European Union
* Mine Eder, Implementing Economic Criteria Of EU Membership: How Difficult
Is It For Turkey?
To order click here:
<http://www.cassbooks.com/>
or contact the publishers at:
Frank Cass Publishers
Crown House, 47 Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 5BP
Tel: +44 (0)20 8920 2100
Fax: +44 (0)20 8447 8548
See Catalog of All GLORIA Publications
PUBLICATION- A. Davydova and S. Minyaev, Archaeological Sites of the Xiongnu,
Vol. 5
Posted by: Sergey Minyaev <minasia.iimc.spb.ru>
Posted: 4 Apr 2003
Saint-Petersburg "Asiatic Foundation" has published next volume of
"Archaeological Sites of the Xiongnu"
Volume 5
Archaeological sites near Dureny village,
by A. Davydova and S. Miniaev.
Asiatic Foundation, 2003, Russian text, pp.165, 130 b/w ills.
Only one hundred copies of the book were printed.
The book is the first edition of excavation of Xiongnu settelments Dureny-1
and Dureny-2. Ivolga-type dwellings were found here, demonstrating their
inhabitants were agriculturalists, pastoralists, and craftsmen. This
settlement stretches 11 km (!) along the Chikoy river. About 12,000 sq. m
were excavated. Ornaments of various types were found here, as well as a
bronze seal with a representation of the mountain goat.
Dureny-2 is a stratified site where eleven layers have been registered. The
middle ones document the transition period, since layer 5 contains pottery
of the Hsiung-Nu types while in layers 6 and 7 the Hsiung-Nu ceramics
co-occurs with the medieval one. So contrary to what the Chinese sources
assert, the Hsiung- Nu lived in Central Asia not only during the last two
centuries BC, but also during the Middle Ages.
See in detail about the "Archaeological Sites of the Xiongnu" volumes
<http://hsiungnu.chat.ru>
Dr. Sergey Minyaev
Department of Archaeology of Central Asia
Institute of the History of Material Culture
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Dvortsovaja nab. 18
St-Petersburg, Russia, 191186
ON-LINE RESOURCE- IAAS Central Asia Seminar Series Materials
Posted by: Yuri Bossin <iouriiaas.msu.ru>
Posted: 3 Apr 2003
The materials of the seminar series "Central Asia: Perspectives and
Challenges in the 21th Century", held from April through December 2002 in
the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University are now
available in electronic version at the address:
<http://www.iaas.msu.ru/pub_on/bossin2.pdf>.
Feedback, comments, suggestions are welcome to <iouriiaas.msu.ru>
The printed version is expected in April 2003
Dr. Yuri V. Bossin
Associate Professor
Institute of Asian and African Studies,
Moscow Lomonosov State University (MGU)
Department of the Near and Middle Eastern Countries
11 Mokhovaya Street, Suite 257, Moscow 103009, Russia
Phone: (095)-203-4407
Fax: (095)-203-3647
E-mail: <iouriiaas.msu.ru>
PUBLICATION- Nouman Smyles, Hostage to Celestial Turks (A Novel)
Posted by: Nouman Smyles <smylesfsmail.net>
Posted: 28 Mar 2003
"Hostage to Celestial Turks" by Nouman Smyles
This is an ambitious book, raising the latest issues of militancy in Central
Asia and the mystic history of Celestial Turks
Publisher: 1stBooks Library
ISBN: 1-4033-7710-3 (Paperback); Price: $11.60
1-4033-7711-1 (Hardcover); Price: $16.45
Extent: 224 pages
Book Description
The narrator of the novel is a translator, taken hostage by a militant
extremist group in Central Asia (possibly Xinjiang). He is allowed to
translate the statements and appeals of the guerrillas, so in the same book
he writes notes of his own in broken English - the only language he knows
that the guerrillas don't understand. Trying to understand why he is there,
the narrator recalls the last two years of his life. Two years before, he
came for the first time to Xinjiang to translate for Luke, an American
scholar interested in the history of the Celestial Turks, an ancient people
of Central Asia who followed all the religions of the world: Zoroastrianism,
Manichaeism, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Shamanism, etc.
There in Xinjiang Luke was arrested. The translator himself escaped with
only a mysterious sentence to death. He continued to live the life of the
translator/interpreter, a life that reflects the mosaic of the modern world:
from soccer to show-business. In his notes he tries to make sense of that life.
The second layer of the novel concerns the strange, mysterious destinies of
previous researchers of the Celestial Turks. Trying to find out what has
happened to Luke, the narrator descends a ladder whose rungs are previous
researchers: the Jewish Zev, the Russian monk Valaamov, the Buddhist Tenzig,
the Muslim At-Tahari. He finds out more and more about the Celestial Turks
but also discovers the tragic fates of their researchers, all either killed
or otherwise eliminated. Why? The narrator looks for the answer - which
might help him to understand his own fate...
The third layer of the novel, intertwined with the previous two layers, is
the story of the Celestial Turks themselves. The ruling triumvirate of the
Celestial Turks - the Emperor Bilge-Haqan, the Hero Prince Kul-Tegin and the
Wise, Old Tonyukuk - have created the greatest Empire of the Steppe,
extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea. But Prince Kul-Tegin
dies, and envoys from all neighbouring countries come to the funeral. After
the funeral, the Emperor tells them: "I conquered space, but I failed to
conquer time. I lost my brother. With your help I'm going to conquer
eternity. Bring all your wisdom to me!" He then takes them hostage, and they
start to translate their Holy Books. Though the books are holy, the envoys
are real people; one poisons another, a third blackmails a fourth, a fifth
sleeps with a sixth... The Empire starts to corrode and crumble. Finally the
Emperor himself is killed by a traitor. The Wise Tonyukuk is the only
person, who understands everything; having realized that he cannot save the
Empire, he finds a way to turn defeat into victory. He calls it the Grand
Return. He swaps the envoys with their doubles and sends them off with their
proselytes to different countries, races, faiths. Nobody knows what he has
done. All this constitutes a hidden side of history, because these are not
earthly, but Celestial Turks. Therefore, everyone who even partially
discloses the secret is eliminated.
Author Biography:
Nouman Smyles is a writer, member of the Oriental literary-mystical group
"Conference of Refined"
(see: http://library.ferghana.ru/another/uzbek.html).
His book Customs & Clichés has been translated into Uzbek. He lives in London.
PUBLICATION- Journal of International Affairs, Special Issue on Central Asia
Posted by: Amitabh Khardori <ak2025columbia.edu>
Posted: 26 Mar 2003
Announcing the release of the Spring 2003 Issue of the JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
CENTRAL ASIA: THE ROAD AHEAD
The events of September 11th, 2001 and the subsequent war in Afghanistan
triggered a sudden interest in the Central Asian republics and the broader
region of Central Asia. No longer the soft underbelly of Russia's near
abroad, these nations are emerging as a crucial, geopolitical bloc in
their own right. As the literature on Central Asia proliferates and a
complicated regional picture unfolds, the Journal of International
Affairs, with contributions from Martha Brill Olcott, Edward T. Walker,
Nancy Lubin, Dmitri Trenin, Anders Aslund and other leading scholars on
the region, will shed light on its most pressing issues.
To order copies contact:
Journal of International Affairs
Columbia University
Box 4, International Affairs Building
New York, NY 10027 U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 854-4775
Facsimile: (212) 662-0398
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PUBLICATION- Emmanuel Karagiannis, Energy and Security in the Caucasus
Posted by: Manolis Afentakis <mafedakisYAHOO.CO.UK>
Posted: 26 Mar 2003
"Energy and Security in the Caucasus" by Dr Emmanuel Karagiannis
This is an ambitious new contribution to the debate revolving around the
geo-politics of the Caucasus.
Publisher: Routledge Curzon
ISBN: 0700714812
Type: Hardback Book
Price: £50.00
Extent: 248 pages
Book Description
Azerbaijan's oil is the major strategic resource of the Caucasus region, and
the politics of oil, particularly the politics of the transportation of
oil-by pipeline, from the region to western markets-is highly instrumental
in influencing the many complicated international and inter-ethnic tensions
in the region, sometimes exacerbating the tensions, and at other times
initiating good relations and co-operation. This book examines the politics
of oil transportation in relation to these tensions.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1) Azerbaijan's oil and the pipeline question
2) Pipeline politics and ethnic conflict in Azerbaijan
3) Pipeline politics and ethnic conflict in the North Caucasus
4) Pipeline politics and ethnic conflict in Georgia
5) Pipeline politics and ethnic conflict in Turkey
6) The pipeline competition and inter-state rivalry
7) The pipeline competition and inter-state co-operation
8) Risk management for pipeline development and operation in the Caucasus
Conclusions
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Author Biography:
Dr Emmanuel Karagiannis is a political and security analyst specialising in
the Caucasus and Caspian Sea regions. Currently, he is Civic Education
Project Visiting Lecturer at Varna University of Economics in Bulgaria. In
December 1999, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Hull's Department of Politics and International Studies in
Great Britain.
PUBLICATION- Svetlana Gorshenina, Explorateurs en Asie Centrale
Posted by: Sveta Gorshenina <gorshenicanoe.ens.fr>
Posted: 25 Mar 2003
Svetlana Gorshenina
Explorateurs En Asie Centrale Voyageurs Et Aventuriers De Marco Polo à Ella
Maillart
Genève, Olizane, 2003, 544 p.
ISBN: 2880862957 (en français)
Done purposefully, the discovery of Central Asia did not result in the
romance and adventures that accompanied the discovery of America and India.
Educated Europeans shifted between opposed viewpoints and harbored ambiguous
feelings for Central Asia at the turn of the 20th century. They either
praised the area as the heart of Asia and the fountainhead of many
civilizations, or treated it with poorly hid scorn as the periphery of the
neighboring Iranian, Indian, Chinese, Turk, and Slav realms, or saw in it a
mere crossroad. Svetlana Gorshenina has cataloged the Westerners who went
there, from Marco Polo's time to Ella Maillart's. She explains what their
travel circumstances and rationales were, and details the legacy of
explorations that has overcome the indifference displayed toward an area
long closed to outsiders' curiosity. Within this framework she studies at
length the "Great Game" maneuvers and the rivalry between the United Kingdom
and Russia for the control of this strategic area, in which she sees the
prelude of the current geopolitical situation.
Table des matières:
Approches contrastées à l'égard de l'Asie centrale
Chapitre I
Les voyages en Asie centrale avant l'époque moderne
- En quête du prêtre Jean
- Premiers envoyés de l'Europe: ambassadeurs, marchands, missionnaires et
aventuriers
- Pax Mongolorum
- La transformation de l'empire grandiose de Tamerlan en oasis "arriérées
à éviter pour le commerce mondial"
- La "Terra incognita" à l'aube du XVII siècle
Chapitre II
L'aventure pré-coloniale en Asie centrale
- A l'aube de l' "imperialisme défensif" russe
- Rêve de mers chaudes et avancement vers le sud
- Dans l'attente, on étudie
- Les Occidentaux au service de la Russie: "On peut leur confier les
tâches les plus délicates."
Chapitre III
La conquête russe et le Great Game en Asie centrale
- Le prélude du Great Game
- La conquête russe
- La conquête et la colonisation russe bien appréciées
- Le Great Game
- L'expansionnisme et la redécouverte de la région
- Les relations internationales: alliance cordiale ou divorce cardinal?
Chapitre IV
La présence étrangère au Turkestan russe
- Les Britanniques
- Les efforts britanniques autour du Turkestan russe
- Au Pamir, à tout prix!
- Découvertes au Turkestan chinois
- Les Allemands au Turkestan russe
- Commerçants et industriels
- Les scientifiques
- Prisonniers de guerre
- Les Austro-Hongrois au Turkestan russe
- Sous l'ombre de la crise des Balkans
- Voyageurs austro-hongrois: russophobes ou russophiles?
- Les Français au Turkestan russe
- La France et la Russie: amitié ou désintérêt politique?
- Voyageurs français à la recherche de l'exotisme en Russie éternelle
- Tentatives françaises de s'implanter dans l'économie turkestanaise
- Missions scientifiques
- Après la Révolution
- Les Italiens. Héritiers des grands Vénitiens
- La noblesse à la quête d'amusement et les autres
- Les Finnois et les Polonais, ressortissants de provinces russes
- Les autres pays d'Europe au Turkestan russe
- Les Suisses
- Les Belges, Hollandais, Luxembourgeois
- Les Danois
- Les Suédois
- Les Espagnols
- Les Grecs
- Les Américains et le Turkestan russe
Chapitre V
Quelques réflexions sur la présence des étrangers au Turkestan russe
- Le statut des étrangers en Russie
- Observations statistiques sur la base des documents boukhariotes et autres
- Séjours de longue durée ou naturalisation?
- Les buts de voyages
- Le commerce, l'industrie et la culture
- Les missionnaires
- Les femmes
Chapitre VI
Organisation des voyages
- "Trop au milieu du monde"
- Les routes vers Samarcande: en bateau, en tarantas, par chemin de fer
et en caravane
- Projets utopiques d'une "grande artère transasiatique"
- Projets utopiques de voies navigables
- Le chemin de fer Transcaspien réel
- Ennuis et dangers de la route
- Voyages sous contrôle
- Financement des voyages
- Sociétés de géographie
Chapitre VII
Impressions et résultats de voyages
- Les échos turkestanais dans la presse et dans la littérature occidentales
- Mystifications sur la route de la soie
- Les précurseurs d'une géographie nouvelle
- Le "Problème aryen" et les études ethnologiques
- Instructions anthropologiques pour l'Asie centrale
- L'héritage des voyageurs. Le destin des collections
- Les collections qui ont survécu
- Archives photographiques
Chapitre VIII
Bio-bibliographies des voyageurs du XIIIe s. au premier tiers du XXe s.
Orientation bibliographique
PUBLICATION- Gamze Gungormus Kona, Dissertation on Central Asia and Turkey
Posted by: Gamze Kona <gkonaisnet.net.tr>
Posted: 20 Mar 2003
The following work is available in dissertation form in English as well as
in book form in Turkish (see below for information on how to obtain copies).
Cooperation Strategy Models for the Central Asian Region and Future
Scenarios on Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, 479 pages
>From the Preface
The book has two main aims; firstly to develop cooperation strategy
models in order to maximise Turkey's economic and political advantages
in the former Soviet South geopolitical area and secondly to plan
future scenarios through future scenario planning method to forecast
the probable stand of Turkey in the probable new balance of power to
be emerged as the result of the realisation of these strategy models
and by doing so, to inform Turkish officials about this new balance of
power beforehand.
Contents:
In Chapter I, Dr. Kona presents necessary and overall information
related to the Central Asian peoples and Central Asian region and
focuses on four points; first of all, she explains a short history of
Turkish origin peoples, gives the background information about the
relations between the Ottoman Empire and Central Asian Turkish Khanates
under Russian dominance and between the Central Asian peoples in the
Soviet Union and the Turks in Turkish Republic; secondly, she explains
the factors that led Turkish decision-makers to include Central Asian
states in Turkish foreign policy menu; thirdly, she presents political,
social and economic structure of the Central Asian states, geo and eco
strategical importance of the Central Asian region, the problems that
the Central Asian states face, and last she explains the role of Turkey
in the Central Asian region.
In Chapter II, she proposes four different "cooperation strategy
models"; Strategy Model I: Turkey - U.S., Strategy Model II: Turkey -
U.S. - Israel, Strategy Model III: Turkey - U.S. - Iran, and Strategy
Model IV: Turkey - Central Asian Economic Cooperation Organization
(CAECO). The strategy models are numbered from the most probable to the
least probable. In other words, in the study taking the fact into
consideration that cooperating with these five states will not present
equal political and economic advantages for Turkey she includes
different states in different strategy models. In the study,
Cooperation Strategy Models are based on two basic criteria: Firstly,
economic or political or cultural capabilities and possibilities of the
states included in the Models, which can directly facilitate and
maximise Turkey's policies in the Central Asian region in case Turkey
cooperates with them, and secondly, the states' direct or indirect
interests and expectations in the Central Asian region since national
interests of the states bear vital importance in international
relations.
In Chapter III, she develops five macro future scenarios; Future
Scenario I: Future Scenarios on Turkey's Position Regarding the Middle
East Region, Future Scenario II: Future Scenarios on Turkey's Position
Regarding the U.S., Future Scenario III: Future Scenarios on Turkey's
Position Regarding the Russian Federation, Future Scenario IV: Future
Scenarios on Turkey's Position Regarding Greece and Future Scenario V:
Future Scenarios on Turkey's Position Regarding the EU. She also
develops several micro scenarios which are interrelated with the
mentioned macro scenarios. In the study she numbers the micro scenarios
from the most plausible one to the least plausible one and give maximum
60 percent of realisation chance for the most plausible scenario taking
the possibility of emergence of wild card (negative) scenarios
(negative trends) into consideration. In this chapter she forecasts
Turkey's probable stand in regard to the Middle East region, U.S.,
Russian Federation, Greece and EU following the application of
cooperation strategies and create future scenarios on them only since
Turkey has had deep-rooted security, or political or economic conflicts
with each one of them in history largely. In addition to these, while
forecasting the future and in creating these five macro future
scenarios she adopt future scenario planning method.
About the Author:
Dr. Kona is the Assistant Professor at Yeditepe University (Istanbul)
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences - Department of
Political Science and International Relations. She teaches courses on
Turkish Foreign Policy; International Organizations; Central Asia and
Turkey; Political Developments in the New Russian Geopolitical Area. Dr.
Kona has written 24 articles, published in newspapers, journals and
periodicals in Turkey and one abroad and two books.
To obtain a copy of the dissertation in English, contact the author:
Dr. Gamze Kona
Tel. +90 (216) 499 90 45 (home)
+90 (216) 578 06 59 (office)
E-mail: gkonaisnet.net.tr
To obtain a copy of the published translation into Turkish, "Turkiye - Orta
Asya Isbirligi Strateji Modelleri ve Gelecek Senaryolari," published in 2002
by IQ Press, Istanbul (479 pp., ISBN 9756618418), please contact:
Mr. Adem Sarigol
IQ Kultur Sanat Yayincilik Ticarethane
Sokak Fetih Han No. 33/48
Sultanahmet - Istanbul - Turkey.
Tel. +90 (212) 520 91 12 (office)
PUBLICATION- Dan Shapira, Awraham Firkowicz in Istanbul (1830-1832)
Posted by: Mehmet Tutuncu <sotawanadoo.nl>
Posted: 19 Mar 2003
Awraham Firkowicz in Istanbul (1830-1832): Paving the Way for Turkic
Nationalism
by Dan Shapira
ISBN 9756467037
Published by Karam yayincilik in Ankara, 2003.
Avraham Firkowicz was the outstanding leader of the Karaims, a Turkic
speaking Jewish group in Eastern Europe, in the 19th century, whose
scientific activities proceeded his political missions. He was the man, who
virtually made the Karaites an ethnically self-conscious group, now
accounted among Turks of the Kipchak sub-group, and who started the debates
on the very (Turkic) origin of the whole East European Jewry.
About the author:
Dr. Dan Shapira of the Open University of Israel, Tel Aviv, has been
working for a long time on this very historical personality. Academic
curiosity of Dr. Shapira, an orientalist working particularly on
Turko-Jewish historical relations, seems to be more than curiosity of
Firkowicz on the origins of his people, as shown by the very richness of
the material used in this little book. Shapira made use of all Turkish and
Russian archives, as well as Jewish sources and traditions. He elaborates
Firkowicz's Istanbul visit, with premises and consequences, and he gives
also very interesting info about early days of the Tanzimat Era in
Istanbul. In this book, one can learn also about all life of Firkowicz.
"Avraham Firkowicz in Istanbul (1830-1832): Paving the Way for Turkic
Nationalism", enriched by 24 illustrations, was published by the Ankara
company KaraM Publishing. This is also a first in Ankara, as it is not very
customary in Turkey to publish books of foreign authors in foreign languages.
HOW TO ORDER THIS BOOK...
The price is Eur 15.00 + EUR 4 postage and handling. For ordering contact
SOTA at:
Tel/fax: +31 23 5292883
E-mail: <sotawanadoo.nl>
Mail:
SOTA
P.O. box
9642 2003 LP
Haarlem
Netherlands
PUBLICATION- Chechnya: Ten Clues To Understand What's Going On (in French)
Posted by: Philippe Frison <Philippe.FRISONcoe.int>
Posted: 18 Mar 2003
"Tchetchenie: dix cles pour comprendre" (Chechnya: ten clues to understand
what's going on)
French Chechnya Committee
Foreword by Sophie Shihab (A correspondent with "Le Monde")
Price (in France): 6.40 Euros, 128 pages, Publ. "La Decouverte (Paris),
Coll. "sur le vif" (From Real Life)
CLIL: 2342-01; ISBN 2-7071-3997-1
Summary:
Since 1994, two incredibly violent wars have destroyed Chechnya, with
hundreds of thousands of victims, a 400 000 inhabitant capital city razed to
the ground, and completely ruined infrastructures. The people who stay in
the country live under a regime of police and military terror. Is this the
price paid by this Northern Caucasian Republic for demanding independence
from Russia ? Or consequences of a fight against terrorism and Islamic
fundamentalism as Russia's authorities maintain it to an international
community, which has been more complacent than ever since Sept 11, 2001?
The causes and realities of present war are difficult to identify all the
more so why it happens under a information black-out, as only very few
journalists and humanitarian volunteers succeed in going there. This is why
this book is important: the French Chechnya Committee, which consists in
academics and activists, based itself on the work it has been carrying out
for several years along with Russian and Chechen NGOs, and tried to answer
questions which are the most often asked on the War in Chechnya:
1) How big is the disaster?
2) What do Chechens fight for?
3) Are Islamists responsible for the war?
4) Has war to do with oil?
5) Why does the war go on?
6) How does Moscow organize the information black-out and disinformation?
7) What is the war impact on Russian society?
8) What is the war impact on Chechen society?
9) Who is responsible for violence against civil people?
10) How to show solidarity while international community just gave up?
About the authors:
Since September 1999, the French Chechnya Committee has informed and
rallied public opinion and decision-takers against the war in Chechnya. It
has provided support in Chechnya, Russia and France to those who fight
against the war and to those who have suffered from it.
The contributions have been written by:
* Joseph Dato, in charge of Northern Caucasus at "Médecins du Monde"
* Juliane Falloux, in charge of Eastern Europe at IFHR-FIDH
* Anne Le Hueroux, a specialist for Russia (CADIS, EHESS-CNRS)
* Bleuenn Isambard, a specialist for Russia at INALCO (Institute for Oriental
studies, Paris)
* Alexandra Koulaeva, working for IFHR-FIDH, member of Memorial (St
Petersburg, Russia)
* Aude Merlin, a specialist for Caucasus
* Amandien Regamey, a specialist for Russia at IEP - Paris (Paris Institute
of Political sciences)
* Guylaine Saffrais, a journalist, specialist for Russia
* Mylene Sauloy, a film-maker, drew several films on Chechnya
* Florent Schaeffer, working at CEDETIM
* Silvia Serrano, a specialist for Caucasus (Observatoire des Etats
post-sovietiques, INALCO).
PUBLICATION- KIMEP Centre's Central Asian Journal, Third Issue
Posted by: Jan Tomczyk <jtomczykasdc.kz>
Posted: 18 Mar 2003
The third issue of the Central Asian Journal has now been published and is
available from the KIMEP Centre for Research and Development.
Articles include:
* Demand for bank loans and credit bureau services in Republic of Kazakhstan
* The development of oil industry support infrastructure for the
international competitiveness for the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Small firms in the economy of Republic of Kazakhstan
* Benefits of international portfolio diversification
* Information disclosure
* Foreign direct investors in Republic of Kazakhstan
* Financial measures to develop the industrial sector in Republic of
Kazakhstan
* FDI in Uzbekistan
* Sustainable development in Republic of Kazakhstan and the role of
multinationals
* Civil society in Republic of Kazakhstan
* Leadership styles and management practices in NGOs in Republic of
Kazakhstan
* Trust in institutions in Republic of Kazakhstan
* Support for anticorruption in Republic of Kazakhstan
* Call for papers for the Fourth Edition
Please contact the KIMEP Centre for Research and Development direct if you
wish to obtain a copy of the 3rd Edition.
Jan Tomczyk
RIIA, RSAA, MILT, MCIPS, MCIT
Project Manager
KIMEP Centre for Research and Development
KIMEP Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research
Under The President of The Republic of Kazakhstan
Room 223
4 Abai Avenue (Academic Building)
Almaty 480100
Republic of Kazakhstan
Tel: (007) 3272 704454 (in Almaty), 704453 (from outside Almaty)
Mobile: (007) 300 7664649
E-Mail: <tomczykkimep.kz>
Web: <http://www.kimep.kz/research>
PUBLICATION/CFP- Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Vol. 5 (2003)
Posted by: Joseph N. Bell <joseph.bellmsk.uib.no>
Posted: 17 Mar 2003
The Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies invites contributions for volume 5
(2003).
After a long silence, owing to some extent to formatting and other
uncertainties as a result of our new relationship with Edinburgh University
Press, we are able post the pre-publication version of the final article of
volume 3 (2000), author, title, and abstract below. Many authors have had to
wait or are still waiting to see their material appear. We will correct this
in the near future, when the first articles of volume 4 (2001-2002) will be
posted.
By the agreement with EUP, articles and monographs of the Journal will be
published fully formatted on paper, but a minimally formatted version of all
material will still remain free on the Internet (with references to the
pagination of the printed version). Fully formatted pre-publication versions
of articles will be posted on the Internet for a brief period, but these
will contain a light watermark, and the Journal cannot guarantee that the
final pagination in the printed version will be the same.
Regards,
Joseph Bell
Abstract:
Agostino Cilardo. Some Peculiarities of the Law of Inheritance: The
Formation of Imami and Ismaili Law. (Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF file, 122 kB, pp.
126-37). HTML version to be posted later.
Abstract: The question of the caliphate or imamate and similarly that of the
mut'a marriage (Imamis) are generally seen as the deepest differences
distinguishing Shi'i law systems from those of the remaining law schools.
Inheritance law, however, reveals an additional range of Shi'i
idiosyncrasies: the division of heirs by kin into classes, certain
privileges of the eldest son, and certain disadvantages of wives with
respect to some goods in their husband's estates. From a historical point of
view, the analysis of these cases leads to some innovative conclusions about
the origin and development of Imami and Isma'ili doctrine, the influence of
political elements on the law system, the question of the authenticity of
the Zaydi Majmu' al-fiqh, and the dominance of practical considerations over
strict legal rules.agreements.
PUBLICATION- CERAM-Infos, On-line Central Asia Info (in French), March 11
Issue
Posted by: CERAM <oaricclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 16 Mar 2003
Let me inform you of the publication of a new issue of CERAM-Infos. This is
the sole French-written online newsletter, focused on middle Asia.
In this issue:
* A special focus on Iran and the middle Asia
* Abstracts of an interview of Mohammad-Reza DJALILI(Professor; IUHEI -
Geneva)
* The evolution of the Turkmen system; and many news, facts and figures.
You're welcome to subscribe (completely free of charge) at the following
address:
<http://www.oaric.com/ceraminfos.htm>
Type your e-mail at the indicated place, and within 1 or 2 days, you'll
receive the password which will allow you to access the issue. The archives
of the newsletter are at the same address (free access).
Patrick Dombrowsky
PUBLICATION- Nomads, Traders and Holy Men along China's Silk Road, Silk Road Stds VII
Posted by: Judith Lerner <Jlernerprodigy.net>
Posted: 10 Mar 2003
Nomads, Traders and Holy Men Along China's Silk Road
A.L. Juliano and J.A. Lerner (eds.)
Papers presented at a symposium held at The Asia Society in New York,
November 9-10, 2001 (Silk Road Studies VII)
Turnhout: Brepols, 2002, ISBN 2-503-52178-9
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner
What is Dunhuang Art?
Wu Hung
Central Asia from the Third to the Seventh Century
Boris I. Marshak
Strange Beasts in Han and Post-Han Imagery
Jessica Rawson
The Nomads of the Fifth Century: The Tuoba Xianbei
Shing Mueller
Buddhist Steles from the Gansu/Ningxia Region
Dorothy Wong
The Merchant World of the Sogdians
Richard N. Frye
The Role of the Sogdians as Translators of Buddhist Texts
Zhang Guangda
When Glass Was Treasured in China
An Jiayao
Iranian Luxury Vessels in China from the Late First Millennium BCE to the
Second Half of the First Millennium CE
Prudence 0. Harper
Waisted Drums in Ancient China and Eurasia
Bo Lawergren
Musical Intersections: Local Festivals As Cosmopolitan Centers of Exchange
Sue Tuohy
The symposium was held in conjunction with the exhibition Monks and
Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, 4th -7th century CE.
Cost is 40 Euros
Contact INFORMATION for Brepols Publishers:
Email: <orders.publishersbrepols.com>
Website: <www.brepols.net>
Judith Lerner, Ph.D.
New York, NY 10011
JOURNAL/CFP- European Rim Policy and Investment Council
Posted by: Tim Potier <t.potiererpic.org>
Posted: 5 Mar 2003
CALL FOR PAPERS
The European Rim Policy and Investment Council (ERPIC, www.erpic.org) is
about to add a new section to its online journal Perihelion. This section
will be entitled: Young Scholars.
The purpose of the section is to publish short articles written by
postgraduate students on issues concerning what ERPIC defines as the
European Rim: Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and
North Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean. As well as any articles dealing
with the future of the European Union and its relations with the US, Russia
and the wider world.
ERPIC is currently developing a network of policymakers, from around the
world, interested in the current and future formulation of policy, from a
political, legal, economic, financial and security perspective. ERPIC now
desires to build a network of persons who will be opinion formers in the
future in their respective countries.
ERPIC may refuse to publish any article submitted that we feel does not
satisfy our interests: namely, the promotion of free trade, democracy, human
rights and good governance. All articles must be between 800-2,000 words in
length. Articles longer than 2,000 words will not be reviewed/published.
All articles should be sent to Dr Tim Potier (Executive Director of ERPIC)
at T.Potiererpic.org. Inquiries should be forwarded to our team of interns
at erpicerpic.org. However, inquiries of undue length will not be replied
to - be very brief.
Sincerely,
Dr Tim Potier
(Executive Director, ERPIC)
www.erpic.org
ON-LINE RESOURCE- New Website, Caspian Studies Prog., KSG Harvard U.
Posted by: Caspian Studies program <susan_lynchharvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Mar 2003
ON-LINE RESOURCE- New Website, Caspian Studies Program, KSG Harvard University
We are pleased to announce a new look for the Harvard University Caspian
Studies Program Website.
Please visit our new home at:
<http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/?program=CSP>
Please bookmark it and check in often for news about upcoming events, new
publications (including op-eds, articles, policy briefs, and event
summaries), fellowship INFORMATIONrmation, and much more.
Sincerely,
The Caspian Studies Program
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Str. Cambridge, MA 02138
telephone: 617-496-1981
fax: 617-496-8779
<http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/?program=CSP>
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 26 February 2003 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 4 Mar 2003
The 26 February 2003 Issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a
subscription free Web journal, is now on-line at <http://www.cacianalyst.org/>
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University-The Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies is proud to announce the publication
of the 26 February 2003 issue of its biweekly Web-Journal, The Central
Asia-Caucasus Analyst.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst Website has gone through a major overhaul. A
new graphic design has been introduced, and readers will be happy to see that
the large database of Analyst articles, field reports and news items is now
searchable. We encourage you to use the search engine; should you find some
anomalies, missing items, or the like, please do INFORMATIONrm us and we will work to
perfect the system.
The website now also features a Reader's Survey. Please help us make the
Analyst even better by taking five minutes of your time to answer a series of
quick questions on your impressions of the Analyst.
THE ANALYTICAL ARTICLES INCLUDE:
CHINA'S QUEST FOR EURASIA'S NATURAL RESOURCES
Ariel Cohen
As China continues its impressive economic growth, access to natural resources
and raw materials is becoming increasingly vital, and will feature more
prominently on the policy agenda of the decision makers in Beijing. If China
seeks to maintain its economic growth rate of 1985-2000, it will face a major
raw materials shortage and will be forced to focus on Eurasia as a source of
major energy resources, water and food. This is likely to lead to growing
economic and political involvement in Russia and Central Asia.
INTERNET ALLEGATIONS REVEAL INTERNAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN UZBEKISTAN
Michael Denison
During the first three weeks of January, something extremely unusual occurred
in Uzbekistan. An individual who appeared to have close knowledge of the inner
workings of the secretive and opaque Uzbek regime made numerous postings,
containing sensational allegations about President Islam Karimov's health,
elite corruption and factionalism, to an Internet site. Despite the
government's attempts to block access to the site, the stories spread quickly
around Tashkent and beyond within days, creating the biggest domestic
political debate for years. Whilst the allegations remain unproven and their
origin not definitively sourced, the speed with which they circulated and
the interest with which they were received, may indicate a significant
undercurrent of popular opposition to Karimov's regime.
AMIR ABU AL-WALID AND THE ISLAMIC COMPONENT OF THE CHECHEN WAR
Andrew McGregor
Following the death of Amir Ibn al-Khattab last spring, there was speculation
as to whether the foreign Islamist mujahidin would continue to play a large
role in the Chechen struggle for independence from Russia. Khattab appears to
have been replaced by a 35 year old Saudi, Abu al-Walid. Unlike the often
flamboyant Khattab, al-Walid' has a more reclusive style. Ample speculation
surrounds him, incuding whether he exists at all. Al-Walid is an experienced
and worthy successor to Khattab in the field. What remains to be seen is
whether al-Walid can preserve the supply networks of volunteers and money
under enormous international pressure is being applied to terminate these
conduits.
KAZAKHSTAN'S NEW FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW
Robert M. Cutler
Recent difficulties with the flagship Tengiz oil venture project are
emblematic of problems that foreign investors fear will become general
conditions under the new foreign investment regime in Kazakhstan, bringing
international concern over the business environment there to a head. In
early January, President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a new foreign
investment law to replace the one adopted in 1994. The new law removes
guarantees against changes in government agreements with foreign concerns in
the future, although protecting such guarantees for contracts already
signed. It also puts into question the right of foreign investors to have
automatic recourse to international arbitration courts and other forums
outside Kazakhstan in case of contractual dispute.
THE FIELD REPORTS INCLUDE:
PROBLEMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN KYRGYZSTAN
The secondary education in Kyrgyzstan is facing a number of problems, most of
which are due to the lack of resources. Among these, shortage of qualified
teachers and lack of textbooks are the most serious problems. The quality of
education is being damaged greatly. Although some measures have been taken to
address these problems, the situation remains difficult.
GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN SUPPORT JOINT PROTECTION OF REGIONAL ENERGY
TRANSPORTATION
With only a few days' interval, three incidents targeted directly against
energy transportation networks took place in Georgia. This raised the issue of
pipeline protection again and led to speculations of sabotage and its possible
perpetrators.
KAZAKH DEMOCRACY FACES A NEW THREAT
On many occasions in the past, Kazakhstan had been lauded by Western experts
as a model of democracy in Central Asia. These words of praise sound hollow in
present context. Recent imprisonment of opposition leaders and journalists
critical of the regime indicates that so far, as everywhere else in Central
Asia, democracy and pluralistic views have not taken root.
DOUBLE HOLIDAY IN TURKMENISTAN
Since the independence period, the number of holidays in Turkmenistan has been
mushrooming. On February 19, Turkmenistan celebrated one of the significant
events of the country last Wednesday, on the 19th of February. This occasion
brought a delight to Turkmen people as a Flag's Day and the Great
Turkmenbashi's birthday.
The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where
specialists can assess issues and events in the Central Asia-Caucasus region
for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers,
government officials, diplomats and academics. The Analyst seeks regional
specialists, journalists, economists, and political scientists to join its
pool of authors who are then asked to contribute short, timely, analytical
articles, ca. 1000 words in length. The institute pays a honorarium to the
authors. The Analyst also seeks local experts, corporate representatives and
NGO representatives from the region to write Field Reports for a modest
honorarium.
The Analyst provides factual, objective and analytical articles valuing fresh
insights rather than the conventional wisdom. We welcome readers and writers
from various perspectives and viewpoints. We value your comments and
suggestions.
Those interested in joining The Analyst's pool of authors to contribute
articles, field reports or contacts of potential writers, please send your CV
to: <scornelljhu.edu> and suggest some topics on which you would like to
write. Please remember that The Analyst does not accept double submissions.
Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Editor
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
The Johns Hopkins University
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. 1-202-663-5922
Fax. 1-202-663-7785
<scornelljhu.edu>
PUBLICATION- Hüsseynov and Rahmati, German-Azerbaijani Legal Dictionary
Posted by: Tevkik Tremmel <tremmel-turan.ruffelt-online.de>
Posted: 3 Mar 2003
New Publication:
German-Azerbaijani Legal Dictionary (Juristisches Wörterbuch
Deutsch-Aserbaidschanisch / Almanca Azerbaycanca hüquq terminleri)
By Ahmad Hüsseynov and Nemat Rahmati
Engelschoff: Verl. auf dem Ruffel, 2002
ISBN 3-933847-06-0; 289 S. (16x23,5 cm), gebunden mit Fadenheftung und
Schutzumschlag; ca. 15.000 Stichwörter, Verzeichnisse lateinischer Termini
und häufig verwendeter Abkürzungen
Price: 44,00 Euro
INFORMATIONrmation about the authors:
Ahmad Hüsseynov ist seit 1962 Mitarbeiter der Staatlichen Universität Baku.
Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind Deutsch als Fremdsprache und
aserbaidschanische Dialektologie.
Buchveröffentlichungen: Wörterbuch der Dialekte der Region Qazakh, Baku
1975; Lehrbuch, Deutsch für Studenten, Baku 1980; Sprachführer
Aserbaidschanisch-Deutsch, Baku 1988 und 2001.
Dr. Nemat Rahmati studierte Islamwissenschaft, Iranistik und Turkologie in
Hamburg. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind; Geschichte und Kultur
Aserbaidschans, traditionelle und moderne aserbaidschanische Literatur,
aserbaidschanische Literatur in Iran und iranisch-aserbaidschanische
Beziehungen. Buchveröffentlichungen: Lehrbuch der aserbaidschanischen
Sprache (mit K. Buiday), Wiesbaden 1998; Wörterbuch
Aserbaidschanisch-Deutsch, Engelschoff 1999; Aserbaidschanische
Chrestomatie (ed.), Engelschoff 2000; Ausgewählte aserbaidschanische Rätsel
(ed.), Hamburg 1994.
To place an order, please contact:
Verlag auf dem Ruffel
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E-mail: webmasterruffel.de
PUBLICATION- Eric Sievers, The Post-Soviet Decline of Central Asia
Posted by: Eric W. Sievers <esieversigc.org>
Posted: 3 Mar 2003
The Post-Soviet Decline of Central Asia:
Sustainable Development and Comprehensive Capital
Eric W. Sievers, Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian
Studies
RoutledgeCurzon 2003
264pp: illus. 2 maps, 50 tables
ISBN: 0700716602
Sievers takes on the task of explaining the remarkable economic declines of
the post-Soviet Central Asian States (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the past decade, and the turn of these
states towards despotism. In 1990-1992 optimistic hopes for achieving
transition to free markets, democracy and sustainable development were
voiced. Instead, there has been a continued worsening of the serious
environmental problems of the Soviet Union in its last decades. Dismissing
explanations of the decline as the result of 'Asian' or 'nomadic' values as
simplistic and opportunistic, the author makes use of extensive fieldwork to
explain this decline as the result of the region's unbalanced stocks of
natural, physical, human, financial, organizational, and social capital,
exacerbated by the influences of development agencies, environmental NGOs,
scientists, corrupt local politicians, and the inequitable downside of
globalization symbolized by the WTO. Drawing on recent developments in
economics, law and political science, as well as a wealth of local sources,
the book presents a compelling and unorthodox challenge to development
agencies, scholars and human rights organizations to realize the
implications of globalization and the challenges of sustainable development.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Central Asia in Transition - The Capital of Sustainable
Development
1) Natural Capital: The Central Asian Human and Natural Environment
2) Human Capital: Health, Education and Science in Central Asia
3) Formal Organizational Capital: Governments and Markets
4) Social Capital: Civil Society and Solidarity
5) International Environmental Regimes and International Environmental Law
6) Case Studies: Internationalizing the Central Asian Environment
Conclusions: Prospects for Sustainable Development in Central Asia
To order, please go to the RoutledgeCurzon webpage:
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PUBLICATION- Papers on Inner Asia Series, RIFIAS, Indiana University
Posted by: Barbara L. Gardner <blgardneindiana.edu>
Posted: 26 Feb 2003
The Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS) at Indiana
University invites contributions to the series PAPERS ON INNER ASIA.
The series PAPERS ON INNER ASIA consists of scholarly papers of variable
size (from 25 to 110 pages), each published and bound separately. Inner
Asia is defined as the region that includes Islamic Central Asia (the areas
sometimes called Western, Eastern, and Afghan Turkestan), Mongolia,
Manchuria, and Tibet. The papers can deal with various topics related to
this vast region: history, philology, linguistics, anthropology,
archaeology, contemporary problems, and so on. Works on certain subjects
that transcend the boundaries of Inner Asia in its strict sense, but are
relevant for the study of its languages, history, and culture, are also
included, for instance, the ancient and medieval history, etc. of the
peoples of the East European steppes.
The series is divided into the following subseries:
1) General
2) Ancient Inner Asia
3) Central Asia
4) Mongolia, Manchuria, and Tibet
5) Altaic Linguistics.
The series PAPERS ON INNER ASIA is designed to ensure prompt publication of
scholarly papers and to facilitate the publication of longer papers, which
are large enough not to be accepted by most scholarly journals. The language
of the paper can be English, French, or German. As a rule, no stylistic
editing is done, with possible exceptions for papers written in a language
other than the author's native tongue. After the manuscript submitted for
publication is reviewed (by outside reviewers or by consulting editors), it
is returned to the author whose responsibility is to prepare a camera-ready
copy of the text in accordance with technical requirements set up by the
Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, which undertakes to publish the
paper within one month, after the receipt of the camera-ready copy. The
size of the camera-ready copy can be from 25 to 110 pages (single spaced).
Authors are entitled to 15 free copies of their papers.
The Research Institute began publishing this series in 1987, as of now 36
issues have appeared. During the last seven years the following papers
appeared in the series:
* No. 28 Y. Bregel, Notes on the Study of Central Asia, 1994
* No. 29 D. Wright, The Ambassadors Records: Eleventh-Century Reports of
Sung Embassies to the Liao, 1998
* No. 30 C. Melville, The Fall of Amir Chupan and the Decline of the
Ilkhanate, 1327-37: A decade of discord in Mongol Iran, 1999
* No. 31 R. von Mende-Altayli, Die Beziehungen des Osmanischen Reiches zu
Kashghar und seinem Herrscher Ya'qub Beg, 1873-1877, 1999
* No. 32 J. Michael Thurman, The "Command-Administrative System" in Cotton
Farming in Uzbekistan 1920's to Present, 1999
* PAPERS ON INNER ASIA SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT [No. 1] Historical Maps of
Central Asia (11 maps from the 9th to the 19th Century) prepared by Yuri
Bregel, 2000
* No. 33 D. Prior, Patron, Party, Patrimony: Notes on the cultural history
of the Kirghiz epic tradition, 2000
* No. 34 Y. Bregel, The Administration of Bukhara under the Manghits and
some Tashkent Manuscripts, 2000
* No. 35 V. Trepavlov, The Formation and Early History of the Manghit Yurt,
2001
* No. 36 J. Krueger, Ancient Oirat Books about Oriental Medicine, 2001
The price of individual copies is $4.50 for papers up to 50 pages in length
and $6.50 for papers of more than 50 pages plus postage charges (determined
by weight, destination, and mail class specified. Within U.S. choose Media
Mail, First Class, or Priority. Overseas specify Economy Letter Post or
Airmail Letter Post). Prepayment is required.
All correspondence related to the PAPERS ON INNER ASIA SERIES (requests for
the copies of the technical requirements, proposals of papers for
publication, submission of manuscripts, orders for single papers and
standing orders) should be addressed to:
The Editor, PAPERS ON INNER ASIA SERIES
Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 344
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7005
U.S.A.
E-mail: <bregelindiana.edu> or <blgardneindiana.edu>
Fax: (812) 855-7500
PUBLICATION- Central Asia and the Caucasus, 2003 No. 1
Posted by: Murad Esenov <muradcommunique.se>
Posted: 14 Feb 2003
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to introduce the contents of the first issue, no.1 (19) of
the journal "Central Asia and the Caucasus" (in English and Russian). It
will be published in late February. To inquire about more details, as well
as to subscribe, please contact:
Murad Esenov
"Central Asia and the Caucasus"
Center for Social and Political Studies
Sweden
Tel.: (46) 70 232 16 55
Tel/fax: (46) 920 620 16
E-mails:
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Web: <http://www.ca-c.org>
CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 1 (19), 2003
IN THIS ISSUE:
ETHNIC RELATIONS
* Klara Khafizova. Separatism in China's Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region:
Dynamics and Potential Impact on Central Asia
* Olga Zhigalina. The Kurds of Western Asia: Geopolitics Today
* Anastasia Ganich. Circassian Diaspora in Jordan (self-identification,
ideas about historical homeland and impact on North Caucasian developments)
* Irina Babich. The Clans Structure and Its Impact on Political Situation
(Case-study of Northwestern and Central Caucasus)
REGIONAL ECONOMIES
* Martin C. Spechler. Economy and Security in Central Asia Since 9/11: A
Skeptical Look
* Daniel Linotte, Leif-Erik Aune. The GUUUAM July 2002 Free Trade Agreement.
A Preliminary Assessment
* Zharas Ibrashev, Elmira Ensebaeva. European Union and Kazakhstan: Trends
in Trade and Economic Cooperation
SPECIAL FEATURE
Russia and the West in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Cooperation or Rivalry?
* Sevara Sharapova. The U.S.-Western Europe-Russia Triangle and Central Asia
* Dmitry Trofimov. Russia and the United States in Central Asia: Problems,
Prospects, and Interests
* Lena Jonson. Russia and Central Asia: Post-11 September, 2001
* Magomedsalikh Gusaev. Russia and the U.S. in the Southern Caucasus: Future
Partners or Future Rivals?
* Dina Malysheva. The United States and Russia in the Post-Soviet East: What
Is in Store?
* Igor Zonn, Sergey Zhiltsov. Russia and the U.S. in Central Asia and the
Caucasus: A Search for Regional Stability
* Kaana Aidarkul, Mels Omarov. Cooperation Between Russia, the U.S. and
Kyrgyzstan in New Geopolitical Context
REGIONAL POLITICS
* Nikolai Kuzmin. Central Asia after the Operation in Afghanistan
* Sergey Minasian. CIS: Building a Collective Security System
* Natik Mamedli. Integration Issues at Summits of the Turkic-Speaking States
* Roger N. McDermott. Border Security in Tajikistan: Countering the
Narcotics Trade?
* Oleg Boronin, Andrei Bykov. Regional Aspects of the Russian-Kazakhstan
Frontier (Using Russia's Altai Territory as an Example
RELIGION IN SOCIETY
* Akhmet Iarlykapov. Revival of Islamic Education in the Northern Caucasus
* Sergey Berezhnoy. The Role of Islamic Factor in Crisis Settlement in
Chechnia
FOR YOUR INFORMATIONRMATION
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
* Muslim Centers of Power (Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and
Turkey): Their Impact on the Local Situation.
* Political Development Trends in the Context of International
Antiterrorist Campaign.
* Energy Policy and Energy Projects.
If you are interested to go into more details about the content of the
articles you may find all necessary INFORMATIONrmation on our Internet home-page:
http://www.ca-c.org
PUBLICATION- Inner Asia, Vol. 4, No. 2, Special Issue on Tibet and Mongolia
Posted by: A. Johnson <ajerica.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 14 Feb 2003
Special issue on THE TIBET/MONGOLIA INTERFACE
Guest Editor, Hildegard Diemberger
Published by The White Horse Press for the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies
Unit, University of Cambridge, UK
For more INFORMATIONrmation about this and other issues of the journal, visit:
<http://www.erica.demon.co.uk>
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by Hildegard Diemberger
HISTORY
* The Hoshuud Polity in Khökhnuur, Uyunbilig Borjigidai
* Tashi Tsering: The Last Mongol Queen of Sogpo, Yangdon Dhondup and
Hildegard Diemberger
FILM AND LITERATURE
* Writers at the Crossroads: The Mongolian-Tibetan Authors Tsering Dondup
and Jangbu, Yangdon Dhondup
* History and its Televising: Events and Narratives of Hoshuud Mongols in
Modern China, Nasan Bayar
* The Secret Secret: Cinema, Authenticity and Seventeenth Century
Tibetan-Mongolian Relations, Robert Barnett
RELIGION
* The Reincarnation of Desi Sangye Gyatso in Alasha and the Secret History
of the Sixth Dalai Lam, Jalsan
ETHNOGRAPHY
* Ritual Under Change: Mongolian Influences on Horse Races and Mountain
Divinity Worship in Tibet, Elke Studer
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 12 February 2003 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 12 Feb 2003
The 12 February 2003 Issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a
subscription
free Web journal, is now on-line at http://www.cacianalyst.org/
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University-The Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies is proud to announce the publication
of the 12 February 2003 issue of its biweekly Web-Journal, The Central Asia-
Caucasus Analyst.
The Institute also offers its readers the option of downloading The Analyst in
PDF format, enabling readers to view and print out the entire issue of The
Analyst at http://www.cacianalyst.org/Issue_ad.htm. The html is, of course,
available.
THE ANALYTICAL ARTICLES INCLUDE:
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE UZBEK ARMED FORCES
Roger N. McDermott
The armed forces of Uzbekistan have struggled during the past decade with the
challenges presented by their Soviet heritage and the emerging security
dynamics in Central Asia. Indeed the emergence of the volatile regional crime-
terror nexus, coupled with militant Islam, has necessitated a conscious move
towards developing forces capable of responding to Uzbekistan's security
needs;
countering terrorism and insurgency. U.S. military training and support for
enhancing Uzbek security through their military capabilities is rapidly
becoming a significant dynamic; and U.S.-Uzbek strategic partnership is the
only way for Uzbekistan to achieve the goal of reformed combat-capable
'mobile'
forces.
UNRAVELLING THE LINKS BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN CHECHNYA
Brian Williams
On December 27, a Kamaz military lorry and a UAZ jeep navigated their way
through seven checkpoints and into the heart of the Russian administration's
protected headquarters in the center of Grozny, Chechnya. The trucks rammed
through the gate and set off the deadliest suicide bombing in Russian history,
killing 72 people working for the Russian administration and destroying
Russia's claim to have restored order in Chechnya. Moscow quickly blamed links
to Afghanistan and Arab militant groups, prompting a reappraisal of Chechnya's
links to the "Islamic extremist international".
THE EMERGING INDO-IRANIAN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AND PAKISTAN
Rizwan Zeb
On January 19, the Indo-Iranian defense cooperation agreement was signed in
Tehran by India's Navy chief and chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee, and
the Iranian minister of defense. The pact was said to be a prelude to the
January 26 visit of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to New Delhi. The
Iranian armed forces attaché in India Brig Gen Ali Motaghi said, "We need
India's help in all military aspects" and called the agreement a milestone in
defense ties between the two countries. This emerging Indo-Iranian strategic
alliance could dramatically alter the political landscape in South Asia.
ARE CENTRAL ASIA'S WEAK STATES GETTING WEAKER?
Abraham Cohen
The new regional order in the post-September 11 era speeded up developments in
Central Asian states' domestic politics, and fundamentally shifted the
existing
status of international relations among Central Asian countries. Despite the
demise of external threats to regional security, Central Asian states have
been
experiencing growing domestic turbulence and a deteriorating economic
situation. New forces challenge central authorities, based on clan and
regional
power brokers, and the mounting complexity of the problems and the increasing
tendency of use violent actions are now posing a serious threat to the smaller
and weaker states of the region.
THE FIELD REPORTS INCLUDE:
TAJIKISTAN: TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS
Afghanistan still produces up to 70 percent of the world's heroin. Poppy
cultivation in Afghanistan has had serious implications for the security and
economy in the whole region. Now drug abuse is spreading in Afghanistan's
northern neighbors. The number of domestic consumers of narcotics is rapidly
increasing; the drug users are mostly youngsters.
PLAYING THE IRAQ CARD IN KAZAKHSTAN
To the masses in Kazakhstan, Iraq and the host of problems generated by the
threat of a U.S.-led war, seems to be as distant as the Moon. Nonetheless, the
impending war is being exploited both by the opposition and the government.
Analysts, however, are almost unanimous in asserting that the war will not
have
a significant impact on Kazakhstan.
AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION GETS DECISION OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICE REPEALED
The preparations for the forthcoming presidential elections in the Fall are
intensifying in Azerbaijan. The situation related to the Popular Front party
(APFP) became the cause of a new scandal. The party registration was first
given to an obscure, third faction of the party, but under international
pressure, President Aliyev overturned the decision.
FLAWED KYRGYZ REFERENDUM SPARKS CONTROVERSY
The flaws in the referendum conducted in Kyrgyzstan are now beginning to
appear, including the use of civil servants and students to promote the
government and falsify the results. This has sparked protests from local
opposition as well as the NDI, which involved itself in the controversy.
The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where
specialists can assess issues and events in the Central Asia-Caucasus region
for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers,
government
officials, diplomats and academics. The Analyst seeks regional specialists,
journalists, economists, and political scientists to join its pool of authors
who are then asked to contribute short, timely, analytical articles, ca. 1000
words in length. The institute pays a honorarium to the authors. The Analyst
also seeks local experts, corporate representatives and NGO representatives
from the region to write Field Reports for a modest honorarium.
The Analyst provides factual, objective and analytical articles valuing fresh
insights rather than the conventional wisdom. We welcome readers and writers
from various perspectives and viewpoints. We value your comments and
suggestions.
Those interested in joining The Analyst's pool of authors to contribute
articles, field reports or contacts of potential writers, please send your CV
to: scornelljhu.edu and suggest some topics on which you would like to write.
Please remember that The Analyst does not accept double submissions.
Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Editor
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
The Johns Hopkins University
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. 1-202-663-5922
Fax. 1-202-663-7785
scornelljhu.edu
ON-LINE COURSE- Silkroad Foundation Special Online Course, The Silk Road
Posted by: Adela C. Y. Lee <adela.leesilkroadfoundation.org>
Posted: 11 Feb 2003
Silkroad Foundation Special Online Course - The Silk Road
Sunday, March 23, 2003 - Saturday, June 14, 2003
Tuition: $150
This on-line non-credit course introduces the history of cultural
and economic exchange across Eurasia for nearly 2000 years,
beginning around 200 BCE. The silk roads were many, going
east-west and north-south, and silk was only one of many items
of exchange. Important components of the history of the Silk Road
are the dissemination of religious beliefs and artistic interaction.
Among the topics to be covered are: geography of Eurasia, culture
of the inner Asian nomads and their interaction with sedentary centers,
major urban centers such as Dunhuang and Samarkand, products and
mechanisms of trade, the spread of Buddhism, Islam and Christianity
and evidence of their artistic legacies. The course will explore
the reasons for the rise of the Silk Road trade as well as its decline.
Some emphasis will be placed on the evidence in eye-witness travel
accounts.
The course is for those in the beginning stages of learning about
the Silk Road, not for individuals who may already have considerable
expertise. Enrollment in the course constitutes a commitment to spend
an estimated 5-6 hours a week over twelve weeks in doing various
assignments. Although the course is not for credit, participation can
be meaningful only if those enrolled put significant effort into the
endeavor. Successful online students make time to logon and work on
course materials several times each week, even if it is only for brief
periods to check email and respond to postings. Assignments will involve
reading both in purchased books and in web-based materials, keeping a
journal, participation in on-line discussion, and probably one or
two short essays. Participants will need to be comfortable with use
of the internet and e-mail (including sending attachments) and have
regular access to a (preferably) fast internet connection. Important
portions of the online materials include image files; so a 56K modem
connection would be minimally adequate. The language of communication
for the course is English. Enrollment is limited to 25.
Instructor: Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington (Seattle).
Professor Waugh has taught a course on the Silk Road for several years,
been involved in a variety of public education projects on the Silk Road,
and travelled extensively along parts of the region it encompasses.
Silk Road Online Course Registration Form
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PUBLICATION- Beginning Uzbek
Posted by: CAFE Uzbekistan <cafeuzbekaol.com>
Posted: 4 Feb 2003
Central Asian Free Exchange (CAFE) is pleased to announce that their
beginning Uzbek course which they have taught in Uzbekistan for 10 years has
now been published and is available. The name of the course book is "Marhamat"
"Marahamat" is designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles and
situations, from formal classroom learning to an INFORMATIONrmal language helper
with no training to individual study. "Marahamat" presents the language in
segments related to real life situations. Students will be able to use the
language while progressing through the coursebook.
"Marhamat" consists of 5 units each followed by an intermezzo which gives
additional dialogues and phrases that are frequently used in daily life.
The coursebook is accompanied by 2 audio CD's recorded directly from the
units and intermezzos allowing you to hear native speakers' pronunciation
followed by the English translation. These audio CDs will aid you in
listening practice, pronunciation, and as an aural review of vocabulary.
The cost for the hard bound coursebook and 2 CD's is $50 plus shipping. All
orders outside of North America require prepayment in US Dollars. Please
email cafeuzbekaol.com if interested.
JOURNAL/CFP- Alternatives: Special Issue on the Middle East and Central Asia
Posted by: Cigdem Balim <cigdem.balimman.ac.uk>
Posted: 4 Feb 2003
CALL FOR PAPERS
The issue editors of the Alternatives for vol.2, no.2 (Summer 2003) would
like to invite scholars, researchers and experts to submit their papers for
consideration of publication in the special issue on the Middle East and
Central Asia in 21st Century. Papers dealing with contemporary issues of
politics and international relations are welcome. As an academic journal,
its intended audience includes not only academics and practitioners but also
readers of English who want to be INFORMATIONrmed about the theme of this special
issue. The editors also aim to publish a book which will consist of the
selected articles from this issue.
Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations was launched in
2001 and its international advisory board are the scholars from the leading
universities of all around the world. It strives to become the foremost
international forum for teachers, researchers and policy makers to share
their knowledge and experience in the disciplines of sociology,
anthropology, social studies, political science and international relations.
It is a peer reviewed online journal that is published at its own web site
http://www.alternativesjournal.com
Articles submitted should be original contributions and should not be under
consideration for any other publication at the same time. Manuscripts
should be attached as Microsoft word format. There should be a cover page
that includes the author's institutional affiliation, full address and an
abstract (200-250 words).
Manuscripts should be submitted to Alternatives journal via e-mail to
barasalternativesjournal.com or to the issue editors.
Deadline of submission: 3 June 2002
Date of Publishing: 25 June 2002
Issue Editors:
Dr. Cigdem Balim, Manchester University, Email: cigdem.balimman.ac.uk
Dr. Ihsan Yilmaz, London University, Email: ihsanyilmazyahoo.com
Dr. Bulent Aras, SAM, Oxford University, Email:
bulent.arasoriental-institute.oxford.ac.uk
PUBLICATION- CERAM-INFORMATIONs, On-line Central Asia INFORMATION (in French),
Jan. 25 Issue
Posted by: CERAM <oaricclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 30 Jan 2003
Please let me INFORMATIONrm you of the publication of a new issue of CERAM-INFORMATIONs.
This is the sole French-written on-line newsletter, focused on middle Asia.
In this issue:
* the new tendencies of geopolitics in middle Asia
* abstracts of an interview of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (former Prime Minister
of Afghanistan)
* many other news, facts and figures
You're welcome to subscribe (completely free of charge) at the following
address:
<http://www.oaric.com/ceramINFORMATIONs.htm>
Type your e-mail at the indicated place, and you'll soon after receive the
password which will allow you to access the issue. The archives of the
newsletter are at the same address (free access).
Patrick Dombrowsky
PUBLICATION- Shamanism and Rock Art in Central Asia and Siberia, Andrej Rozwadowski
Posted by: Ken Lymer <k.lymersoton.ac.uk>
Posted: 27 Jan 2003
Notice of a New Publication
Spirits and Stones: Shamanism and Rock Art in Central Asia and Siberia
Edited by Andrzej Rozwadowski with Maria M. Kosko (2002).
Published by the Instytut Wschodni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.
ISBN 83-86094-97-4
Announcement: This new volume presents recent directions in research into
the archaeology and ethnography of shamanisms in Central Asia and Siberia.
The rich textures of shamanistic experiences are investigated through
several case studies spanning from ancient times to the present day. This
book will be of interest to scholars of ancient Central Asia and Siberia.
Contents:
* Introduction - by A. Rozwadowski
* Central Asia--Shamanism: an essential component of the Kazakh worldview -
by M. M. Kosko
* Kazakh ethnographic engravings and baksylyk - by Zh. Zhetybaev
* 'Shamanic' motifs in the petroglyphs of Eastern Kazakhstan
- by Z. Samashev
* Disappearing into the rock: shamanistic aspects of
Indo-Iranian mythology as a context for interpreting
Central Asian petroglyphs - by A. Rozwadowski
* The deer petroglyphs of Arpauzen, South Kazakhstan - by
K. Lymer
* Siberia--Traces of shamanic motives in the petroglyphs and burial
paintings of the Gorno-Altai - by V. D. Kubarev
* Siberian shamanistic rock art - by E. Devlet & M. Devlet
* Shamans, Lamas and the social effectiveness of rock art by
- by S. Crook
* Rock art of the Middle Lena River and Eastern Siberian
shamanism - by A. I. Gogolev
* Reconsidering the rock paintings at Sinsk Village, Middle
Lena River (Yakutia) - by A. Rozwadowski & P. Knurenko
The book can be ordered by posting an order to:
Instytut Wschodni,
Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
ul. 28 Czerwca 1956, nr 198
61-486 Poznan
Poland
or by e-mail: <rozwmain.amu.edu.pl>
(Please note: do not send any orders to this notice email address).
ON-LINE RESOURCE- American Center for Mongolian Studies Website
Posted by: Charles Krusekopf <ckrusekopfaustincollege.edu>
Posted: 24 Jan 2003
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) website is now on line at
<www.mongoliacenter.org>.
This site offers INFORMATIONrmation on the American Center for Mongolian Studies,
including INFORMATIONrmation on how to join the ACMS. It has INFORMATIONrmation and links
for academic research projects in Inner Asia, Mongolian study programs in
the US and Mongolia, and announcements of events, publications, fellowships,
exhibits and jobs. INFORMATIONrmation on the activities of the 14 institutional
members of the ACMS is also on the site. This site will be updated regularly
to include new INFORMATIONrmation and announcements, and to add links to additional
academic research projects and sites of interest.
If you have any links or announcements you want placed on the site (or on
the Mongolia Society listserv), please contact Charles Krusekopf, ACMS
Director at <ckrusekopfaustincollege.edu> or <ckrusekopfmongoliacenter.org>.
The ACMS was incorporated in April 2002 to encourage and facilitate academic
projects in Mongolia and the Inner Asian region, which includes Mongolia and
the border areas of China, Russia and Central Asia, such as Inner Mongolia,
Xinjiang, Buryatia, Tuva and eastern Kazakhstan. It is supported by member
institutions and individuals, private foundations, and the US government.
The two primary projects of the ACMS include the opening of a permanent
office and library in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to support international
academics working in Mongolia and educational exchange programs, and the
creation of fellowships to facilitate academic exchanges with Mongolia.
The ACMS is a growing consortium of US academic institutions, including
colleges and universities, museums and research institutes. Members also
include individual scholars, the business community and other people and
organizations interested in the region.
The ACMS is currently seeking institutions and individuals who are
interested in becoming Charter Members of the ACMS. It is crucial for the
development of the ACMS that interested parties join the organization during
this formative stage, so please join the ACMS today!
JOURNAL/CFP- Mongolian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
Posted by: Chris Kaplonski <danzanrci.rutgers.edu>
Posted: 23 Jan 2003
Dear colleagues,
The National University of Mongolia (NUM), in collaboration with the Civic
Education Project (CEP) and the Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
(MFOS), has established a semi-annual social sciences journal. This journal
is dedicated to advancing the knowledge of Mongolia, promoting discussions
among social science scholars within and outside Mongolia on all
socio-political issues, and establishing a free and fair representation of
scholarship on Mongolia and its neighbors.
Please consult the website at the following address:
<http://www.mongolianjournal.org/>
Also, if you believe that some people might be interested in publishing it
the Mongolian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, feel free to
forward them this call for papers.
Thank you for your collaboration!
Christopher Kaplonski, PhD
<danzanrci.rutgers.edu>
Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge
CALL FOR PAPERS
Aim and Scope of the Journal:
The journal seeks to promote diverse ideas and approaches on all aspects of
Mongolian society and to advance knowledge and understanding of it across
disciplines through theoretical and empirical research and discussions. The
editors will not prefer any paradigm or philosophy to another and will
publish articles that present diverse interpretations of society and
culture. The goal is to facilitate debates and discussions among scholars
from all range of life and intellectual disciplines.
The importance of cross-national and inter-cultural studies for providing a
context for comparison of nations and evaluation of individual nations is
recognized; therefore, articles that include Mongolian society and culture
within a larger analysis of Asian societies or post-communist countries are
sought.
The journal will favor articles that combine solid theoretical knowledge
with practical experience. However, the ideas, theories, and data presented
in the articles are the sole responsibility of the authors. Acceptance of
submissions for publication will based on the recommendations of three
reviewers.
DEADLINE: April 1st, 2003
First issue will be online by May first.
Language/s:
The Mongolian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is a bilingual
journal, i.e., all articles will be published in both Mongolian and English.
Guidelines:
Articles of approximately 3000 to 6000 words are preferred. The articles
must be accompanied by a 200 words abstract. Authors are requested to submit
their manuscripts via electronic mail only.
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), 14th edition, should be consulted for
formatting submissions in English and Mongolian. Consistency in formatting
and usage is required.
Book Reviews:
Book reviews of all current publications are welcome. Please email them to
the book review editor:
Christopher Kaplonski (PhD), E-mail: <danzanrci.rutgers.edu>
Email Address for all other Correspondence:
<cepmongol.net> or <ononmongolianjournal.org>
Current Editor:
Roxane de la Sablonnière, Ph.D.
Civic Education Project
Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology National University of Mongolia
P.O. Box - 178
P.O-20
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia 210202
Tel/Fax: (976-11) 318641
E-mail: <roxanedelashotmail.com> or <roxanemongolianjournal.org> Website:
<http://www.cep.org.hu>
Editorial Board:
Tsagaach Geleg (MA), Yasmin Lodi (PhD), Roxane de la Sablonniere (PhD),
Malcolm Jacobi (PhD), Yo. Dovchin (PhD), D. Oyuntsetseg (MA), Undrakh
Davaadorj (MA), Oyut-Erdene Namdaldagva (MA), Narantuya Danzan (MA)
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 15 January 2003 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 22 Jan 2003
The 15 January 2003 Issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a subscription
free Web journal, is now on-line at http://www.cacianalyst.org/
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University-The Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies is proud to announce the publication
of the 15 January 2003 issue of its biweekly Web-Journal, The Central Asia-
Caucasus Analyst.
The Institute also offers its readers the option of downloading The Analyst in
PDF format, enabling readers to view and print out the entire issue of The
Analyst at http://www.cacianalyst.org/Issue_ad.htm. The html is, of course,
available.
THE ANALYTICAL ARTICLES INCLUDE:
DID THE SACKING OF GENERAL TROSHEV SIGNAL A POLICY CHANGE IN CHECHNYA?
Denis Trifonov
Since the sacking of General Troshev, Russia's top military commander in
Chechnya, Moscow has neither toned down its anti-Maskhadov rhetoric nor taken
new steps to find a political solution to the Chechen conflict. This suggests
that on one level, Troshev may have been just another casualty in the power
struggle between Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov and the opponents of military
reform. On another level, however, his dismissal may reflect the Russian
security services' growing profile in Chechnya.
IN SPITE OF U.S. ALLIANCE, PAKISTAN EXPANDS TIES WITH IRAN
Homan Peimani
Iranian President Khatami began a three-day visit to Pakistan on December 23,
the first official visit of a foreign leader to that country after the recent
elections. Aside from its diplomatic significance, the visit was important as
a sign of the two sides' willingness to cooperate despite their diverging
regional and international policies. Particularly, it reflected Pakistan's
pursuit of its national interests in dealing with Iran, which despite its
close ties with the United States and its role as a "frontline state" in
its "war on terrorism", are different from America's. Pakistan is expanding
its relations with Iran notwithstanding the fact that Iran and Pakistan are
rivals when it comes to gas and potentially oil exports from Central Asia, and
especially despite its interest in the proposed Turkmenistan-Pakistan gas
pipeline backed by the United States.
TURKMENISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY BRINGS NEAR TOTAL FOREIGN POLICY ISOLATION
Fariz Ismailzade
Turkmenistan's foreign policy has effectively turned the country into a North
Korean style hermit kingdom, which is isolated and ignored in the family of
nations. The assassination attempt on the Turkmen president Niyazov on
November 25th has been used as a pretext for a large-scale crackdown on
opposition and a botched attempt to "hook" Turkmenistan to the international
coalition against terrorism. Turkmenistan blamed citizens of all neighbors as
well as Russian, Turkish and American citizens with involvement.
CENTRAL ASIA IN PLAY: THE RUSSIAN DEPLOYMENT AT KANT AIRBASE
Matthew Oresman
On December 3rd, Russia made a considerable gambit on the global chessboard as
it began deploying military forces to the Kant Airbase, roughly forty miles
from the U.S. Manas Airbase outside Bishkek. This deployment has major
consequences for the new "Great Game" politics currently being played out in
Central Asia by Russia, the United States, and China. While reportedly aimed
at the resurgence of Al Qaeda and the IMU and not targeted at any third party,
this new burst or Russian activity is as much about counter-terrorism as it is
about the counter-balance of American power.
THE FIELD REPORTS INCLUDE:
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL SCHEME SETS OFF A WAVE OF PROTESTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
A fierce dispute has flared up between environmentalists and the "Kazatomprom"
company over the proposed plan of importing foreign nuclear wastes to be
buried in Kazakhstan. The parliament has not yet taken final decision on the
issue. If the scheme gets backing from parliament it will lead to widespread
protests in many regions.
TURKEY'S LEADER PAYS AZERBAIJAN A VISIT
On December 7-8, the chairman of Turkey's ruling AK Party Reccep Tayyip
Erdogan visited Azerbaijan. Like Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer,
Erdogan chose Azerbaijan as first Turkic state to visit after winning the
elections, emphasizing the high level of strategic partnership that exists
between the two countries.
POLITICAL CRISIS IN TURKMENISTAN?
Accusing the official United States State envoy in Turkmenistan of
disseminating "unfounded information" turned out to be the next turn of the
recent sensational events in Turkmenistan. Ordinary Turkmen are feeling
increasingly pressured, particularly in minority regions.
URANIUM WASTE DUMPS POSE A REAL THREAT TO THE WHOLE REGION
On January 9, 2003 a round table was held in Bishkek to discuss the critical
condition of uranium waste dumps in Kyrgyzstan and to find ways to prevent an
ecological catastrophe that seems quite real if no serous measures are taken
to treat the radioactive waste dumps that threaten the ecology and health of
much of Kyrgyzstan.
The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where
specialists can assess issues and events in the Central Asia-Caucasus region
for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers,
government officials, diplomats and academics. The Analyst seeks regional
specialists, journalists, economists, and political scientists to join its
pool of authors who are then asked to contribute short, timely, analytical
articles, ca. 1000 words in length. The institute pays a honorarium to the
authors. The Analyst also seeks local experts, corporate representatives and
NGO representatives from the region to write Field Reports for a modest
honorarium.
The Analyst provides factual, objective and analytical articles valuing fresh
insights rather than the conventional wisdom. We welcome readers and writers
from various perspectives and viewpoints. We value your comments and
suggestions.
Those interested in joining The Analyst's pool of authors to contribute
articles, field reports or contacts of potential writers, please send your CV
to: scornelljhu.edu and suggest some topics on which you would like to write.
Please remember that The Analyst does not accept double submissions.
Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Editor
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
The Johns Hopkins University
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. 1-202-663-5922
Fax. 1-202-663-7785
scornelljhu.edu
PUBLICATION- Anor 13, An Inquiry into Bukharan Qadimism: Mirza Salim, Franz
Wennberg
Posted by: Juergen Paul <paulorientphil.uni-halle.de>
Posted: 21 Jan 2003
Franz Wennberg: An Inquiry into Bukharan Qadimism: Mirza Salim Bik. Berlin
(Klaus Schwarz Verlag) 2002. 74 pp, EUR 8,60. ISBN 3-87997-608-2
Wennberg's study focuses on a servant in the fiscal administration of the
Bukharan emirate, Mirza Salim Bik (1848 or 1850 - 1930) who reached the peak
of his career between 1917 and 1920, a time of tension in Bukhara. He
certainly was no admirer of the Jadid movement, so this study also is a
tentative, albeit also a rather circumspect attempt to write a biography of
a Bukharan Qadim, although admittedly maybe not a very typical one. The
paper thus aims at shedding some light on the hitherto neglected "old style"
intellectuals ("qadimchilar") in Central Asia. It uses published and
unpublished sources, historiography as well as archival documents and
personal narratives. It uses a broad range of Soviet and post-Soviet as well
as Western scholarship. Additionally, the evolution of concepts of time and
space, pre-modern and modern, plays a significant part in the paper.
TO ORDER:
Send your orders to:
Klaus Schwarz Verlag
Fidicinstr. 29
D-10965 Berlin
Phone: +49-30-3228523
Fax +49-30-3225183
E-mail: infoverlag-hans-schiler.de
BACK NUMBERS OF ANOR
You can view back numbers of ANOR at
<www.klaus-schwarz-verlag.com/schiler/anor.htm>
ANOR
ANOR is a series of mini-monographs devoted to publishing scholarly papers
of variable size (from 50 to 100 pages, exceptionally more) on the history
and culture of Muslim Central Asia. The papers deal with various topics
related to this region: history, literature, anthropology and so on. ANOR
accepts papers written in English and German. After a submitted paper has
been accepted for publication by the editors, authors are requested to
supply camera ready copies. As a rule, no stylistic editing is done.
All correspondence related to the SCIENTIFIC side of ANOR, including
submission of manuscripts, should be addressed to:
Prof. Juergen Paul
Institut fuer Orientalistik
Muehlweg 15
D-06114 Halle
<paulorientphil.uni-halle.de>
or to:
Prof. Ingeborg Baldauf
Mittelasienwissenschaften
Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
<ingeborg.baldaufrz.hu-berlin.de>
Thank you for your attention.
PUBLICATION- ISAR's Journal "Give & Take", Winter 2003 Issue
Posted by: John P. Deever <johnisar.org>
Posted: 15 Jan 2003
ISAR Announces the Winter 2003 Issue of Give & Take: A Journal on Civil
Society in Eurasia
"Azerbaijan's Groundswell of Civil Society"
ISAR: INITIATIVE FOR SOCIAL ACTION AND RENEWAL IN EURASIA, a US-based NGO
(http://www.isar.org), is pleased to announce the Winter 2003 issue of its
quarterly publication, Give & Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia.
This issue of Give & Take, dedicated to the country of Azerbaijan,
highlights citizen activism, the obstacles to fostering social change, and
the interaction of big oil and government in a developing society. Hundreds
of local citizens' groups have completed the difficult registration process
and now tackle an incredible range of issues -- from diabetes education to
professional development for beekeepers. Their accomplishments largely
unsung in the West, these NGOs have done tremendous work with tiny sums of
money. Those highlighted here represent only the tip of the iceberg: last
year ISAR-Azerbaijan's local NGO directory detailed the work of over 400
grassroots NGOs throughout the country, not just in Baku and other major
cities. They operate where international assistance is sparse and local
philanthropy largely undeveloped, demonstrating creativity in fundraising
and enthusiasm in responding to social injustice.
NGOs are also cooperating to advocate for environmental and social issues. A
special section of the journal explores the debate over the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. When completed in 2004, BTC will
transport Caspian oil and gas to the Turkish port of Ceyhan in the
Mediterranean Sea, bypassing Iran and Russia. Give & Take presents several
of the perspectives in this debate, including those of a British Petroleum
(BP) executive, the government of Azerbaijan, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, and multiple NGO viewpoints. Svetlana
Tsalik of the Open Society Institute looks at whether some portion of the
revenues will be used to improve the conditions of Azerbaijan's people; her
article, abstracted from a forthcoming book, offers concrete recommendations
for using oil production profits to achieve social reform.
The oil industry, with its millions of dollars in investments and powerful
international partners, is far more visible than those who practice
grassroots civil society development, but the efforts of the local NGOs have
an endemic strength that is all their own. Give & Take calls attention to
these independent voices and seeks to include them in the wider dialogue.
Drawing on ISAR's grassroots contacts and nearly 20 years of experience
encouraging citizen initiatives in the countries of the former Soviet Union,
Give & Take blends stories about local NGO activity with analysis of the
trends affecting civil society development. Back issues available.
SUPPORT GIVE & TAKE ON THE WEB:
Give & Take is available in .pdf format at <http://www.isar.org> at no cost.
We ask that readers make voluntary contributions to support ISAR's work, by
check or via secure credit card donation.
For a hard copy of the latest issue, or to order back issues, please send
$5.00 (checks drawn on a US bank only) to:
Mieka Erley
<miekaisar.org>
ISAR
1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #301 Washington, DC 20009
PUBLICATION- B.-M. Pétric, Power, Gift-Exchange, and Networks in Uzbekistan
Posted by: Boris Petric <b_petrichotmail.com>
Posted: 15 Jan 2003
Please could you take into consideration the recent publishing of a new
book:
Boris-Mathieu Pétric, "Pouvoir, don et réseaux en Ouzbékistan post-
soviétique", Presses Universitaires de France, collection Partage du
savoir, Paris, 2002.
Préface Olivier Roy
Boris-Mathieu Pétric, "Power, gift-exchanges, networks in the Post-soviet
Uzbekistan", Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 2002.
Preface by Olivier Roy
Presentation from the Publisher
This book is dedicated to the functioning of political life at the
grassroots level and also at the top-level. The author describes how
political solidarity is built in post-soviet Uzbek society. It explores the
role of kinship, affinity and space solidarity (mahalla, watan) in order to
understand how a political faction is organized. During public ceremonies
such as toy (circumcision, wedding and funerals) gift-exchanges play a key
role in social and political life. This book gives a presentation of
different types of leaders or brokers at the local, regional and state
levels and inside the state. This essay provides a good map of current Uzbek
political practices and also it enlightens some of present evolutions which
take place in post-Soviet Central Asian societies.
First Part: History of the Özbek space
- The power of the Khan
- Russian colonisation and the creation of a common space: Turkestan
- The building of the soviet state
Second Part: The Reshaping of the Uzbek Imagery
- Representation of Kinship
- Genealogical knowledge, autochthony and ancestry
- Representations and norms of Alliances
- The relationship with the soil
- Neighborhood community or Mahalla: the space of a new national imagery
- Local identities and regional factions (fan, sambuh, suhqash..)
Third Part: The production of social relations
- The Orientation of social exchanges (Gap, toy...)
- Come back to matrimonial exchanges
- A society of gift-exchange: the symbol of Tugun
- Ritual time for social-exchanges
- The definition of social networks: qarandoshuruhchillik,
tanishbillishchillik
Fourth Part: The exercise of Power
- Description of a specific form of social relationship: the Patronage
Linkages
- Local political Power: the Raïs
- Economic Power: inside and outside the State (Krisha, podpis, papa...)
- Power to the dead: Mullo, Saints et doctors in religion
- The State: space of conflict and conquest for Regional factions (Tanka)
- The logic of a political system: Clientelism and Brokers
PUBLICATION- M.-C. von Gumppenberg, State- and Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan
Posted by: Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg <mcvggmx.de>
Posted: 12 Jan 2003
Publication on State- and Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan:
Marie-Carin von Gumppenberg: Staats- und Naitonsbildung in Kazachstan,
Opladen: Leske+Budrich 2002, 231 p. (in German)
To be ordered via www.amazon.com.
At the beginning of the 1990ies, Kazakhstan seemed to be the country in
Central Asia where "clashes of the civilizations" were to be most likely.
The dominance of Christian ethnic-Russians in the Muslim Kazakhstan lead
many political analysts and politicians to misperceptions of the conflict
situation in Kazakhstan. Ten years after Kazakhstan's independence, one can
state: No "clashes of the civilizations" took place.
The book "State- and Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan" examines the Soviet
nationalities' politics insofar it contributed to the rise of
ethno-nationalistic sentiments and lead to ethno-political clashes at the
end of the Soviet Union.
In a second chapter, the book focuses on the post-Soviet nationalities'
politics. It describes in detail how history was re-written and myths were
established by the new government to legitimize the new statehood.
In the last chapter, the new nationalities' politics is critically
reflected. The officially announced concept of an all-inclusive
Kazakh(stani) nationhood finds no realization in present-day politics. The
political system established leaves little space for a balanced
nationalities' politics, but opens much space for ethno-political conflicts
- e.g. within the Kazakh ethnos or from the side of discriminated Uzbeks and
Uigurs.
Content
Einleitung
1. Konzeption der Arbeit
2. Theoretischer Rahmen
3. Forschungsstand
Kapitel I:
Sowjetische Nationalitätenpolitik
1. Demographische Veränderungen
1.1 Nomadische Lebensweise und zaristische Einflußnahme
1.2 Krieg und Deportation
1.3 Armut und Arbeit
1.4 Zwangsansiedlung und Kollektivierung
1.5 Demographische Wende
1.6 Migration als Folge mangelnder Integration?
2. Diskriminierung in Bildung, Arbeit und Politik
2.1 Schrift- und Sprachpolitik
2.2 Bildungs- und Beschäftigungspolitik
2.3 Urbanisierung und Landflucht
2.4 Parteipolitik und Elitenrekrutierung
2.5 Diskriminierung als Ursache ethno-nationalistischer Mobilisierung?
Kapitel II:
Ethno-Nationalismen zu Sowjetzeiten
1. Ethno-nationalistische Bestrebungen
1.1 Kazachen - eine "Nation" ohne Staat
1.2 Suche nach der eigenen Identität
1.3 Politische Mobilisierung
1.4 Formation einer Nationalbewegung
1.5 Inner-kazachische Differenzen
2. Ethnizität als Konfliktursache?
2.1 Soziale Proteste
2.2 Ethno-politische Spannungen
2.3 Almatyner Ereignisse
2.4 Inter-ethnische Auseinandersetzungen
2.5 Ethno-Nationalismen als Konfliktursache?
Kapitel III:
Staats- und Nationsbildung
1. Staatsgründung
1.1 Territorialfrage
1.2 Staatsbürgerschaft
1.3 Sprachenstreit
1.4 Kulturautonomie
1.5 Hauptstadtumzug
2. Identitätsbildung
2.1 Mythos der erkämpften Unabhängigkeit
2.2 Mythos der Einheit der Kazachen
2.3 Mythos der tragischen Schicksalsgemeinschaft
2.4 Mythos der strahlenden Zukunft
2.5 Herausbildung einer kazach(stan)ischen Identität?
Kapitel IV:
Staatliche Performanz und politische Partizipation
1. Legitimation staatlicher Autorität
1.1 Stabilitätswahrung versus Demokratisierung
1.2 Politische Entwicklung
1.3 Formaler Präsidentialismus
1.4 Informelle Herrschaftsstruktur
1.5 Gefahren und Perspektiven des Präsidialregimes
2. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der politischen Partizipation
2.1 Parteien im "Embryonalstadium"
2.2 Marginalisierung der Opposition
2.3 Kontrolle der Medien
2.4 Macht der Lobbies
2.5 Exklusivität politischer Macht
3. Staatliche Performanz als Konfliktursache?
3.1 Auswanderungsbewegungen
3.2 Sub-ethnische Trennlinien
3.3 Sezessionistische Bestrebungen
3.4 Soziale Proteste
3.5 Religiös fundierte Konflikte
3.6 Staatliche Politik als Konfliktursache?
Bilanz
1. Sowjetische Hypotheken
2. Post-sowjetische Nationsbildung
3. Post-sowjetische Staatsbildung
4. Perspektiven
Anhang
1. Tabellen
2. Von der Autorin geführte Interviews
Literaturverzeichnis
1. Statistiken
2. Gesetzestexte
3. Bücher und Artikel
PUBLICATION- Vagabond Life: The Caucasus Journals of George Kennan, Frith
Maier, ed.
Posted by: Daniel Waugh <dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 2 Jan 2003
Vagabond Life: The Caucasus Journals of George Kennan Ed. with an
introduction and afterword by Frith Maier, and with contributions by Daniel
C. Waugh
Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 2003 ISBN: 0-295-98250-0; $30 cloth; 296
pp., 35 illus., 4 maps
Nicely illustrated with contemporary drawings and photos and intended in the
first instance for the general reader, but including material that will also
interest specialists, the book contains the previously unpublished diary of
George Kennan's journey through Dagestan, Georgia and Chechnya in 1870 and
selections from his published writings on the Caucasus. Kennan was the
"father of Russian Studies" in the U.S. (the Kennan Institute is named for
him), and in the days before film and television entertained huge audiences
on lecture tours with tales about his adventures in Russia and the Caucasus.
The introduction surveys his career, analyzes the content of his Caucasus
writings, and sketches the history of the region. In the Afterword, Frith
Maier describes her journey in 1996 through Dagestan into Georgia following
in Kennan's footsteps.
The book is based on Maier's Univ. of Washington M.A. thesis; she is known
for her pioneering guide to trekking and climbing in the countries formerly
part of the Soviet Union.
Daniel Waugh is Professor of History, International Studies and Slavic
Languages and Literature at the University of Washington.
To order:
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PUBLICATION- The Kirghiz And Wakhi Of Afghanistan, Nazif Shahrani
Posted by: Kevin.Millerfas.harvard.edu, "Jr. <kevmilleindiana.edu>
Posted: 30 Dec 2002
New book by Nazif Shahrani. See below for ordering information.
The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War
M. Nazif Shahrani
with a new preface and epilogue by the author
An extended new Preface and a new Epilogue written after the fall of the
Taliban in 2001, place The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan, originally
published in 1979, in the context of a vastly changed world. The original
book describes the cultural and ecological adaptation of the nomadic Kirghiz
and their agriculturalist neighbors, the Wakhi, to high altitudes and a
frigid climate in the Wakhan Corridor, a panhandle of Afghanistan that
borders Pakistan, the former Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China.
The new Preface challenges the assumption that the root cause of terrorism
is religious. Shahrani asserts that the problem of terrorism is
fundamentally political and is historically linked to the inappropriate
model of the centralized nation-state introduced to Afghanistan by colonial
regimes.
The differing responses of the Kirghiz and Wakhi to the Marxist coup are
discussed in the new Epilogue. Shahrani has closely followed the flight of
the Kirghiz to Pakistan in 1978 and their eventual resettlement among
resentful Kurdish villagers in eastern Turkey in 1982. The ethnographic
documentation and analysis of the transformation of Kirghiz society,
politics, economics, and demography since their exodus from the Pamirs
offers valuable lessons to our understanding of the dynamics and true
resilience of small pastoral nomadic communities.
M. Nazif Shahrani, an Afghan anthropologist, is chair of the Department of
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Director of the Middle Eastern and
Islamic Studies Program (MEISP) at Indiana University.
Table of Contents:
* Acknowledgments
* Preface to the 2002 Edition: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Global Terror,
Inc.
* Preface to the Original Edition
* Introduction
PART ONE: SPACE, TIME, AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES
* The Ecological Setting
* History and Demographic Process
PART TWO: STRATEGIES OF ADAPTATION
* The Wakhi High-Altitude Agropastoral Adaptation
* The Kirghiz Pastoral Subsistence System
* The Kirghiz People, the Oey, and the Qorow
PART THREE: CLOSED FRONTIERS
* Territorial Loss: an Intracultural Adaptation
* Adaptation to Socioeconomic and Cultural Restrictions
* Conclusion
* Epilogue: Coping with a Communist "Revolution," State Failure, and War
* Glossary
* Bibliography
* Index
Ordering Information:
* To order the book, visit the University of Washington Press:
<http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/SHAKIP.html>
For more information about Nazif Shahrani, visit the Afghanistan and Central
Asia Research Information website: <http://www.indiana.edu/~afghan>
PUBLICATION- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 18 December 2002 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornellpcr.uu.se>
Posted: 23 Dec 2002
Note: The Analyst will not be published on Wednesday, January 1, 2002. The
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Holidays.
The 18 December 2002 Issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a
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January 2000 is now on-line at <http://www.cacianalyst.org/>
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Asia-Caucasus Analyst.
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THE ANALYTICAL ARTICLES INCLUDE:
KYRGYZSTAN: STRATEGIC PIVOT
Stephen Blank
Kyrgyzstan is increasingly appearing as the center for international attention
in Central Asia, in part because it seems to be the weakest of the Central
Asian states at present. U.S. military presence in Kyrgyzstan after September
11 has been complemented by Chinese joint maneuvers and a brand new Russian
military base. As Great Power centers on Kyrgyzstan, all powers seek to
buttress the weakened Akaev government. However, these policies fail to
address the structural roots of Kyrgyzstan's problems, which cannot be solved
by military or security-focused means.
MOSCOW HOSTAGE CRISIS PROMPTS NEW OFFENSIVE IN CHECHNYA
Denis Trifonov
Russia's new military and diplomatic offensive in the wake of the Moscow
hostage crisis is likely to lead to yet another stalemate in Chechnya.
Moscow's tactics so far have failed to address the type of guerrilla warfare
that takes place in Chechnya, and no change is in sight. Sooner or latter, the
Kremlin will have to negotiate with the Chechen rebels. Seen in this context,
the policy of undermining the moderate opposition represented by Maskhadov
does not serve Russia's interests as it radicalizes the rebels, strengthening
their hard-line Islamist factions.
RUSSIA'S EURASIAN GAS DESIGNS AND THE TRANS-AFGHAN PIPELINE
Michael Denison
The contract due to be signed on December 27 2002 in Ashgabat for the
construction of the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline (TAP) connecting Turkmenistan
with Pakistan comes at the end of a year in which significant plans for the
reconfiguration of the Eurasian gas sector's architecture have been designed,
carrying implications both within and beyond the regional market. The Afghan
War effectively opened the gateway for Turkmenistan to lessen its dependence
on Russia for the export of its natural gas. Yet recently refined proposals
advanced by President Putin for a Eurasian gas alliance may prove more
decisive.
UKRAINE AND IRAN CLOSE RANKS IN RESPONSE TO AMERICAN PRESSURE
Hooman Peimani
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami paid an official visit to Ukraine in late
October. During his visit, he met with his Ukrainian counterpart, President
Leonid Kuchma, and signed four agreements on non-military nuclear cooperation
and aircraft industry, which reflected the importance of ties with Ukraine for
Iran. Despite their different political and economic backgrounds, certain
political and economic commonalties and requirements have facilitated their
growing relations especially in the field of advanced technology. In
particular, the increasing American pressure on the two countries for
different reasons and in different forms have been encouraging their closer
ties as two dissatisfied regional powers.
THE FIELD REPORTS INCLUDE:
RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN REFLECTS GOVERNMENT'S NEED FOR BACKING
After visiting China and India, Russian President Putin visited Bishkek just
as a new Russian military base under the Collective security Treaty was being
built. As Kyrgyzstan is becoming a center of international interest, the weak
government is turning to Russia since it is the most likely power to back up a
weakened government.
TAJIK JOURNALISTS FORCEDLY DRAFTED INTO ARMY; EDITOR GETS THREATS
Nine Tajik journalists from the independent TRK-Asia and SM-1 TV stations in
the northern city of Khujand, Sugd province were recently arrested after
taking part in a TV talk show organized by the international non-profit
organization Internews. The head of SMI-1, Mahmujan Dadabayev, received phone
calls from army officials on 5 November threatening to kill him and shut down
the station.
IDENTIFYING THE IRRITANT IN PAK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND POSSIBLE REMEDIAL
MEASURES
A seminar on Pakistani-Russian relations was haled at the Area Study Center of
Peshawar University, which tried to analyze the problems and prospects for the
bilateral relations between these states. Historical aspects and irritants
were discussed, as were the prospects for economic cooperation and political
links.
KAZAKHSTAN AFTER A DECADE OF INDEPENDENCE
For outside observers Kazakhstan presents a unique case of successfully
reforming economic and political life after the collapse of the totalitarian
regime. Much has been achieved over the last ten years at relatively low
sacrifice. Paradoxically, to many residents of Kazakhstan, real independence
today seems as distant as ever before.
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