Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
3. Publications
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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, December 14, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornell east.uu.se>
Posted: 21 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, December 14, 2005 Issue on Web
The 14 December issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Analyst takes a Holiday Break and will be
back on January 11, 2006
NOTE: New Silk Road Paper published on "Kyrgyzstan: the Path Forward", by
Talaibek Koichumanov, Joomart Otorbayev and S. Frederick Starr.
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/0511Kyrgyz_E.pdf
Highlights: This issue's CACI Analyst has two elections on Kazakhstan's
elections: one by Amb. Robert Barry on the elections themselves and one by
Fredrik Sjoberg looking ahead at challenges, plus a field report on the
opposition. In addition, Murad Al-Shishani analyzing the elections in
Chechnya and Zoya Pylenko on "Winter for the Kyrgyz Revolution". In Field
Reports, articles on challenges for Tajiks traveling; on Salome
Zourabishvili's prospects to be Georgia's opposition leader; and on the
possible dissolution of the Kyrgyz parliament.
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 14 December CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20051214Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles:
Kazakhstan's Presidential Elections: A Step Forward
Robert Barry
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3886
Elections in Chechnya: Have They Returned Life to Normal?
Murad Batal al-Shishani
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3887
Could Kazakhstan Move Beyond Electoral Authoritarianism?
Fredrik Sjoberg
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3888
Winter for the Kyrgyz Revolution
Zoya Pylenko
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3889
Field Reports
New Passports: Another Challenge for Traveling Tajiks
Bakhtiyor Naimov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3890
Salome Zourabichvili: Georgia's Opposition Leader?
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3891
Will the Kyrgyz Parliament Be Dissolved?
Joldosh Osmonov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3892
Kazakhstan After Elections: What Is in Store for the Opposition?
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3893
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
PUBL.- History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume VI
Posted by: Anara Tabyshalieva <ortosayyahoo.com>
Posted: 20 Dec 2005
PUBL.- History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume VI
History of Civilizations of Central Asia
Volume VI: Towards the Contemporary Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the
End of the Twentieth Century
Editor: Chahryar Adle
Co-Editors: Madhavan K. Palat and Anara Tabyshalieva
Preface by Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
Multiple History series
This title is available.
46,00 Euros
Book, 1034 pages, figs, maps, tables, colour and B&W photographs,
bibliography, glossary, index
Format: 25 x 16.7 cm
2005, 92-3-103985-7
UNESCO Publishing"History of Civilizations of Central Asia"
Web: http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?&Code_Livre=4386&change=E#
Table of Contents:
Description of the project, M. S. Asimov
Members of the International Scientific Committee
List of contributors
Introduction, C. Adle
Part I: Continuity and change
1. The states of Central Asia (second half of nineteenth century to early
twentieth century), V. Fourniau and C. Poujol
2. Trade and the economy (second half of nineteenth century to early
twentieth century), C. Poujol and V. Fourniau
3. Social structures in Central Asia, A. Tabyshalieva
4. The British in Central Asia, Madhavan K. Palat
Part One: From the mid-nineteenth century to 1918
Part Two: From 1918 to the mid-twentieth century
5. Tsarist Russia and Central Asia, N. A. Abdurakhimova
6. Establishment of Soviet power in Central Asia (1917-24), R. Y. Radjapova
7. Intellectual and political ferment, G. Ashurov
Part II: Political changes and state formation
8. The evolution of nation-states, Madhavan K. Palat
9. Uzbekistan, D. A. Alimova and A. A. Golovanov
10. Kazakhstan, K. Nurpeis
11. Kyrgyzstan, A. Tabyshalieva
12. Tajikistan, M. Dinorshoev
13. Turkmenistan, M. Annanepesov and M. Moshev
14. The Sayan-Altai mountain region and south-eastern Siberia, D. Vasilev
15. Mongolia
Part One: Mongolia from the eighteenth century to 1919, T. Nakami
Part Two: The Mongolian People's Revolution of 1921 and the Mongolian
People's Republic (1924-46), Ts. Batbayar
Part Three: The Mongolian People's Republic: social transformation and its
challenges (1945-90), J. Boldbaatar
16. Western China (Xinjiang), Qin Huibin
17. North India (excluding Pakistan after 1947), Iqtidar A. Khan
18. Pakistan (since 1947), R. Afzal
19. Afghanistan
Part One: Afghanistan from 1850 to 1919, C. Noelle-Karimi
Part Two: From independence to the rise of the Taliban, W. Maley and A.
Saikal
20. Iran and its eastern regions (1848-1989), N. Nasiri-Moghaddam
Part III: Environment, society and culture
21. The natural environment of Central and South Asia, E. Shukurov
22. The status of women (1917-90)
Part One: The status of women in northern Central Asia, D. A. Alimova
Part Two: Women's movements and changes in the legal status of women in
Iran
and Afganistan (1900-90), A. Kian-Thiebaut
Part Three: The status of women in India and Pakistan, S. Moosvi
23. Education, the press and public health, A. K. Patnaik
24. Science and technology, W. Floor
25. The art of the northern regions of Central Asia, A. Khakimov
26. The arts in eastern Central Asia
Part One: The art and architecture of Xinjiang, Li Sheng and Xu Jianying
Part Two: Uighur vernacular architecture, R. G. Rozi
Part Three: The art and architecture of Mongolia, C. Atwood
27. The arts in western and southern Central Asia
Part One: Iran and Afghanistan, W. Floor
Photography (C. Adle)
Part Two: India and Pakistan, S. P. Verma
28. Cinema and theatre, L.L. Adams
29. Architecture and urban planning in northern Central Asia from the
Russian conquest to the Soviet period (1865-1990), M. Azzout
30. Literature in Persian and other Indo-Iranian languages
Part One: Literature in Persian, H. Javadi
Part Two: Literature in Dari, H. Javadi
Part Three: Literature in Tajik, A. Alimardonov
Part Four: Literature in other Indo-Iranian languages, I. Hasnain
31. Literature in Turkic and Mongolian
Part One: Literature in Turkic, R. Dor
Part Two: Literature in Mongolian, G. Kara
Conclusion, Madhavan K. Palat
Maps:
1. Tsarist Russia and Central Asia
2. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Russian
Federation and the republics of Central Asia
3. Mongolia and western China (Xinjiang)
4. British India
5. India and Pakistan
6. Afghanistan and Iran
7. The natural environment of Central and South Asia
8. Present-day Central Asia
Bibliography and References
Glossary, p. 1003
Index, p. 1005
The sixth volume brings this series to an end as it takes in the whole of
the modern period from colonial conquest and domination to decolonization;
the Cold War from start to finish; the disintegration of the Soviet Union;
and the renewed instability in certain areas.
Not only did the colonial regimes lay a new patina over the region, but
nationalism remoulded all old identities into a series of new ones. That
process of the twentieth century was perhaps the most transformative of all
after the colonial subjugation of the nineteenth. While it has been the
basis of remarkable stability in vast stretches of the region, it has been a
fertile source of tension and even wars in other parts. The impact and the
results of such changes have been astonishingly variable despite the
proximity of these states to each other and their being subject to, or
driven, by virtually the same compulsions.
Also available:
Volume I: The Dawn of Civilization: Earliest Times to 700 B.C.
Volume II: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations: 700 B.C.
to A.D. 250
Volume III: The Crossroads of Civilization: A.D. 250 to 750
Volume IV: The Age of Achievement: A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century
Part One: The Historical, Social and Economic Setting
Part Two: The Achievements
Volume V: Development in Contrast: from the Sixteenth to the Mid-nineteenth
Century
PUBL.- New Journal, Caucasus International
Posted by: Claire Delessard <claire_delessardyahoo.fr>
Posted: 19 Dec 2005
PUBL.- New Journal, Caucasus International
Caucasus International
A unique source of information about the Caucasus!
Caucasus International provides a unique perspective on the Caucasus region
and its people, its politics, its economy, its culture. Its eighty pages
are an attractive package of full colour photos and independent,
well-researched articles held to the highest journalistic standard.
An investor, a tourist, an international NGO worker, each wants to read
something about the place to which they are traveling to work, to visit or
to live. Each month, the magazine tackles a special theme. For example,
last month, Caucasus International dedicated fifteen pages to Georgia's
state of affairs two years after the Rose Revolution. This month, the
magazine examines the recent events in Azerbaijan.
Caucasus International was born under a different name as a French language
magazine over three years ago. Keen to share the magazine with more
readers, Editor Claire Delessard
Caucasus International is currently distributed in Georgia, Europe, the
United States and Russia. As such, it creates a link between the Caucasus
region and the Caucasian Diasporas and area specialists in the West.
Caucasus International is published in both English and French thanks to the
work of almost a hundred people work for Caucasus International:
journalists, specialists, researchers and photographers, as well as
translators, editors and administrative staff. The magazine is supported
financially by the publishers of Tsreli Chokoladi ("Hot Chocolate"), a
premium monthly magazine on Georgian culture.
Each month, we send the content of the magazine to some 10 000 addresses.
If there are people you would like to put on this list, send us their mails.
And if there are people that could be potential subscribers every where in
the Caucasus, in Russia, in Europe and in the States, you can send us their
address and we'll send them a copy of the magazine.
GEORGIE Chovelidze Street, 10, Tbilissi 0108
Tel (Mob.): +995 99 70 60 52
Tel (Office): +995 32 23 37 31
Tel (Home): +995 32 98 52 02
FRANCE Le Grosseno 56370 Sarzeau
Tel: 02 97 41 89 14
Tel (Mob.): 06 30 13 94 20
Editor-in-chief, Claire Delessard is a journalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia
and Ph.D. candidate at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. She is
the Georgia correspondent for Radio France International, France Culture and
Radio Vatican. She has contributed widely to French and Russian journals
and magazines.
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 24, Number 3, Table of Contents
Posted by: Sharron Lawrence <sharron.lawrencetandf.co.uk>
Posted: 19 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 24, Number 3, Table of Contents
Volume 24 Number 3/September 2005 of Central Asian Survey
Special Issue: Civil Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Table of Contents:
Civil society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Jude Howell
Introduction: Civil society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Babken Babajanian, Sabine Freizer, Daniel Stevens
Neo-liberal and communal civil society in Tajikistan: merging or dividing in
the post war period?
Sabine Freizer
Community development, 'tradition' and the civil society strengthening
agenda in Central Asia
Lucy Earle
Civic participation in post-Soviet Armenia
Babken V. Babajanian
NGO-Mahalla partnerships: exploring the potential for state-society synergy
in Uzbekistan
Daniel Stevens
The thorny path of civil society in Uzbekistan
Alisher Ilkhamov
Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan or the birth of a globalized protectorate
Boris-mathieu Pétric
After the 'revolution': civil society and the challenges of consolidating
democracy in Georgia
Laurence Broers
For subscription information, please go to:
<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02634937.asp>
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - Caucasus and Globalization Journal
Posted by: Caucasus and Globalization Journal <kavglobtdb.az>
Posted: 16 Dec 2005
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- The Caucasus & Globalization Journal
Call for Papers for the Caucasus & Globalization Journal
Institute of the Strategic Studies of the Caucasus (ISSC) in Azerbaijan (is
going to publish the Caucasus & Globalization Journal. The first edition of
the Journal will come out in February 2006.
Deadline for submission of articles is the 30th of January 2005. The
guidelines for submission of papers are placed beneath. Additional
information about the Journal and the CES can be found at: www.ca-c.org
The Caucasus & Globalization Journal
The Caucasus & Globalization Journal (CGJ) is an International quarterly
journal published by the Institute of the Strategic Studies of the Caucasus
(ISSC) dedicated to various political, economic, security, legal and social
problems concerning the Caucasus region in its interrelation and interaction
with processes of Globalization.
Guidelines for Submission of Articles:
Articles are accepted and published in English and Russian
All the manuscripts from the contributors are welcome. Editors take no
responsibility regarding the manuscripts. The articles in the CGJ do not
represent the views of the Editors or the Institute of the Strategic Studies
of the Caucasus.
The Editors do not accept any responsibility for the views expressed in any
article. Copyright belongs to the Institute of the Strategic Studies of the
Caucasus, and written permission to reprint or republish in any form must be
sought from the Editor in Chief.
CGJ accepts usually articles from contributors as original contributions. If
another version of the article is under consideration by another
publication, or has been published elsewhere, authors should clearly
indicate this at the time of submission. Manuscripts should be emailed as an
attachment in Word to: kavglobtdb.az
Articles should normally be within 3000 to 5,000 words including all notes
and references. An indented and italicised abstract of up to 150 words,
which should describe the main arguments and conclusions, and 5-7 keywords,
indicating to main themes of the manuscript, must precede the main text, and
all pages should be numbered. An introduction should follow the abstract and
the article should consist of sections and end with conclusion. The author
is requested to give a brief personal biography in a footnote at the
beginning of the article.
The contributors are requested to use footnotes (not endnotes) and Avoid
bibliography. Quotations should be placed within double quotation marks
("......"). Lengthy quotations (exceeding 40 words) should be displayed in
the text in indented form. Titles and section headings should be brief and
clear.
Tables should be kept to a minimum and contain only essential data. Tables
and figures should have short, descriptive titles, and their position in the
text be clearly indicated. All footnotes to tables and their source(s)
should be placed under the tables. Column headings should clearly define the
data presented.
If copyrighted material is used in the article, it is the author's
responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder. Names of the
authors, places and publishing houses are required to be written in their
original forms. The styles of the references in footnotes should conform the
following examples:
Articles in journals: Schuman, H. & Scott J. Generations & collective
memory. In American Sociological Review vol.54, 1998, pp. 359-381.
Books: Polkinghorne, D.E. Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences. Albany:
State University of New York Press, 1988.
Edited volumes: Schudson M. Dynamics of distortion in collective memory. In
D.L.Schacter, ed., Memory distortion: How minds, brains, and societies
reconstruct the past. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.
The typescript should be carefully checked for errors before it is submitted
for publication. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations, for
supplying complete and correct references.
PUBL.- Russian and Emigre Periodicals about Muslims in Russia, 1881-1918
Posted by: Willemijn Lindhout <wlindhoutidc.nl>
Posted: 16 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Russian & Emigre Periodicals about Muslims in Russia, 1881-1918
Russian and emigre periodicals
Works written by and about Muslims
Publications from the centre and the periphery
New in the series Eurasian studies
Available on microform and online in IDC Digital Library (first half 2006)
For more information, please visit www.idc.nl/ez/34 or contact infoidc.nl
PUBL.- Cultural Anthropology, Volume 20, Issue 4, November 2005
Posted by: Cultural Anthropology <culanthu.washington.edu>
Posted: 14 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Cultural Anthropology, Volume 20, Issue 4, November 2005
Table of Contents:
Wandering Hero Stories in the Southern Lowlands of New Guinea: Culture
Areas, Comparison, and History
Mark Busse.
Due Diligence and "Reasonable Man," Offshore
Bill Maurer.
Empty Citizenship: Protesting Politics in the Era of Globalization
Ritty Lukose.
Longing for the Kollektiv: Gender, Power, and Residential Schools in Central
Siberia
Alexia Bloch.
Truth, Fear, and Lies: Exile Politics and Arrested Histories of the Tibetan
Resistance
Carole McGranahan.
For subscription information, go to:
<http://www.aaanet.org/sca/ca/subscribe.htm>
For more information about the journal, go to:
<http://www.aaanet.org/sca/ca/index.htm>
EVENT- Book Presentation with Irina Morozova and Andrei Volodin, Dec. 19, Amsterdam
Posted by: Irina Morozova <imorozovafmg.uva.nl>
Posted: 13 Dec 2005
EVENT- Book Presentation with I. Morozova & A. Volodin, Dec. 19, Amsterdam
You are cordially invited to the launch of Towards Social Stability and
Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia: Challenges to Regional Security
(Irina Morozova, ed. IOS Press: NATO Science Series) on Monday, 19 December
2005 in Amsterdam.
Through migrations, invasions, trade and cultural exchange, developments in
central Eurasia have impacted on the history of Europe and Asia for
millennia. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Central Eurasia
has once again emerged as a region of geo-political concern.
The book discusses the historical development of Central Eurasia and its
socio-cultural legacies; Soviet and contemporary state organization, social
transformation and communal structures; current economic conditions as a
precursor to social stability and development; and geo-politics and
political change over the past two decades.
The new 'centrality' of Central Eurasia brings new security threats:
repressive political regimes and marginalisation of whole populations
inflame conflicts that spill across national borders. Illegal migration, the
production and trade of drugs, territorial disputes, border conflicts and
ethnic competition for resources are the direct outcomes of social-economic
destabilization. As neighbour to the turbulent Middle East, the region is a
potential playground for radical Islamic groups and terrorist organizations.
The presentation will consist of a short presentation by Irina Morozova and
a lecture by Andrei Gennadievich Volodin (Moscow State University, Institute
of Asian and African Studies; Institute of World Economy and International
Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences).
The presentation will take place in the Zaal Heren XVII, Bushuis,
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam. Please let us know whether you
intend to participate by sending a short message confirming your attendance
to Marloes Rozing (m.rozinglet.leidenuniv.nl). If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact us.
Programme:
Towards Social Stability and Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia:
challenges to regional security (IOS Press: NATO Science Series, Amsterdam
2005), edited by I. Morozova.
Venue:
Zaal Heren XVII, Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam
Date:
Monday, 19 December 2005
Programme:
15:00 Coffee
15:25 Welcome by Director of the IIAS, Prof. Wim Stokhof
15:30-15:45 Presentation by Irina Morozova
15:45-16:30 Lecture by Andrei Volodin: Russia and the Security Challenges in
Central Eurasia
16:30-16:35 First copies to be officially presented by Irina Morozova
16:30-16:45 Discussion and question time
16:45-18:00 Reception, drinks
Ms Marloes Rozing, MA
Financial Manager
Seminar Coordinator
International Institute for Asian Studies
Postal address: P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
Visiting address: Nonnensteeg 1-3, 2311 VJ Leiden
Tel: +31-(0)71-527 2227
Fax: +31-(0)71-527 4162
Web: www.iias.nl
The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral
research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its main
objective is to encourage the study of Asia from a comparative and
interdisciplinary perspective and to promote national and international
cooperation in this field. The geographical scope of the institute covers
South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia. The institute
focuses on the humanities and the social sciences and, where relevant, on
their interaction with other sciences.
PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 6, 2005
Posted by: Murad Esenov <murad.esenovworldmail.se>
Posted: 12 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 6, 2005
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to offer you the contents of no. 6 (36) of the "Central Asia
and the Caucasus" journal (in English and Russian). The issue will be
published in late December.
For more details about the content of the articles and further information
including how to subscribe please contact:
Murad Esenov
Central Asia and the Caucasus
Institute for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies
Hubertusstigen 9
97455 Lulea
Sweden
Tel.: (46) 70 232 16 55
Tel/Fax: (46) 920 620 16
E-mail: murad.esenovworldmail.se
Web: http://www.ca-c.org
Central Asia and the Caucasus
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 6 (36), 2005
In This Issue:
Democracy and Transition Period
Sergey Zhiltsov. Revolutionary Waves in the Post-Soviet Expanse
Arthur Atanesian. Paradoxes of Democracy and Democratization Trends in
Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus
Nikolai Borisov. Transformation in the Political Regime in Uzbekistan:
Stages and Outcome
Border Issue
Ekaterina Arkhipova. The Borders between Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia:
Soviet Heritage
Regional Politics
Rashid Abdullo. Central Asian Countries and the United States: Ups and Downs
in their Relationships
Rauf Garagozov. Collective Memory and Memory Politics in the Central
Caucasian Countries
Irina Babich. The Northern Caucasus: The Statehood Issue as Treated by the
National. Islamic, and Political Movements
Sergey Minasian. Armenia and the EU's European Neighborhood Policy Program
Regional Security
Irina Komissina. Afghanistan: Drug Trafficking and Regional Security
Valery Petukhov. The North Caucasian Press about Terrorism
Abdurakhmon Makhmadov, Makhfirat Khidirova. Tajikistan: New Stability
Threats and how to avoid them
Regional Economies
Malcolm Dowling, Ganeshan Wignaraja. Turning the Corner: The Economic
Revival of Central Asia
Gulnur Rakhmatullina. Integration Processes in Central Asia. Prospects for a
Common Market
Lasha Tchantouridze. The IMF in Georgia: Evaluating the Fund's Unique Vision
of Economic Success
Ethnic Relations and Population Migration
Saodat Olimova. Migration in the Mountainous Regions of Eurasia: Past and
Present (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan)
Sudaba Zeynalova. Germans in Azerbaijan: A Retrospective Analysis
Mamuka Komakhia. The Greeks of Georgia: Migration and Socioeconomic Problems
For Your Information:
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
- What Makes the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Central Asia
and the Caucasus Specific
- Political and Economic Development Trends
- World and Regional Centers of Power and their Impact on the Regional
Situation
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:
www.ca-c.org or http://www.ca-c.org/journal/2005-06-eng/00.cont-eng5-05.shtml
PUBL.- K. Grigorichev and Y. Zimovina, Legal Status of Refugees (in Russian)
Posted by: Konstantin Grigorichev <grigoritchevyandex.ru>
Posted: 6 Dec 2005
PUBL.- K. Grigorichev & Y. Zimovina, Legal Status of Refugees (in Russian)
Konstantin Grigorichev, Yelena Zimovina. Legal Status of Refugees.
(in Russian)
Karaganda: Ekozhan, 2005
208 p., ISBN 9965-9328-7-5
Full-text electronic version of the book is available on the web-site:
"Legislation of the CIS countries on refugees and forced migrants"
http://reflaw.narod.ru (in Russian)
Konstantin Grigorichev
PhD., Science Director
NGO "Centre for the Population Studies"
Karaganda, Kazakhstan
PUBL.- Endangered Languages, Migration and Marginalisation
Posted by: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Posted: 6 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Endangered Languages, Migration and Marginalisation
The Foundation for Endangered Languages held its ninth conference last month
in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Its theme was the marginalisation of
languages due to histories of migration, especially in Africa, but also in
Siberia and other parts of Europe, Asia and Australia.
Its proceedings are now available, entitled "Creating Outsiders: Endangered
Languages, Migration and Marginalisation" and edited by Nigel Crawhall and
Nicholas Ostler (ISBN 0-9538248-7-X)
It is an 184-page volume, and the contents look like this:
Map of Language Locations by Page Number
Index of Authors
Note on Spelling of Clicks
Index of Languages and Families
Nigel Crawhall, Nicholas Ostler Preface
Section 1 Keynote Address
- Rajend Mesthrie Language Endangerment in the Indic and Zanzibari
Communities of KwaZulu-Natal
Section 2 Outward Migration and Endangered Languages
- Tomasz Wicherkiewicz Diaspora Languages at the Edge of Extinction:
Karaim, Tatar and Armenian in Central-Eastern Europe at the End of the 20th
Century
- Tjeerd de Graaf Dutch in the Steppe? The Plautdiitsch Language of the
Siberian Mennonites and their Relation with the Netherlands, Germany and
Russia
- Evgeniy Golovko The Making of Identity, the Making of a Language: on some
Linguistic Consequences of the Russian Colonization in Siberia
Section 3 Inward Migration and Endangered Languages
- Laura Bennetts The Marginalisation of Mosuo
- Mary E. Kropp Dakubu Role Restriction and Marginalisation in an Urban
Context: the Fate of Ga in Accra
- Maarten Mous Yaaku and Ma'a: an Endangered Language and the Way Out
- Mamadou Lamine Sanogo Survivance linguistique en pays tiefo: le cas de Peni
Section 4 First Peoples
- Nigel Crawhall The Story of !Ui : Causality and Language Shift in Africa
- Jakelin Troy, Michael Walsh Languages Off Country? Revitalizing the
'Right' Indigenous Languages in the South-East of Australia
- Herman M. Batibo Hua: a Critically Endangered Khoesan Language in the
Kweneng District of Botswana
- Soldier David Naude, Willemen le Roux Endangered Languages, Migration and
Marginalisation of the Anikhwe
- Kipnyango Seroney Identity, Immigration and Colonial Dominance in Kenya:
Terik and Luhya, 1942-1950
- Kems C. Monaka, Andy M. Chebanne San Relocation: Endangerment through
Development in Botswana
Section 5 Policy, Power and Endangered Languages
- Salem Mezhoud Salvation Through Migration: Immigrant Communities as
engine rooms for the survival and revival of the Tamazight (Berber) language
- William Fierman Kazakh Language: from Semi-Endangerment to Partial Recovery
- Mekonnen Gabre-Yohannes Alemu Multilingual Policy of Education for
revitalizing Marginalised Indigenous Languages in Ethiopia
- Thamar E. Gindin The Hebrew Component and the Israeli Component:
"Sandwich Languages" in Israel
Section 6 States and Minorities
- Patrick Heinrich Reversing Language Shift on Okinawa Island
- Finex Ndhlovu Zimbabwe's Postcolonial Language Policy Formulation
Paradigms 1987-1998: Another Recipe for the Marginalisation of Minority
Languages
- Maya Khemlani David The Network Theory and Language Maintenance: a Study
of Three Communities in Peninsular Malaysia
- Galina Dyrkheeva The Buryat Language in Bilingual Environment:
Buryat-Russian, Buryat-Chinese, Buryat-Mongol
Section 7 Migrations in History and Prehistory
- Brigitte Pakendorf Language Loss vs Retention in connection with
Prehistoric Migrations in Siberia: a Linguistic-Genetic Synthesis
- Ronald P. Schaefer, Francis Egbokhare and Demola Lewis Marginalisation of
Northern Edo Vernaculars
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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, November 30, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 5 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, November 30, 2005 Issue on Web
Note: The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly is published since Fall 2005 by
the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program and edited
by Niklas Swanstrom. To view the November 2005 issue, with a focus on energy
security: click here:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
The 30 November issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org.
Highlights:
This issue's CACI Analyst has a twin focus: energy issues and political
processes. In the former field, Mamuka Tsereteli projects the impact of the
Blue Stream pipeline on regional energy development, and Stephen Blank
discusses the implications of Russia's CIS gas cartel. In the latter, Alman
Mir Ismail describes the post-election troubles in Azerbaijan as a lose-lose
situation, and Ustina Markus et.al. forecast the Kazakhstani presidential race.
In Field Reports, articles on Georgian defense reforms, a retrospective on
the Tajik parliamentary elections earlier this year, on fears of unrest
during Kazakhstan's elections, and on the third anniversary of the attempted
murder of Turkmenistan's President.
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 30 November CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20051130Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles:
The Blue Stream Pipeline and Geopolitics of Natural Gas in Eurasia
Mamuka Tsereteli
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3848
Azerbaijan's Post-Election Situation: A Lose-Lose Situation
Alman Mir-Ismail
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3849
Vested Interests to Determine Kazakhstan's Presidential Race
Ustina Markus, Nigmet Ibadildin and Ryan Kennedy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3851
Russia Realizes its Cartel
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3853
Field Reports:
Georgian Defense Reforms: Eliminating Abuse Remains Priority
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3854
Looking Back: Parliamentary Elections in Tajikistan
Bakhtiyor Naimov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3855
Kazakh Authorities Fear Public Disturbances after Presidential Elections
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3856
Asghgabat, November 25, 2002: Who Lost, Who Won?
Muhammad Tahir
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3857
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
PUBL.- Ab Imperio, Issue 3/2005, Empire and the Challenge of Nationalism
Posted by: Alexander M. Semyonov <semyonovabimperio.net>
Posted: 1 Dec 2005
PUBL.- Ab Imperio, Issue 3/2005, Empire & the Challenge of Nationalism
Dear colleagues,
Editors of Ab Imperio would like to announce the release of the third issue
of the journal in 2005. Please find below a link to the online version and
the table of contents.
http://www.abimperio.net/order/2005/2005_3.html
2005 annual theme:
Languages of Self-Description in Empire and Multinational State
Issue 3/2005 "Empire and the Challenge of Nationalism: Searching for Modes
of Social, Political, and Cultural Self-Description"
Methodology and Theory
Editors
Empire as a "Claim," Nation as a "Resolution": Languages for Describing
Unity and Diversity in a Multicultural Setting (E)
Miroslav Hroch
Language as a Tool of Civic Equality (R)
Mark R. Beissinger
Rethinking Empire in the Wake of the Soviet Collapse (R)
Mark R. Beissinger
Situating Empire (E)
History
Elena Vishlenkova
The Visual Language of "Russianness" from the 18th to the First Quarter of
the 19th Century (R)
Michael Kemper
Adat against Shari?a: Russian Approaches towards Daghestani "Customary Law"
in the 19th Century (E)
Alexander Kaplunovskii
Describing Empire Societally: The "Polyphony" of Prikazchiki in the Social
Register of Russian Empires' Languages of Self-Description (R)
Simon Rabinovich
Positivism, Populism and Politics: The Intellectual Foundations of Jewish
Ethnography in Late Imperial Russia (E)
Laurie Cohen
Looking In From the Outside. Bertha and Arthur von Suttner in the Caucasus,
1876-1885 (E)
Willard Sunderland
Baron Ungern, Toxic Cosmopolitan (E)
Serguei Glebov
A Life with Imperial Dreams: Petr Nikolaevich Savitsky, Eurasianism, and the
Invention of "Structuralist" Geography (E)
Archive
Alla Zeide
The Empireless. Texts and Contexts in the Life of a Russian Jew, Aleksei
Goldenweiser (R)
Document
Aleksei Goldenweiser: Diaries and Correspondence from Different Years (R)
Sociology, Ethnology, Political Science
Elena Gapova
On the Political Economy of "National Language" in Belarus (R)
ABC: Empire & Nationalism Studies
The "Imperial Turn" at the ICCEES VII World Congress, Berlin, July 2005
Kimitaka Matsuzato
Russian Imperiology and Area Studies (Impressions on the ICCEES Berlin
Congress) (E)
Jan Kusber
The Russian Empire as a Subject Matter of East European Historic Research.
Some Reflections on Its Prospects at the ICCEES VII World Congress in Berlin
(E)
William G. Rosenberg
The Problems of Empire in Imperial Russia (E)
Newest Mythologies
Jelena Grigorjeva
On the Morphology of Visual Post-Soviet Post-Folklore (R)
Historiography
Oksana Klimkova
GULAG: From Myth-Telling toward Analysis (R)
Book Reviews
R-Forum I: "Writing Soviet History as Imperial History"
Ilya Gerasimov
Terry Martin, The Affirmative Action Empire. Nations and Nationalism in the
Soviet Union, 1923-1939 (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2001).
Xvi + 496 pp., 4 maps, 46 tables. Bibliography, Index.
ISBN: 0-8014-8677-7 (paper).
Marina Mogilner
Francine Hirsch, Empire of Nations. Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of
the Soviet Union (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2005). 367
pp., ill. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-8014-8908-3 (paper).
R-Forum II: "Imperial Identities in the Language of Arts and Literature"
Igor Martyniuk
Christopher Ely, This Meager Nature: Landscape and National Identity in
Imperial Russia (DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, 2002),
278 pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-87580-303-2.
Adam Fergus
Harsha Ram, The Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of Empire (Madison, WI:
University of Wisconsin Press, 2003). x+307 pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN:
0-299-18190-1 (hardback edition).
Maksim Kirchanov
Miroslav Shkandrii. V obiimakh imperii. Rosiis'ka i ukrains'ka literature
novitn'oi dobi. Kiiv: "Fakt", 2004. 496 s. ISBN: 966-8408-45-4.
Helene Perrin-Wagner
Rossiiskaia imperiia v sravnitel'noi perspektive: Sbornik statei / Pod red.
A. I. Millera. Moskva: "Novoe izdatel'stvo", 2004. 384 s. ISBN: 5-98379-011-0.
Thomas Sanders
Alter L. Litvin, Writing History in Twentieth-Century Russia: A View From
Within (Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave, 2001). xi+201 pp. Translated and Edited by
John L. H. Keep. Appendices, Notes, Bibliography. ISBN: 0-333-76487-0.
Marc L. Greenberg
Svoi ili chuzhoi? Evrei i slaviane glazami drug druga / Otv. red. O. V.
Belova. Moskva: "Sefer", Institut slavianovedeniia RAN, 2003. 504 s.
(Akademicheskaia seriia. Vyp. 11). ISBN: 5-98370-002-2.
Tomasz Kamusella
Jacob M. Landau and Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Politics of Language in the
Ex-Soviet Muslim States: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan (London: Hurst and Company, 2001), xiv+260 pp.,
ill. Index. ISBN: 1-85065-442-5
Sebastian Cwiklinski
Novaia volna v izuchenii etnopoliticheskoi istorii Volgo-Ural'skogo regiona
/ Sbornik statei. Pod red. K. Matsuzato. Sapporo: Slavic Research Center,
Hokkaido University, 2003. 335 c. ISBN: 4-98637-28-6.
Iurii Labyntsev, Larisa Shchavinskaia
Zenon Kogut. Korinnia identichnosti. Studii z rann'omodernoi ta modernoi
istorii Ukraini. Kiiv: "Kritika", 2004. 352 s. Pokazchik imen. ISBN:
966-7679-48-9.
Magdalena Zolkos
Jane Leftwich Curry and Joan Barth Urban (Eds.), The Left Transformed in
Post-Communist Societies. The Cases from East-Central Europe, Russia and
Ukraine (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003). 284 pp.
Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-7425-2664
Andreas Demuth
Jean-Jacques Subrenat (Ed.), Estonia. Identity and Independence (Amsterdam
and New York, NY: Rodopi B.V., 2004). ix+310 pp. (=On the Boundary of Two
Worlds. Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics. Vol. 2).
ISBN: 9-0420-0890-3 (paperback).
Olga Khristoforova
Chris J. Chulos, Converging Worlds: Religion and Community in Peasant
Russia, 1861-1917 (DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003).
201 pp. Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-87580-317-2.
Caleb Wall
James W. Heinzen, Inventing a Soviet Countryside: State Power and the
Transformation of Rural Russia (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh
Press, 2004). 312 pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-8229-4215-1.
Marina Krasilnikova, Alexander Cherniavskii
Istoriia i filosofiia kul'tury: Aktual'nye problemy. Sbornik nauchnykh
trudov. Vypusk 6 / Pod red. S. V. Arkhipova. Vladikavkaz: Izdatel'stvo
Severo-Osetinskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, 2003. 284 s. ISBN:
5-8336-0316-1.
Aleksei Chesnokov
V. I. Diatlov. Sovremennye torgovye men'shinstva: faktor stabil'nosti ili
konflikta? (Kitaitsy i kavkaztsy v Irkutske). Moskva: "Natalis", 2000. 190
s. ISBN: 5-8062-0025-6.
Boris P. Chichlo
A. S. Zuev. Sibir': Vekhi istorii (XVI - XIX vv.) / Uchebnoe posobie...
Novosibirsk, 1999; A. S. Zuev. Russkie i aborigeny na krainem severo-vostoke
Sibiri vo vtoroi polovine XVII - pervoi chetverti XVIII vv. Novosibirsk,
2002. 330 s.
Katya Vladimirov
Gubernatory Sakhalina / Pod red. A. I. Kostanova, A. I. Baialdina, L. V.
Dragunovoi i dr. Iuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Arkhivnyi otdel Administratsii
Sakhalinskoi oblasti, Gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Sakhalinskoi oblasti, 2000. 392 s.
Dmitriy Rezun
A. D. Ageev. Sibir' i amerikanskii Zapad: Dvizhenie frontirov. Irkutsk:
Irkutskii universitet, 2002. 294 s. ISBN: 5-7430-0154-5 (v obl.).
PUBL.- Towards Social Stability and Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia
Posted by: Irina Morozova <imorozovafmg.uva.nl>
Posted: 30 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Towards Social Stability & Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia
Towards Social Stability and Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia:
Challenges to Regional Security.
Morozova, I. (ed.)
NATO Science Series, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2005.
ISBN 1-58603-545-2
Contributors: Andrey Fursov, Jacques Legrand, Catherine Poujol, Irina
Morozova, Alisher Ilkhamov, Paul Geiss, Robert Cutler, Michael Kaser, Leonid
Friedman, Martin Spechler, Elena Sadovskaya, Nazim Imanov, Nina Dyulgerova,
Farkhod Tolipov.
Through migrations, invasions, trade and cultural exchange, developments in
Central Eurasia (the nine Central Eurasian states - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia) have, for millennia, impacted upon the history of both Europe and
Asia. For the last three hundred years, Central Eurasia has been the stage
upon which great empires clashed. Following the dissolution of the Soviet
Union, Central Eurasia has once again emerged as a region of geo-political
concern.
The new 'centrality' of Central Eurasia brings new security threats:
repressive political regimes and marginalisation of whole groups of the
population inflame conflicts that spill across national borders. Illegal
migration and the illicit production and trade of drugs, territorial
disputes, border conflicts and competition for resources among the Central
Eurasian ethnicities are the direct outcome of social-economic
destabilization in Central Eurasia. As a direct neighbour to the turbulent
Middle East, the region is a potential playground for extremist movements:
radical Islamic groups and terrorist organizations.
The book presents scientific discussions on the historical development of
Central Eurasia and its socio-cultural legacies; Soviet and contemporary
state organization, social transformation and communal structures; the
current economic conditions as a precursor to social stability and
development; and geo-political arrangements and political changes over the
last two decades.
Contents:
Introduction
Irina Morozova
Part I. Central Eurasian History and Societies in the longue duree Approach
Central Eurasia: Historical Centrality, Geostrategic Condition and Power
Model Legacy
Andrey Fursov
Nomadic Pastoral Societies-the Importance of Compromise in Dealing with
Tension, Conflict and Security
Jacques Legrand
Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Democracy Versus Justice?
Catherine Poujol
Part II. Modern State-Building and Communities in Central Eurasia
Nation-Building in Central Asia: Creating New State Mythologies
Irina Morozova
Post-Soviet Central Asia: From Nationhood Mythologies to Regional Cold Wars?
Alisher Ilkhamov
Regionalism and Statehood in Soviet and Independent Turkmenistan
Paul Georg Geiss
De-Authoritarization in Uzbekistan?: Analysis and Prospects
Robert M. Cutler
Part III. Economic Reform and Social Security
Growth Accounting for Eight Eurasian Economies: Factors Differentiating
Future Prospects from Soviet and Transition Experience
Michael Kaser
Living Standards and National Security of Central Asian Countries
Leonid Friedman
Gradual Economic Reform in Uzbekistan: Two Steps Forwards, One Step Back
Martin C. Spechler
Labour Migration and Its Impact on Social Stability in Central Asia
Elena Y. Sadovskaya
Part IV. Political Development and Prospects for Democratization
Political and Economic Development: Correlation in Southern Caucasus
Nazim Imanov
Georgia-Challenges to Internal Security Through the Prism of External
Political Priorities
Nina Dyulgerova
The Gap between de-jure and de-facto Democratization in Uzbekistan: Nine
Problems of Proto-Democracy
Farkhod Tolipov
Notes on Contributors
Selected Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index
More information on the publication:
<http://www.iias.nl/iias/show/id=51976>
Contact:
Dr Irina Y. Morozova
International Institute for Asian Studies
Binnen Gasthuis 5
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237
1012 DL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 - 20 - 525 36 57 (ext. 4566)
Fax: +31 -20 - 525 36 58
E-mail: irmorozyahoo.co.uk or imorozovafmg.uva.nl
PUBL.- Victor Shnirelman, 20th c. Intellectuals and Politics in the Northern Caucasus (in Russian)
Posted by: Victor Shnirelman <shnirvmail.ru>
Posted: 30 Nov 2005
PUBL.- 20th c. Intellectuals & Politics in the Northern Caucasus (in Russian)
I would like to inform list members that my book is to come out in Moscow in
December 2005 from Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie Publishing House. It is in
Russian, and a table of content and Introduction are available at the
web-site. Yet, for those who do not read Russian a description in English is
provided further down.
Details of the book:
Victor A. Shnirelman. Byt' Alanami: Intellektualy i politika na Severnom
Kavkaze v 20 veke (To be the Alans: Intellectuals and Politics in the
Northern Caucasus in the 20th century).
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie Publishing House 2005. 696 pp.
IBSN 5-86793-406-3
Contents:
Introduction
Part I: The shaping of the North Caucasian political map.
Part II: In search of the destiny (the Ossetians).
Chapter 1: Discovery of the Ossetian antiquity and a romantic nationalism.
Chapter 2: Land issue and the ancestors' heritage.
Chapter 3: Between nationalism and internationalism.
Chapter 4: The end of the Ossetian Aryanism" and a search for the new
ancestors.
Chapter 5: A struggle against the Marrism and the end of the Ossetians'
double nature".
Chapter 6: What should be a new concept of the Ossetian history?
Chapter 7: Peoples' friendship.
Chapter 8: The Ossetian-Ingush debates, and cultural racism.
Chapter 9: To be the Alans.
Chapter 10: Some conclusions.
Part III: Overcoming the destiny (Chechens and Ingush).
Chapter 1: On the constructive nature of ethnic names.
Chapter 2: Legendary past and an emergence of the Soviet scholarship.
Chapter 3: Formation of the first academic centers.
Chapter 4: In search of the Golden Age.
Chapter 5: The phantom peoples.
Chapter 6: Return to history and return of history.
Chapter 7: An appropriation of the official history.
Chapter 8: Saga of the voluntary joining".
Chapter 9: The Ingush issue.
Chapter 10: Revisionism and its roots.
Chapter 11: The Chechen revolution.
Chapter 12: Intellectual debates and an explosion of the myth-building
activity.
Chapter 13: The Orstkhoi revival.
Chapter 14: Image of the enemy.
Chapter 15: Chechen revolution and Islam.
Chapter 16: The Aki-Chechens' fate.
Chapter 17: Conclusions.
Part III: Redistribution of destiny (Kabardino-Balkaria and
Karachai-Chercassia).
Chapter 1: State formation and an emergence of the intellectual elite.
Chapter 2: From the Tatars" to indigenes.
Chapter 3: Deprived of homeland and history.
Chapter 4: A search of a new genealogy.
Chapter 5: Complex of guilt" and the Alans' Turkic language.
Chapter 6: Post-Soviet ethnopolitics and conflicts.
Chapter 7: Turkification of the ancient past.
Chapter 8: Primordialism in service of instrumentalism.
Chapter 9: Conclusions.
Part IV: Ethnogenesis as an ethnopolitical myth.
Chapter 1: Social memory.
Chapter 2: Politics and social memory.
Chapter 3: Images of the past, and politics in the North Caucasus.
Chapter 4: How ethnogenetic myth is constructed.
Chapter 5: The value of the Alan identity.
Literature.
Contact:
Victor Shnirelman
E-mail: shnirvmail.ru
PUBL.- The China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly, Nov. 2005, Available On-Line
Posted by: Nicklas Norling <nnorlingsilkroadstudies.org>
Posted: 29 Nov 2005
PUBL.- The China & Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly, Nov. 2005, Available On-Line
The China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly, November 2005--Energy and
Security (Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program) is
now online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
About: The focus of this issue is on energy and security within the
China-Eurasia region. Energy security has become one of the most important
issues in international relations today. Demand for energy is on the
increase, especially in Asia, where rapid modernization has led to rising
consumption. The contributors to this issue seek to explore the implications
with this development and how it affects regional security considerations.
This is the first issue of the CEF Quarterly under new directorship. The
former editors, Matthew Oresman and Malia Du Mont have stepped down, and
Niklas Swanstrom has taken over as editor of the CEF Quarterly. We are very
grateful for their work and we will try our very best to continue the
success of the China and Eurasia Forum.
The PDF version of the entire issue is available at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/CEF_Quarterly_November_2005.pdf
Contents:
East Asia and the Middle East: A Fateful Energy Embrace
Kent Calder
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Kent_Calder.pdf
Quest for Oil and Geostrategic Thinking
Ingolf Kiesow
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Ingolf_Kiesow.pdf
China's Energy Dependence on the Middle East: Boon or Bane for Asian Security?
Phar Kim Beng and Vic Y.W. Li
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Phar_Kim_Beng_and_Vic_Li.pdf
China's Foreign Energy Asset Acquisitions: From Shopping Spree to Fire Sale?
Maria Kielmas
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Maria_Kielmas.pdf
The New Natural Gas-Based Technologies in the Context of Northeast Asia
Vladimir I. Ivanov
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Vladimir_Ivanov.pdf
China's Energy Security Demands and the East China Sea: A Growing Likelihood
of Conflict in East Asia?
Arthur S. Ding
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Arthur_Ding.pdf
China's Energy Security and Its International Relations
Zha Daojiong
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Zha_Daojiong.pdf
The Dilemmas of China's Energy Governance: Recentralization and Regional
Cooperation
Gaye Christoffersen
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Gaye_Christoffersen.pdf
An Asian Oil and Gas Union: Prospects and Problems
Niklas Swanstrom
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Niklas_Swanstrom.pdf
China, Kazakh Energy, and Russia: An Unlikely Menage a Trois
Stephen Blank
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Stephen_Blank.pdf
The Dragon and the Magi: Burgeoning Sino-Iranian Relations in the 21st Century
J. Brandon Gentry
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Brandon_Gentry.pdf
Japan's Central Asian Diplomacy: Motivations, Implications and Prospects for
the Region
Christopher Len
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Chris_Len.pdf
The CEF Quarterly is published by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk
Road Studies Program and is devoted to analysis of the current issues facing
China and Eurasia. Each number is dedicated to a specific problem (Energy
and Security - November 2005; Narcotics - February 2006; Terrorism - May
2006; Soft Security Threats- August 2006). For subscription inquiries
contact nnorlingsilkroadstudies.org.
Call for papers: The journal welcomes submissions to the February 2006
(Narcotics) issue. The Editor invites longer analytical articles of
approximately 7000 words or shorter more concrete articles on approximately
2000 words. Please contact Niklas Swanstrom (Editor) at
nswanstromsilkroadstudies.org, Christopher Len (Assistant Editor)
clensilkroadstudies.org , or Nicklas Norling (Assistant Editor)
nnorlingsilkroadstudies.org with a short description of your article idea.
Submission guidelines and editorial principles are online at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_submissions.htm
PUBL.- A. Papas, Sufism and Politics between China, Tibet and Turkestan (in French)
Posted by: Thierry Zarcone <thzarconewanadoo.fr>
Posted: 23 Nov 2005
PUBL.- A. Papas, Sufism & Politics between China, Tibet & Turkestan (in French)
Sufism and Politics between China, Tibet and Turkestan. A Study on the
Naqshbandi Khwajas of Eastern Turkestan.
By Alexandre Papas
Paris: Jean Maisonneuve, 2005, in-8, iii-291 p., 22 ill., 3 maps. With a
foreword by Marc Gaborieau. (in French)
Caucasian and Tatar World - Central Asia and High Asia series, No 2 (Th.
Zarcone, editor)
ISBN 2-7200-1150-9
48.00 Euros
To order, see the website: www.maisonneuve-adrien.com
Contact: maisonneuvemaisonneuve-adrien.com
Mail address:
Librairie d'Amerique et d'Orient - Adrien Maisonneuve, Jean Maisonneuve succ.
11, rue Saint-Sulpice
75006 Paris
France
Abstract:
Sprung from the depths of Inner Asia to confront Lamas, Shamans and whoever
they regarded as idolatrous, Muslim missionaries leapt to the Silk Road in
the hope to expand their Islamic faith and mysticism. While the Jesuits were
only meeting with little success in the region, these Samarqandi Sufis
succeeded in rooting their beliefs, spirituality and power in society. When,
in 1680, Afaq Khwaja, a prominent figure among them, ascended the throne of
Yarkand and established a regime based on the practical and spiritual
principles of Sufism, a new ruling order, yet unheard of in the history of
Asian Islam, was founded. At the outermost borders of China, Tibet and
Central Asia, Sufi masters (ishan) were setting up a saintly dynasty and
seizing temporal power. Braving both the Qing Empire and the Lamaist Tibet,
the Naqshbandi Khwajas of Eastern Turkestan implemented a political and
religious utopia in which the subjects were required to become companions
and the saints to become kings. The Khwajas' ideal was primarily aimed at
securing morality and orthodoxy, yet it revealed a speculative questioning
about the world and its sufferings.
Based on unpublished - and for some, unknown - manuscript sources, the
present book relates the history of these mystical rulers from their arrival
in the Tarim basin in the 16th-Century up to their definitive ousting by the
Manchu armies by the 19th-Century. Through the concept of Ishanate, the book
raises the issues of political Sufism, utopia, power and sanctity.
Alexandre Papas, PhD, is a lecturer in Central Asian History at the Ecole
des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Contents:
Introduction
The manuscript corpus
The Orient and orientalism on the Khwajas
Sufism and intellectual history
Part I - From the dynastization of the ishans to the great dissension,
1580-1653
- Idolaters, Lamas and Sufis
- Ishaq Khwaja and the Naqshbandiyya Ishaqiyya
- The great dissension
Part II - The saintly exile of Afaq Khwaja and the outset of the
Naqshbandiyya Afaqiyya, 1653-1678
- The saint in exile
- A Sufi master among the Lamas
- Afaq Khwaja on the road to China
Part III - The Ishanate of Afaq Khwaja: a theologico-political utopia
- A Sufi becomes a ruler
- The political and religious institutions of the Ishanate
- Spiritual practices and temporal uses
- The Ishanate, an utopia faces the question of the world
Part IV - Afaq Khwja's legacy: prologue or epiloguee to the Sufi power?
- The death of the saintly ishan and its results
- The resurrection of the Afaqi sanctity: the legatees
- The Naqshbandi ishans live on (18th-19th-C.)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Appendix
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Journal of PIPSS, Issue #5, June 2006
Posted by: Journal of PIPSS <kozlowskclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 23 Nov 2005
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Journal of PIPSS, Issue #5, June 2006
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
Issue #5, June 2006
"Women and Military Institutions in Russia and the Post-Soviet Area."
An electronic journal of social sciences
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Call for Contributors:
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multi-disciplinary journal, which addresses issues across a broad field of
disciplines including sociology, anthropology, political science,
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study changes and their underlying mechanisms in post-Soviet republics,
through the analysis of the institutions that remain most hidden from the
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pipss.org also aims to promote scholarly debate across as broad an audience
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Area."
The issue editors of Vol. 5 would like to invite scholars and experts to
submit their papers for publication in a special issue on "Women and
Military Institutions in Russia and the Post-Soviet Area."
The subject is to be approached for a pluridisciplinary angle, touching on
historical, political, social and economic aspects. Attention will be paid
as much to the role of women within military institutions as to the
relations between women and the army in Russia and the other CIS republics.
In this issue, preference is given (but not limited) to four major categories:
1. The social role of women in their relations with the armed forces:
- The social function of the soldier's wife, past and present.
- Careers, lives and times of soldiers' wives.
- Origins and functions of organisations of soldiers' wives (the role of
the army's patronage system: zhensoviet / zhenotdel and Council of Parents
of Servicemen of Russia, Belarusian Armed Forces' Women's Councils etc.)
- The role of women in the economic functioning of military institutions.
2. Organisations of soldiers' mothers in Russia and the CIS:
- Relations between organisations of soldiers' mothers and military
authorities.
- Regional organisations and their modes of action with the authorities.
- The specificity of 'feminine' intervention in the armed forces.
- Specific registers of justification used by women in their relations with
military institutions such as, for example, "maternal right(s)".
- Political action by soldiers' mothers, notably in the context of setting
up a political party.
3. Women in armed conflicts:
- The role of women during armed conflicts in the Soviet and post-Soviet
area: Afghanistan, Nagorny Karabakh, Chechnya...
- Women veterans: social reintegration on returning to civilian life, the
place of women in veterans' organisations, comparison between the status of
male and female veterans.
- Women civilians in zones of armed conflict: humanitarian organizations
other than movements of soldiers' mothers, mothers in search of their
enlisted son.
4. Women within the armed forces and power ministries:
- The status of women in power ministries (police, defence, transport,
borders).
- The choice of a career in the army or police.
- Which work for women within power ministries?
- Women's careers in the power ministries.
- The place of women in the prison system.
Papers dealing with other issues related to armies and power institutions in
the CIS, as well as book review proposals are also welcome.
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precision in the articles and avoid a decrease in scientific quality. But we
draw your attention to the fact that most pipss.org readers are essentially
English speakers, therefore we do encourage articles in English in order to
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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, November 16, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 22 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, November 16, 2005 Issue on Web
The 16 November issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online
at http://www.cacianalyst.org.
Highlights:
This issue's CACI Analyst is heavy on electoral issues: Rahimullah Yusufzai
analyzes Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, and Svante Cornell discusses
Azerbaijan's. In addition, Grigor Hakobyan writes ahead of Armenia's
constitutional referendum and Marat Yermukanov writes a field report ahead
of Kazakhstan's presidential vote. Aside from this, Rizwan Zeb studies the
prospects of the Iran-Pakistani-India pipeline. In Field Reports, articles
on Badakhshan after the Russian border guard withdrawal, on the
criminalization of politics in Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan-Ukraine energy
diplomacy.
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 16 November CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20051116Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles:
Afghanistan's Elections: Democracy without Parties?
Rahimullah Yusufzai
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3811
Armenia's Constitutional Referendum Likely to Succeed
Grigor Hakobyan
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3812
Does the Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline Have a Future?
Rizwan Zeb
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3813
Azerbaijan's Elections: Evolution, Not Revolution
Svante E. Cornell
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3814
Field Reports:
Badakhshan: More Poverty after Russian Withdrawal
Zoya Pylenko
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3815
Nazarbayev Clears Hurdles ahead of Presidential Elections
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3816
CRIMINALS BREAK INTO POLITICS IN KYRGYZSTAN
Nurshat Abubakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3817
Turkmenistan and Ukraine: What They Want from Each Other?
Muhammad Tahir
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3818
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
PUBL.- Stephen Jones, Socialism in Georgian Colors, Harvard University Press
Posted by: Stephen Jones <sfjonesmtholyoke.edu>
Posted: 22 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Stephen Jones, Socialism in Georgian Colors, Harvard University Press
Socialism in Georgian colors: the European road to social democracy, 1883-1917
By Stephen Jones
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass., London, UK; Harvard University Press, 2005
ISBN 0-0674-019204-4
Description of the book:
Georgian social democracy was the most successful social democratic movement
in the Russian empire. Part of Russian social democracy out of which emerged
both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, the Georgian organization pursued an
independent path and set a remarkable precedent - both theoretically and in
practice - for many of the anti-colonial nationalist movements of the 20th
century.
CALL FOR PAPERS- The Idea of a Failed State: Interdisciplinary Theories and Applications
Posted by: Mark Evans <m.a.evansswansea.ac.uk>
Posted: 22 Nov 2005
CALL FOR PAPERS- The Idea of a Failed State: Theories & Applications
Call for Papers
The Idea of a Failed State: Interdisciplinary Theories and Applications
Proposed Conference and Volume Project
In the post-Cold War era, it has become increasingly evident that one of the
most pressing challenges for the world community is that posed by so-called
"failed states." Many serious problems with highly significant intra- and
international ramifications are laid at their door: savage, prolonged wars;
global terrorism; persecution; organized crime; the spread of disease; the
impoverishment of local populations; and illegal immigration, to name only
some of the most obvious. If these are caused or at least exacerbated by the
very existence of failed states - by the fact that they have 'failed' - then
solving them requires us to confront them in their specific failings. But at
this point, the question naturally arises: what, exactly, are failed states?
Scholars of the phenomenon do not all seem to have the same thing in mind
when using the term "failed state," since attempts to define the term often
seem to have little in common. Many consist of little more than strings of
examples, with no clear statement of principle to show what those examples
are taken to have in common. More theoretically-developed definitions are
usually extremely brief, or assert principles that seem to lead to the
conclusion only that a state has failed in certain respects, but not
necessarily across the board. What theoretical concepts are behind these
differing definitions? Could different concepts augment, improve, or even
disqualify others? Is it quixotic to think that scholars could together
develop an all-purpose concept? Or are we forced to conclude that "failed
state" is irretrievable as an analytic and moral concept from the morass of
ideological posturing?
In order to begin answering these (and many other) questions, we are
inviting proposals on the issues raised by the concept of a 'failed state.'
Perspectives from any relevant academic discipline are welcome. The main aim
of the collection will be to understand, from as many different points of
view as possible, what would make it true to describe a state as failed, in
the hope of developing a more complete understanding of this multi-faceted
phenomenon in order to help fashion the tools needed to tackle it. Hence,
the primary focus of proposals (and the resulting papers) should be that of
clearly stating, explaining and justifying fundamental theoretical
principles. Application of theory is, of course, often necessary and always
desirable, but should serve the purpose of illuminating the principles. The
treatment should be scholarly but as easily comprehensible as possible to
those outside your specific disciplines. So, for instance, literature
surveys and fairly extensive bibliographies are a good idea, but overly
technical language should be either avoided or, if unavoidable, clearly
defined.
Questions you might address include, but are by no means limited to the
following:
I. Is the very idea of a failed state a sound one? That is, does it even
make sense to describe any state as 'failed'? This question might be
approached by asking:
a) How can we distinguish a failed state from a successful one? What
technical/functional and/or moral criteria might be used for this purpose?
b) Must a state fail 'across the board' to be a 'failed state', or is it
sufficient to fail only in certain aspects of its functioning to pass the
threshold of overall failure?
c) Is the notion of a failed state relative in some way? For example, can a
state that is deemed to be a failure in, say, one cultural context be deemed
to be successful (or at least not a failure) in another?
d) Is state failure always absolute, or is it a matter of degree? That is,
can one failed state be a worse failure than another? And, if so, how do we
tell which is which?
e) Is there any significant difference between a failed state and a failing
one?
II. What are the paradigmatic cases of state failure? Are there failed
states which have not so far been recognized as such, and what case can we
make for classing them thus?
III. Can failed states be turned into successful ones? If so, are there any
general strategies for doing this, or must such transformation be carried
out on a case-by-case basis? If failed states cannot in principle be thus
"repaired," is there a case for "liquidating" them? If so, who should be
the
liquidator, and what should happen to the "assets"?
IV. From the answers to the questions which can be asked about the concept
of a failed state, what might be implied or inferred with respect to the
nature, functions and responsibilities of the international order?
The intention is that this call will solicit proposals from which a volume
will emerge and, if feasible, a conference at which draft contributions can
be presented and discussed. It is hoped to plan the volume, and submit a
proposal to publishers, early in 2006. To establish the feasibility of this,
proposals of about 500 words long are therefore invited and should be sent to:
Liam Harte
Department of Philosophy
Westfield State College
Westfield, MA 01085
USA
E-mail: lhartewsc.ma.edu
Electronic attachments, in either Word or WordPerfect formats, are
preferable but not required.
To keep to the current schedule, it is suggested that proposals be submitted
by January 1, 2006. Consultations will follow with interested parties with a
view to organizing a conference on this theme, possibly in Massachusetts in
autumn 2006.
Those who wish informally to discuss any aspect of this project are welcome
to contact either Liam or Dr Mark Evans (University of Wales Swansea):
m.a.evansswansea.ac.uk
PUBL.- Moshe Gammer, Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule
Posted by: Moshe Gammer <gammerpost.tau.ac.il>
Posted: 18 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Moshe Gammer, Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule
I am glad to inform list members that my book is due by the end of this
month from Hurst & Company, London (ISBNs 1-85065-743-2 [hard cover] and
1-85065-748-3 [paperback] and University of Pittsburgh Press (ISBN
0-8229-5898-8 [paperback])
Details of the book:
Moshe Gammer, The Lone Wolf and the Bear. Three Centuries of Chechen
Defiance of Russian Rule.
London: Hurst & Company and Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005.
Contents:
Part I: Background.
Chapter 1: The People and the Land.
Chapter 2: The Russian Advent.
Part II: Russian Conquest.
Chapter 3: The First Gazavat.
Chapter 4: The Beginning of the Caucasian War.
Chapter 5: The Great Gazavat.
Chapter 6: The Victory of the Axe
Part III: Under the Tsar.
Chapter 7: From Quietism to Uprising.
Chapter 8: The Lesser Gazavat.
Chapter 9: The Emperor's Insubordinate Subjects.
Part IV: Between the Hammer and the Sickle.
Chapter 10: The Last Gazavat.
Chapter 11: Sovietisation
Chapter 12: From Political Banditism to National Liberation
Chapter 13: Deportation and Return.
Chapter 14: Rehabilitation.
Part V: Post-Soviet Disorder
Chapter 15: From Chechen Revolution to Jihad
Postscript
Appendices
Appendix 1: The Khasav Yurt Truce Agreement.
PUBL.- Gregory D. Anderson, Russian-Turkic Language Contact in South Central
Asia
Posted by: Robert Gietz <rgietzharrassowitz.de>
Posted: 18 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Gregory Anderson, Russian-Turkic Language Contact in South Central Asia
Anderson, Gregory D.
Language Contact in South Central Siberia
XIII, 285 pages, 2 fig. - 24 x 17 cm, paperback
(Turcologica, Vol. 54)
ISBN 3-447-04812-3
EUR 68,- /US $ ca. 80,00
The volume offers a description of the history and linguistic consequences
of Russian-Turkic contacts in two adjacent republics in the Altai-Sayan
region of south central Siberia, viz. Khakasia and Tuva. First an overview
of Russian-Turkic contacts is offered. Next follows a lengthy outline of the
standardized form of Khakas to serve as a basis of comparison for the data
discussed in subsequent chapters. The complex linguistic history of Abakan,
the capital of Khakasia is addressed, in particular what indigenous sources
have contributed to the modern urban vernacular. This is in large part the
result of intense mixing and amalgamation of the diverse dialects of Khakas.
Further the role that Russian has played in shaping the modern speech
variety attested in the capital city is examined in detail. Finally, Abakan
Khakas data is compared with that of Kyzyl Tuvan, spoken in the capital city
of the significantly less Russianized Republic of Tuva. The volume also
includes a brief general discussion of the dynamics of language contact and
structural change in languages under conditions of contact.
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PUBL.- Black Sea Politics- Political Culture and Civil Society in an Unstable
Region
Posted by: Hayriye Kahveci <hkahvecimetu.edu.tr>
Posted: 15 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Black Sea Politics- Political Culture & Civil Soc'ty in an Unstable Reg.
Book: Black Sea Politics - Political Culture and Civil Society in an
Unstable Region
Authors: Ayse Ayata, Ayca Ergun, Isil Celimli
Publisher: IB Tauris
Date: September 23, 2005
Number of Pages: 256
Language: English
ISBN: 1845110358
Hardcover
This work brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines on the
Black Sea Region vitally important in current international relations for
Europe, Russia and the Near East, offering fresh perspective combining
regional 'insiders' and 'outsider' international experts. If ideas of 'civil
society' democratisation are Western in nature then how should one examine
these trends in a non-Western society? This book presents a variety of
experiences of civil society, looking at representation, participation and
power relations in countries such as the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, and the
Caucasus area. It is a rare combination of 'insider' perspectives of
regional experts and the 'outsider' views of international experts.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Ayse Gunes-Ayata
Introduction
Ayse Gunes-Ayata, Ayca Ergun, Isil Celimli
Part I - Black Sea as a Region of Study
"Frontier-Function & Civil Society: The Black Sea World in the Past and Its
Prospects for the Future" by Eyup Ozveren
Abstract:
This article suggests that the concept of "civil society," at a time when
the whole heritage of modernity is coming under heavy attack from all sides,
not only remains immune to criticisms, but also enjoys a resurrection from
the very ashes of modernity itself. The author also claims that the two
heydays of the concept, approximately two centuries apart, might have
something to do with the seemingly chaotic similarity between the eras of
the making and unmaking of a paradigmatic world order. Through a
simultaneous effort of bringing in analytical conceptions of both the Black
Sea as a region, and the term civil society, this paper attempts to explain
the very conditions that lead to the existence or non-existence of civil
society as a subset of the society from a critical standpoint.
Keywords: Civil Society, Black Sea world, Frontier-function
"Interregional Cooperation between the EU and BSEC" by Tunc Aybak
Abstract:
The main aim of this article is to offer a sketch of the Black Sea region
vis-a-vis the globalization process taking place in Europe. In doing so, the
paper will address issues such as the place of Black Sea in the European
regional political economy, the characteristics of the Black Sea as a new
type of regionalism, the relevance of the regional cooperation to the
enlargement of the European Union, and the availability of policy options
and alternatives to the asymmetrical interdependence between the Black Sea
Regional Cooperation and the EU. The article defines Europe in the widest
sense as an expanding negotiation space within which new boundaries, layers
of governance, flows and new networks are interacting with each other within
and beyond the control of the states. The paper also argues that the Black
Sea Regional Cooperation offers an overall policy framework to extend
pan-European governance to manage the increasing but unstable asymmetrical
interdependence between the EU and the Black Sea region. The author argues
that the successful management of interdependence between the EU and the
Black Sea begs some policy questions such as the boundary definitions, the
flows of energy and human labour and the policy interdependence.
Keywords: BSEC, European Union, New Regionalism
Part II - Representation, Participation and Elections
"Parties and Electorates in Ukraine: Cultivating the Grass-Roots" by Sarah
Birch
Abstract:
This chapter addresses the development of the party system in Ukraine with
reference to the strategies employed by parties to cultivate grass-roots
support bases. Some commentators have discerned a partisan configuration in
Ukraine similar to that found in many Western countries and have noted a
recent rise in party identification. Others, however, content that Ukraine
has no genuine parties at all or no real party system, with the implication
that parties are therefore not important in Ukrainian politics. Questioning
both these views, this chapter argues that parties are increasingly
important in Ukrainian politics but their nature as organizations and the
role they play differ fundamentally from those in the established
democracies of the West. One of the key questions is how parties structure
their relations with the electorate in order to win votes at the time of
elections. Popular cynicism and disillusionment with parties in general have
hampered efforts to cultivate party identification of the type found in
western societies. At the same time most parties are too poorly resourced
and too weakly connected with channels of state patronage to be able to
establish reliable party "machines". Perceptions of lack of party
accountability for policy limit the credibility of appeals to policy-based
voting. This combination of factors presents parties with a difficult task
at election time. This chapter explores how they approach the electorate and
which strategies have proved most successful.
Keywords: Political Parties, Ukraine, Grass Roots, Elections
"Transitional Politics, Political Marketing and Civic Society: The Case of
the 2000 Elections in Romania" by Luciana Maria Salagean & Stephen Blackwell
Abstract:
By looking at the case of 2000 elections in Romania, this paper argues that
the campaign devised by the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR), the
governing political alliance, was central to the poor performance of the
alliance in the elections. As well as seeking to provide an explanation of
the failure of the CDR marketing strategy, this paper also examines the way
in which marketing techniques play an increasingly important role in
Romanian electoral politics. It also suggests conclusions that may be
applicable to other former communist countries undergoing a period of
transitional reform. Through new techniques of political marketing winning
a political campaign is as much a question of advertising as it is of a
political program. In contemporary societies, political doctrine needs the
support of the economic and psychological methods used for promoting
products. More efficient political publicity in theory will help to diminish
those elements within Romanian political culture that seek to exploit
extremism and fanatical nationalism. Better presentation will also
"demystify" the political process and undermine the authoritarian tendencies
within Romanian politics.
Keywords: 2000 Elections, Romania, Political Marketing
"The Evolution of the Multiparty System in Ukraine: Prelude to a Robust
Democracy?" by Olga Kesarchuk
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to analyze of how and why political parties were
formed in Ukraine, as well as how the multiparty system works in the
country. The article also attempts to explain why Ukrainian parties do not
carry out the function of intermediaries between the citizens and the state
organs. The article focuses on some of the challenges facing the multiparty
system in Ukraine among which are the underdeveloped nature of the
democratic system in terms of not having sufficient backgrounds, small
numbers of constituencies, the concentration of the electorate mainly in big
cities, the non-existence of an adequate legal framework, the atomized
nature of the political arena, and finally the vagueness in the party
programs and political immaturity. The article argues that one of the
problems the Ukrainian political system faces today is the distorted
relationship between the society and the state. As the concluding remarks,
the author suggests that the improvement of the legislative basis that As
the concluding remarks, the author suggests that the improvement of the
legislative basis that regulates formation of parties and their activities
and the improvement of the political culture of the society would provide
grounds for the progress of the political system as a whole.
Keywords: Multiparty System, Ukraine
Part III - Civil Society and Its Organizations
"Democratization from Below: The Role of Civil Society in Azerbaijan" by
Ayca Ergun
Abstract:
The chapter focuses on the "society" part of democratization in post-Soviet
Azerbaijan, primarily on the dynamics which take place in society with
specific reference to social organizations, umbrella groups and political
parties. It identifies the nature of the civil society, the aims and
activities of social organizations and umbrella groups, their relations with
each other, with the state and international governmental and
non-governmental organizations, and their roles in the process of
democratization. The formation of civil society in Azerbaijan is greatly
influenced by patterns of continuity inherited from the Soviet rule and by
patterns of change introduced by the regime change. After independence,
civil society actors emerged and penetrated a context where authoritarian
practices, clientelism, family networks, regionalism and a tendency for
one-man rule were institutionalized. The chapter argues that the formation
of civil society in Azerbaijan does not succeed but precedes democratization
while constituting a milieu where the question of how to democratize is
debated. It is the main force, stimulating, provoking and challenging the
regime.
Keywords: Civil Society, Azerbaijan, Democratization, NGOs
"Civil Society - a Key Element of the Post-Cold-War Zeitgeist: Civic Society
Structure in Bulgaria" by Elena Triffonova
Abstract:
Relying on the definition of civil society made by Martin Shaw, that is a
sphere of association in society in distinction to the state, involving a
network of institutions through which society and groups within it represent
themselves in cultural, ideological and political senses", this paper
attempts to analyze the evolution and structure of the non-governmental
sector in Bulgaria. The author addresses the issues that challenge the
formation of the sector. Among these issues are: lack of democratic
tradition in civic representation, clientelistic relationships based on
kinship, and low civic activity at the grassroots level.
Keywords: Civil society, Bulgaria
"The Civiliarchic Transformation of Civil Society in Armenia: Civiliologic
Discourse" by Ashot S. Alexanyan
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of civiliarchy and to
discuss the very context it could breed and function more efficiently.
Civiliarchy creates the exact elements, which involve the axis of the
international geopolitical strategy, global or transnational civil society
institutions, promotion of democracy in the "nation-states." The civil
societies of Black Sea region are faced with the challenge of
self-preservation, self-development and mutual conditionality as a result of
their global geo-historical unity. The tendencies of real cooperation
between the institutions of regional civil societies promote the
establishment of tolerance, solidarity, mutual control, plural identity and
creation of inter-civilization dialogue. In such systems, the dominant role
belongs not so much to the state, but to the subjects of civil society -
civilizations and integrators. In the inter-institutional systems of civil
society there are "common humanitarian elements" or "common civil spheres"
where it is possible to obtain the goals of life quality standards, human
rights, social justice, scientific, educational and legal systems,
communications, some other ecological and civilization principles as much as
possible, and also to develop consensus mechanisms for providing "civil
prosperity." In the conditions of mutual action and improvement of regional
civic societal actors the role of civiliarchy increases.
Keywords: Civil Society, Civiliarchy, Black Sea Region
"The Constitution of the Civil Sector in Bulgaria after 1989: Between
Business Enterprise and Civic Participation" by Petya Kabakchieva
Abstract:
The paper analyzes the difficult emancipation of the Bulgarian civil society
after the political change in 1989 and its specific characteristics from the
viewpoint of institutional culture it expresses and creates. The main thesis
defended is that the contemporary civil sector in Bulgaria is mostly a
Western product, because it is constituted as a result of international
donors" programs. This specific character has both positive and negative
consequences. The positive one is that NGOs act as subjects of a global
institutional culture and they serve as mediators between this culture and
paternalistic oriented etatist Bulgarian political culture, changing the
latter in the direction of the former. The negative result is that as they
include highly educated professionals, intellectual and political elites,
they become more elitist and more money oriented, and they act more as
business consultant firms than as civil agents, defending specific
interests, rights and enhancing civil participation.
Keywords: Civil Society, Bulgaria, NGOs, International donors
Part IV - Power Relations
"The Predicament of Civil Society in Post-Soviet Russia: Dynamics of Media
Politics" by Oktay F. Tanrisever
Abstract:
This paper aims to examine the problems the development of civil society in
post-Soviet Russia through the prism of the relations between the state and
the media. The main argument of the paper is that the increasing state
pressure on independent media in Russia seems to mark an authoritarian turn
in Russian politics that could have negative implications for the
development of civil society. This paper discusses the relations between
media and civil society in the context of post-Soviet Russia. It, then,
examines the evolution of independent media in the post-Soviet Russia,
focusing on a triangular relationship among the state, the business elite,
and the media during Boris Yeltsin period. Next, the paper discusses Putin's
policy of pressuring the independent media in the name of curtailing the
powers of some members of the business elite. The paper concludes by
exploring whether the civil society in Russia was strong enough to shield
the independent media and the freedom of speech from Putin"s authoritarian
perspective.
Keywords: Civil Society, Russia, Media
"Social Power and Post-Soviet Economic Transformation" by Neil Robinson
Abstract:
Democratization and economic transformation were supposed to be mutually
supporting in post-Soviet states. Evidence from Eastern Europe indicates
that democratization and progress in economic reform are powerfully
correlated. In the former USSR, the opposite seems to be the case. Failure
in economic transformation seems to have had a negative influence on
democratization. In the main, this has been explained by reference to gains
in political power by "winner" groups. These groups are said to be in
position to block further economic reform by undermining state power and
autonomy. Consequently, the state becomes a vehicle for the satisfaction of
private interests, and the economy does not become marketized, but
"virtual," supporting value-subtracting practices and economic sub-cultures
that are remnants of Soviet practices and belief systems. This virtual
economy then further diminishes the likelihood of democratization since it
locks many citizens in to dependency on economic elites. This chapter
questions this argument. Using the case of Russia, it argues that partial
reform can be created by the state and its officers rather than by winner
groups, and that partial reform can be broken down. The implications of this
argument are that: 1) contingent political choices have been more important
in determining economic fortune than cultural factors; 2) changes to partial
reform and virtual economy are possible since social power. The chapter
concludes by briefly considering the implications of these arguments for
post-Soviet political economy more generally.
Keywords: Democratization, Economic Transformation, Russia, Virtual
Economy, Partial Reform
"State Formation, Civil Society and Democratization: Comparing the Turkish
Experience with Mediterranean and East European Cases" by Fethi Acikel
Abstract:
In contrast to culturalist analyses of democratization, the question of
transition in post-authoritarian societies follows similar patterns of
development. In fact, in terms of emergence and dissolution of authoritarian
regimes and the birth of populist strategies in the Mediterranean and East
European societies, there are striking parallels with the Turkish case.
Unlike western democracies, those societies are plagued by various versions
of populism, clientelism and authoritarianism in the process of transition
to sustainable democracy and economic growth. Both the crises of nation
building and uneven development seem to have undermined fragile character of
democratization in those societies. In this article, through a comparative
historical sociological analysis, the author examines some striking
parallels and differences between the Turkish, the Mediterranean and East
European cases. In so doing, the article utilizes some historical and
conceptual tools to understand the processes of democratization and
post-authoritarian politics. Although main focus of the essay will be on
Turkey, through paying attention to various state traditions and capitalist
growth strategies, the author attempts to propose a non-culturalist
framework for comparative analyses. Finally, this essay locates the Turkish
social formation in the co-ordinates of the authoritarian Mediterranean
regimes and bureaucratically centralized East European societies.
Keywords: Democratization, Turkey, Mediterranean societies, East Europe
Notes
Contributors
Index
Hayriye Kahveci
Research Assistant
Center for Black Sea and Central Asia, METU
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of International Relations, METU
Tel: + 90 312 210 30 51
Fax: + 90 312 210 30 51
Alternate email: hayriye.kahvecigmail.com
PUBL.- The Anthropology of East Europe Review
Posted by: Krista Harper <kharperanthro.umass.edu>
Posted: 15 Nov 2005
PUBL.- The Anthropology of East Europe Review
Welcome to the Anthropology of East Europe Review: Central Europe, Eastern
Europe and Eurasia (AEER).
Web: http://condor.depaul.edu/~rrotenbe/aeer/
This journal is a publication of the East European Anthropology Group
(EEAG), an international network of anthropologists working in Central and
Eastern Europe and in the Post-Soviet societies of Europe and Asia. It
receives financial and institutional support from the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The East
European Anthropology Group is a professional network of the Society for the
Anthropology of Europe (SAE) and the American Anthropological Association
(AAA). It holds its annual meeting in conjunction with that of the American
Anthropological Association, during which policy for this journal is
established by the membership.
The EEAG holds its annual meeting in conjunction with that of the American
Anthropological Association. This year (2005), it will be held at noon on
Friday, December 2 at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C. This
meeting is open only to members of the AAA, SAE, EEAG or invited guests.
The AEER serves the membership of this network by publishing research and
scholarly papers on issues of rapid cultural change in East European
societies. In addition, AEER serves as the publication vehicle for SOYUZ,
The Research Network for Postsocialist Cultural Studies. Many ofd the
special issyues from recent years are papers originally delivbered at the
annual SOYUZ conference. Please see their website for detail on this
organization.
The value of the work published in AEER is its timeliness. Its purpose is to
put research findings into the hands of professionals in as short a time as
possible. The journal is published twice a year. The journal is a benefit of
membership in the group. Memberships are open to working professionals in
research institutes and universities, and students. Interested parties
outside of professional anthropology and institutional library subscriptions
are encouraged. The journal is archived at several university libraries in
Europe and North America.
The journal welcomes submissions from scholars actively researching cultural
issues in Eastern Europe. In the past the journal has published the work of
sociologists, political scientists, historians, folklorists, and
ethnographers, as well as anthropologists. These articles are not submitted
for outside review, but the context of the research must be carefully
documented. The articles should represent new knowledge that is the result
of long term linguistic and ethnographic commitment to East European
communities. If you would like to submit an article, contact one of the
editors: Krista Harper <kharperanthro.umass.edu>or Julie Hemmert
<jhemmentanthro.umass.edu>
>From time to time, the journal publishes special theme issues. The best
known of these is War among the Yugoslavs, AEER 11 (1-2), Autumn, 1993.It is
out of print. However, the articles have been updated and republished in
Joel M. Halpern and David A. Kideckel, eds., Neighbors at War:
Anthropologuical Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture and History,
University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 2000, ISBN 0-271-01978-6. Currently
five such issues are available: Refugee Women of the Balkans, AEER 13 (1),
Spring 1995, and Culture and Society in the Former Soviet Union, AEER 13
(2), Autumn, 1995, Out of the Ruins: Cultural Negotiations in the Soviet
Aftermath, AEER 16(2), Autumn, 1998, Reassessing Peripheries in
Post-Socialist Societies AEER 17(2), Autumn, 1999, and Why Post-Socialism is
Good to Think: The Anthropology of Transforming States AEER 18(1) Spring 2000.
Web: http://condor.depaul.edu/~rrotenbe/aeer/specialissues.html
To order a single copy of a theme issue ($20), or to be become a member,
please contact the editors of the AEER: Krista Harper or Julie Hemmert.
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, November 2, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 9 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, November 2, 2005 Issue on Web
The 2 November issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org.
This issue's highlights: Rafis Abazov recaps what went wrong in Kyrgyzstan's
'revolution'; Alman Mir-Ismail analyzes the implications of President
Aliyev's Oct. 17 government shake-up; also articles on Georgia's frustration
with the OSCE by Markus Bernath and on Kazakhstan's relations with NATO by
Roger McDermott. In Field Reports, a trip report on enclaves in the Ferghana
valley, Turkmenbashi's cotton woes, dry lands management in Kazakhstan and
Rasul Guliyev's failure to return to Azerbaijan.
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 2 November CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20051102Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles:
Kyrgyzstan's Revolution: What Went Wrong?
Rafis Abazov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3778
President Aliyev's Shakeup: A Changing Portrait
Alman Mir Ismail
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3779
Georgia's Scapegoat: The OSCE in South Ossetia
Markus Bernath
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3780
Kazakhstan Lays Legal Basis for Deeper Cooperation with NATO
Roger N McDermott
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3781
Field Reports:
Batken's Border Problems
Zoya Pylenko
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3782
Turkmenbashi Tightens His Grip over Shortfalls in Cotton Production
Chemen Durdiyeva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3783
Dry Lands Management Project Boosts Kazakhstan's Agriculture
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3784
Rasul Guliyev Failed to Return to Azerbaijan
Gulnara Ismailova
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3785
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Central Asia Archaeological Society Journal
Posted by: Vladimir Karasev <caas_uzyahoo.com>
Posted: 7 Nov 2005
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Central Asia Archaeological Society Journal
I am glad to inform you that from the beginning of the next 2006 year, our
Central Asia Archaeological Society (CAAS), will start publishing of a new
magazine for very wide circle of readers. Our magazine will include
information in different spheres, such as: archaeology, history, geography,
art, biology, geology, ethnography and religion.
If you or your colleagues are interested in placing your articles in our
magazine, we will be sincerely glad to cooperate with you! Articles should
be written in popular format along with the illustrations of high quality.
Unfortunately, but at the first steps we are not able to pay any fee but
each author will be provided by a copy of the magazine. Magazine will be
spread on the territory of Uzbekistan as well as on the territories of many
countries of Central Asian region. It will be published in Russian language.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me any time!
Denis V. Karasev
Director of Central Asia Archaeological Society
Kora-Kamish 1/4, 19-66
Tashkent, 700034
Uzbekistan
Tel.(work): 99871 3985865
Email: caas_uzyahoo.com
PUBL.- Christopher Waters, Ed., State of Law in the South Caucasus
Posted by: Christopher P.M. Waters <c.p.m.watersreading.ac.uk>
Posted: 4 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Christopher Waters, Ed., State of Law in the South Caucasus
I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book in Palgrave's
Euro-Asian Series:
Christopher Waters, ed., The State of Law in the South Caucasus
Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave, 2005
Web: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403936560
Contents:
Introduction; C.P.M. Waters
Part 1: Role of the State
- Clash of Institutions Clientelism and Corruption versus Role of Law; C.H.
Stefes
- 'Georgians Cannot Help Being Original'; The Evolution of Election Rules
in the Republic of Georgia; E.S. Herron & I. Mirzashvili
- Democratization and the Rule of Law in Azerbaijan: Europe's Relevance; G.
Guliyeva
- Rule of Law in the Secessionist States; C.P.M. Waters
Part 2: Lawyering
- Lawyers in the Caucasus: Climbing out of the Communist Shadow; C. Zullo
- Legal Education in Azerbaijan: Past, Present, and Future Challenges; C.R.
Davidson & N.S.N. Asare
Part 3: Regulation
- The Legal Basis for Business in Georgia; M. Guledani
- Regulation and Reform in Telecommunications; K. Andreasyan
- Linking Rule of Law and Environmental Policy Reform in Armenia and
Georgia; A.M. Chatrchyan & A.E. Wooden
Part 4: Vulnerable Groups and the Law
- Armenia's Women in Transition; S. Anjargolian
- Protecting Housing and Property Rights of the Displaced in Georgia; A.R.
Smit
Dr. Christopher Waters
Senior Lecturer, School of Law
Dep. Director, Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
University of Reading
Reading, RG6 6AH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 118 378 5413
Fax: +44 (0) 118 378 4543
Web: www.reading.ac.uk/law
PUBL.- Comparative Constitutional Review, No. 3 (52) 2005 (in Russian)
Posted by: Olga Zyukova <zyukovailpp.ru>
Posted: 3 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Comparative Constitutional Review, No. 3 (52) 2005 (in Russian)
Institute for Law and Public Policy is glad to inform you that the issue No.
3 (52) of the Russian language journal "Sravnitel'noe Konstitutsionnoe
Obozrenie" appeared. Our journal has been published in Russia since 1993
("Konstitutsionnoe Pravo: Vostochnoevropeiskoe Obozrenie" till 2003) and
among its readers are justices of constitutional courts (and another high
courts), comparative constitutional law experts, researchers, politicians
from more than 30 countries. The full information about journal, another
publications and activities of the Institute is available at our website:
http://www.ilpp.ru
Here is the content of the issue with short summaries.
Sravnitel'noe Konstitutsionnoe Obozrenie
No. 3 (52) 2005
Special Reports
Alexey Gromyko
General Elections of 2005 in the United Kingdom: Results and Consequences
In this article the author analyzes the development of the political system
of Great Britain under Prime Minister Tony Blair through institutional and
legal methods. Through an examination of election campaigns, the problems of
British society are discussed, and problems in the activity of the ruling
party and the Cabinet under Tony Blair are highlighted.
Kuznetsov Igor
Russian Constitutional Reform: Modeling of the Political "Agenda"
Information and communicative processes related to the problem of reforming
the Russian Constitution are described in the article. Particular attention
is given to reflection of the existing form of government in the mass media,
both continuity and possible changes. The author addresses the most
prominent themes comprising the political "agenda" of Russia. In this case
the constitutional reform appears as a collection of more or less structured
themes and topics directed at the institutionalization of corresponding
proposals for reform. The author conjectures that the wide variety of
proposed reforms is a reflection of the institutional weakness of the
current political regime.
Thomas Remington
Presidential Support in the Russian State Duma
Through an analysis of rollcall votes from the 2000-2003 Russian State Duma
on a set of issues reflecting President Putin's legislative agenda, the
paper examines the impact of parliamentary party affiliation, policy
preferences, issue type, and electoral mandate type in structuring floor
support for the president. The implications of a mixed electoral system for
building legislative coalitions in multiparty legislatures are assessed. The
findings also shed light on Putin's recent reforms of the Duma's rules and
procedures and the country's electoral system.
Feature
Judicial Power in Modern State
Stephen Williams
What American Judges are Trying to Do when Writing an Opinion
This article contains the practical examination of the question: what
American judges are trying to do when writing an opinion. The author seeks
to reveal what objectives they have in writing reports. He bases the
research on two real cases: Gushchenkov v. Ashcroft and Majors v. Abell.
Alexey Avtonomov
Judicial System of Ireland (Organization and Functioning)
The judicial system of the Irish Republic is examined in detail. The author
deals with such questions as the structure of the system and the
competencies of the individual parts. Special attention is devoted to
judicial control and the main means of legal protection. The author also
analyses the activity of quasijudicial Irish authorities.
Peter H. Solomon, Jr.
Threats of Judicial Counterreform in Putin's Russia
This paper explores a series of proposals and initiatives in Russia from
2001 to 2005, all of which threatened some of the substantial achievements
of judicial reform under Yeltsin and Putin. These include the proposals to
change the makeup and way of selecting members of judicial qualification
collegia; an attempt to end life appointments for judges; a challenge to the
power of the Constitutional Court to declare laws invalid; the plan to move
the top courts from Moscow to St.?Petersburg; efforts to tame jury
discretion in political cases; and widespread talk about corruption in the
courts. While the Putin era threats have not been realized, the paper
suggests that counterreform discourse may have an inhibiting effect on the
judiciary in Russia.
Tamara Morschakova
Counterreform: Threat and Reality
In this article the author expresses her opinion about the problems raised
in the article of P.Solomon "Threats of Judicial Counterreform in Putin's
Russia". The author evaluates Russian judicial counterreform from the
perspective of its real danger and argues that in modern Russia such
counterreform has neither a legal basis, nor an objective political basis.
Kyle Davis
Ongoing Judicial Reforms in Kazakhstan
This paper discusses recent judicial reforms in Kazakhstan, focusing on the
initiative to institute jury trials in criminal cases and Kazakhstan's new
draft laws on arbitration tribunals. The discussion touches on sources of
criticism of Kazakhstan's judicial reform program and Kazakhstan's responses
thereto.
Methodology of Comparative Constitutionalism
Kim Lane Scheppele
Aspirational and Aversive Constitutionalism: The Case for Studying
Cross-Constitutional Influence through Negative Models
The article is devoted to problems of crossconstitutional influence. The
author shows two forms of such influence: "constitutional borrowings" and
"constitutional nonborrowings". Special attention is paid to the aversive
constitutionalism and to crossconstitutional influence on the USA. The
author supposes that aversive constitutionalism plays a major role in the
construction of constitutions and the maintenance of constitutional
traditions, even in the most apparently insular constitutional regimes.
Council of Europe
Philip Leach
Beyond the Bug River - a New Dawn for Redress before the European Court of
Human Rights?
The article comprehensively considers the European Court of Human Rights'
traditional approach to legal redress regarded by many as conservative. The
author considers areas - restitution of property, unlawful detention,
criminal investigation and criminal proceedings -where the European Court
has taken steps other than simply to compensate a victim of Convention
violations. The article then turns to consider the Court's most recent
approach of issuing pilot judgments in response to "systemic" violations.
The article summarizes relevant factors in the Court requiring states to
take particular measures in addition to compensation, concluding that there
is no reason why such principles should not be applied to a wider number of
Convention violations.
Eszter Polgari
European Court of Human Rights and European Consensus
The primary concern of the essay is how and to what extent the European
consensus analysis based on the comparison of national law is justifiable in
the legal practice of the European Court of Human Rights. The Court has
gradually restricted the margin of appreciation of member states, and one of
the means of the protection of rights was the statement of consensus in
national regulations. The cases decided on the basis of European consensus
raise several questions: that the method of comparative research and the
choice of member states is ambiguous, and often it seems that the research
is more of justification than an interpretive method. The consensus is
perfectly suitable to protect the Strasbourg Court from the charge of
exaggerated activism, while by referring to the lack of harmony it is
possible to avoid decision in cases where European society is divided.
Sergey Patrakeev
Analysis of the European Court of Human Rights Decisions Accepted in the
First Half of 2005
The article is devoted to summarizing of the European Court's practice
relevant to Russia during the first six months in 2005 year. The author
chooses typical problematic situations, notes particularities and possible
nonstandard decisions. The review of European Court's decisions conducted by
the author allows revealing gaps in Russian legislation and negative moments
in lawmaking practice that is one of the doubtless values of the article.
Local Self-Government
Elena Gritsenko
Universal European Standards in the Sphere of Local Self-Government in the
Russian Legal System
The author argues that it is necessary to answer a number of key questions
in order to understand present trends in Russian legislation in the sphere
of local selfgovernment and European standards. The article focuses on such
problems as the essence of European standards in the sphere of local
selfgovernment, their legal meaning for states and their influence on
Russian law.
Felix Boellmann
Recent Changes in the Sphere of Russian Local Self-Government
The author proposes an analysis of the legal and political changes in the
sphere of Russian local self-government that have been adopted since August
2004. At the same time he illustrates perception of these changes by the
communities of other countries, based on German experience. The author
argues that this reform should be approved of in general, but there is still
a need for the legal specification of some aspects.
Cameron Ross
Russian Politics of Local Government Reform
The article is focused on the politics of local government reform from
Yeltsin to Putin. The author successively analyses basic laws that regulated
this sphere. Special attention is given to the 2003 law. He describes the
positive and negative aspects of the law and argues that despite the obvious
necessity of reform in this sphere, this law does not provide the best of
such reform. This new law could lead not only to less autonomy for local
government bodies but it will also directly subordinate local government
economically and politically to regional and federal bodies.
Administrative Reform
Nadezhda Salischeva, Elena Abrosimova
Administrative Reform and Administrative Procedure in Russia
In the article the authors analyze institutional processes of administrative
and civil service reforms in Russia. Special attention is devoted to
consideration of administrative courts as arbitrators between citizens and
the state in the postreform period in view of the scientific and practical
issues existing at present in this sphere.
Gadis Gadzhiev
Constitutional Guides for the Creation of the System of Administrative
Courts in Russia
The author discusses opportunities for the development of the constitutional
justice model on the system of administrative courts. The author analyses
the negative aspects of "administrative" cases regulation within the limits
of civil and arbitration courts. He also focuses on the types of work
carried out in the sphere of administrative legal proceedings.
Marina Shtatina
Reforming of Administrative Justice in the Situation of Realization of
Administrative Reform: Example of Venezuela
Russian legal science mainly looks into classic models of administrative
disputes' resolution, but the author supposes that widening of the range of
states under review will help to find an optimal model of administrative
justice for Russia. The article is devoted to an analysis of the process of
reforming administrative justice in Venezuela and its main elements.
Constitutional Justice
Renata Uitz
EU Law before the Hungarian Constitutional Court: Some Lessons after the
First Encounter
Following Hungary's accession to the European Union the Hungarian
Constitutional Court invalidated a bill which was almost identical to a
European Commission regulation on agricultural surplus stocks. The paper
demonstrates why the decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court does not
tell us much about the Constitutional Court's stance on the supremacy of EU
law. The paper explores potential trajectories of the relationship of
ordinary courts and constitutional courts in new member states.
In the Russian Constitutional Court Decisions of the Constitutional Court of
the Russian Federation
The new model of analysis of the Constitutional Court's of the Russian
Federation decisions is presented in this issue. This analysis is based on
the model used in the book "The Constitution of the Russian Federation in
the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation". The
materials for the book as well as for this review were prepared with
participation of the Russian Constitutional Court's experts. There is also
an expert comment Nikolay Kipnis to one of the most interesting decisions
devoted to the Criminal Procedure Code.
PUBL.- Metamorphoses of Collective Memory in Russia and Central Caucasus (in
Russian)
Posted by: Rauf Karakozov <rkarakyahoo.com>
Posted: 3 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Metamorphoses of Collective Memory in Russia & Central Caucasus
Metamorphozy kollektivnoy pamyati v Rossii i na tsentral'nom Kavkaze
(Metamorphoses of Collective Memory in Russia and Central Caucasus)
By R. Karagezov (Garagozov)
Baku: ISSC Nurlan, 2005
388p. Bibliogr.: 319-341.
ISBN 9952-420-02-1
Hardcover, 75 USD
In Russian
Description:
The book's major topic is collective memory which is considered in its
interrelation with historical narratives and identity. Following
"sociocultural" approach the collective memory is treated as mediated by
various historical narratives. Historical narratives (annals, chronicles,
school textbooks of history etc.) are considered to be cultural tools,
promoting collective remembering.
Proceeding from these ideas and concepts about collective remembering and in
particular employing such concepts as: a "schematic narrative template"
(Wertsch, 2002), "mode" of historical discourse (White, 1987) and
"chronotope" (Bakhtin, 1986), the book has suggested an innovative method
of investigating collective memory through comparative analysis of narrative
traditions emerged within different cultures (in particular, Russian,
Azerbaijani, Armenian and Georgian cultures and traditions of historical
writing are considered).
The book has pointed out that the difference in historical writing leads to
difference in forms of collective memory and identity and discusses in
details the forces which contributed to the creation and instillation of
various "schematic narrative templates" into collective memories of
different ethnonational groups. It has been shown the instrumental nature of
these narrative templates as a "product" of complex interplay of
ideological, political, socio-cultural, economic, psychological and other
forces. In particular, the role played by such institutions as church and
state in shaping these templates has been disclosed.
Instilling of schematic narrative templates through historical and cultural
socialization into collective consciousness leads to formation of - patterns
as some sort of stable configuration of collective experience. One of the
main features of such patterns is their property to "interweaving" with
other parts of collective experience. Turning into the integral element of
identity, these patterns render specific influence on thought, feelings and
behavior of group members. Such patterns are underpinning the process of how
groups perceive their past, understand motivation of historical protagonists
and etc. They are often actualized as well as activate social mobilization
and social movements.
The book reveals some forms of collective memory in their mutual relation
with national historiographies, nation building, "politics of memory" and
"politics of identity" to be held in post-soviet states. In conclusion, some
recommendations for overcoming barriers to mutual understanding erected by
national historiographies, which traditionally reproduce the past in
nationalistic overview and thus interfering to achievement of the long-term
peace in the Caucasus are given.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Collective memory: Concepts and Methods of Investigation
1.1. Contemporary studies of collective memory.
1.2. Collective memory at the context of sociocultural approach.
1.3. Literary chronotopes, narratives and meanings (sense).
1.4. Hypotheses and instruments of analysis
Chapter 2. Schematic Narrative Template and Peculiarities of Russian
Collective Memory
2.1. First Russian historical tales and Schematic Narrative Templates
2.2. The factors contributing to the creation of the Russian Schematic
Narrative Template
2.3. Russian historical compositions of the 16th century - between poles of
"sacrificed" and "imperial" narration.
2.4. Russian Schematic Narrative Template and collective memory.
Chapter 3. Historical Choice and Patterns of Collective Experience
3.1. Russian Schematic Narrative Template and image of Stalin in Russian
collective memory
3.2. The voices of individual and collective remembering
3.3. "Triumph over alien forces" as pattern of Russian collective memory
3.4. Historical Choice and Patterns of Collective Experience.
Chapter 4. Historical Narratives, Cultural Traditions and Collective Memory
in the Central Caucasus.
4.1. The peculiarities of Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian historical writing
4.2. Armenian Schematic Narrative Template at the historical context
4.3. Types of historical discourse as expression of different forms of
historical consciousness and identity.
Chapter 5. Peculiarities of Collective Memory, Historiography and "Memory
Politics"
5.1. The peculiarities of historical narratives and forms of collective memory.
5.2. Caucasian landscapes of history and collective memory.
5.3. Before dilemma: Future for the sake of the Past or Past for the sake of
the Future.
Conclusion
Literature
Notes
Summary (in English).
Orders can be made by contacting:
Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus
AZ 1006, Aliovsat Guliyev, 98
Tel: (994-12) 494-46-37
E-mail: rgaragozoviatp.az
Website: www.ca-c.org
PUBL.- UNISCI Discussion Papers No. 9, October 2005
Posted by: Unisci Complutense <grupounisciyahoo.es>
Posted: 2 Nov 2005
PUBL.- UNISCI Discussion Papers No. 9, October 2005
It is a pleasure to announce you a new issue of UNISCI Discussion Papers
In this issue you will find articles on Transatlantic Relations, European
Defense Industry, Chechnya, Terrorism in Central Asia, Turkey, the Tenth
Anniversary of the Euromediterranean Conference as well as an interesting
essay on Africa and some papers regarding the main current international
topics such as China-Taiwan relations, human security etc.
Download from www.ucm.es/info/unisci
PUBL.- Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, First 20 Vols. Published
Posted by: Andreas Umland <andreumlandyahoo.com>
Posted: 2 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, First 20 Vols. Published
20th Vol. of "Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics & Society" published
ibidem press (Stuttgart/Hannover) announces completion of the publication of
the first 20 volumes of the new trilingual book series "Soviet and
Post-Soviet Politics and Society" (ISSN 1614-3515).
Founded in summer 2004, this paperback series makes available English-,
German- and Russian-language scholarly studies of various empirical aspects
of the recent history and current affairs of the former Soviet bloc. The
series features narrowly focused research on a variety of phenomena in
Central and Eastern Europe as well as Northern & Central Asia and the
Caucasus. In particular, it highlights so far understudied aspects of late
Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet political, social, economic and cultural
history from 1905 until today. Topics covered within this focus are, among
others, political extremism, minority politics, higher education, and human
rights. In addition, the series covers selected major issues in post-Soviet
transition such as economic crisis, civil society formation, and
constitutional reform.
Published and forthcoming volumes:
http://www.ibidem-verlag.de/spps.html.
Information for authors:
http://www.ibidem-verlag.de/r1l2.html.
Subscription form:
http://www.ibidem-verlag.de/Abonnement/Abonnement_1614-3515_engl.pdf
Individual books:
http://www.buchhandel.de/vlb/vlb.cgi?T=1129364508&ID=0218x7491597x9063x-214&
layout=37&type=reihe&rpos=0&rtag=0&isbn=3-89821-506-7 or www.amazon.de.
Academic libraries, particularly in transition countries or the Third World,
might be eligible to receive a free series subscription or free individual
books via the German Research Foundation Literature Donation Program. See
http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/scientific_instrumentation_and_infrast
ructure/scientific_library_services_and_information_systems/international_co
operation/literature_donations.html.
On the series' German-Russian translation project on Russian nationalism,
see http://praktika.oei.fu-berlin.de/detail.php?id=410
Volumes 1 - 20:
Umland, Andreas (ed.)
The Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Russia
Philosophical, Legal, and Empirical Studies
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-387-0
Paperback, 228 Pages, 24.90 EURO
Wipperfuerth, Christian
Putins Russland - ein vertrauenswuerdiger Partner? Grundlagen, Hintergruende
und Praxis gegenwaertiger russischer Aussenpolitik
Mit einem Vorwort von Heinz Timmermann
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-401-X
Paperback, 210 Pages, 24.90 EURO
Hussner, Manja
Die Uebernahme internationalen Rechts in die russische und deutsche
Rechtsordnung
Eine vergleichende Analyse zur Voelkerrechtsfreundlichkeit der Verfassungen
der Russlaendischen Foederation und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Mit einem Vorwort von Rainer Arnold
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-438-9
Paperback, 164 Pages, 24.90 EURO
Tejada, Matthew S
Bulgaria's Democratic Consolidation and the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant The
Unattainability of Closure
With a foreword by Richard J. Crampton
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-439-7
Paperback, 146 Pages, 24.90 EURO
Meerovich, Mark G
Kvadratnye metry, opredeliaiushchie soznanie
Gosudarstvennaia zhilishchnaia politika v SSSR.
1921-1941 gg.
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-474-5
Paperback, 214 Pages, 22.00 EURO
Tsygankov, Andrei P / Tsygankov, Pavel A (eds.)
New Directions in Russian International Studies
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-422-2
Paperback, 200 Pages, 22.00 EURO
Meerovich, Mark G
Kak vlast' narod k trudu priuchala Zhilishche v SSSR - sredstvo upravleniia
lud'mi. 1917-1941 gg.
S predisloviem Eleny Osokinoi
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-495-8
Paperback, 148 Pages, 22.90 EURO
Galbreath, David J
Nation-Building and Minority Politics in Post-Socialist States
Interests, Influence and Identities in Estonia and Latvia
With a foreword by David J. Smith
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-467-2
Paperback, 336 Pages, 29.90 EURO
Bezugol'nyi, Aleksei I
Narody Kavkaza v Vooruzhennykh silakh SSSR v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi
voiny 1941 1945 gg.
S predisloviem Nikolaia Bugaia
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-475-3
Paperback, 274 Pages, 29.90 EURO
Pribylovskii, Vladimir/ Likhachev, Viacheslav (eds.)
Russkoe Natsional'noe Edinstvo, 1990-2000.
V 2-kh tomakh
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-523-7
Paperback, 590 Pages, 2 Volumes, Pictures, 39.90 EURO
Bugai, Nikolai (ed.)
Narody stran Baltii v usloviiakh stalinizma (1940-1950-e gody)
Dokumentirovannaia istoriia
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-525-3
Paperback, 310 Pages, 29.90 EURO
Bredies, Ingmar (ed.)
Zur Anatomie der Orange Revolution in der Ukraine: Wechsel des Elitenregimes
oder Triumph des Parlamentarismus?
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-524-5
Paperback, 232 Pages, 24.90 EURO
Mitrofanova, Anastasia V
The Politicization of Russian Orthodoxy Actors and Ideas
With a foreword by William C. Gay
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-481-8
Paperback, 248 Pages, Pictures, 29.90 EURO
Larson, Nathan D
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the Modern Russo-Jewish Question
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-483-4
Paperback, 172 Pages, 27.90 EURO
Houben, Guido
Kulturpolitik und Ethnizitaet
Staatliche Kunstfoerderung im Russland der neunziger Jahre
Mit einem Vorwort von Gert Weisskirchen
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-542-3
Paperback, 270 Pages, 29.90 EURO
Luks, Leonid
Der russische "Sonderweg"? Aufsaetze zur neuesten Geschichte Russlands im
europaeischen Kontext
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-496-6
Paperback, 422 Pages, 34.90 EURO
Moroz, Evgenii
Istoriia "Mertvoi vody" - ot strashnoi skazki k bol'shoi politike
Politicheskoe neoiazychestvo v postsovetskoi Rossii
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-551-2
Paperback, 172 Pages, Pictures, 22.00 EURO
Verkhovskii, Aleksandr/ Kozhevnikova, Galina (eds.)
Etnicheskaia i religioznaia intolerantnost' v rossiiskikh SMI
Rezul'taty monitoringa 2001-2004 gg.
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-569-5
Paperback, 246 Pages, 29.90 EURO
Ganzer, Christian
Sowjetisches Erbe und ukrainische Nation
Das Museum der Geschichte des Zaporoger Kosakentums auf der Insel Chortycja
Mit einem Vorwort von Frank Golczewski
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-504-0
Paperback, 340 Pages, Pictures, 34.90 EURO
Guchinova, El'za-Bair
Pomnit' nel'zia zabyt'
Antropologiia deportatsionnoi travmy kalmykov
With a foreword by Caroline Humphrey
(ibidem) ISBN 3-89821-506-7
Paperback, 290 Pages, Pictures, 29.90 EURO
PUBL.- Manoucher Moshtagh, Arms and Armor from Iran - Bronze Age to End of Qajar
Period
Posted by: Nader Rastegar <bameqyahoo.com>
Posted: 2 Nov 2005
PUBL.- Manoucher Moshtagh, Arms & Armor from Iran - Bronze Age-Qajar Period
"Arms and Armor from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period."
By Manoucher Moshtagh
In almost 700 pages, there is a thorough coverage of various Iranian Museums
on various Arms and Armory from all over Iranica - covering vast portions of
Central Asia. The Author has painstakingly spent years in his Research and
had to establish links to one Museum at a time. There is a breathtaking
assemblage of well over 900 black-and-white images & over 2,500 color images
- making it a treasure trove for all the students of Antiquities!
Mr. Moshtagh has furthered explained much of the Culture, Heritage, and the
rituals which resonate to this day in so many parts of the Central Asia.
There is something of original research and hitherto unpublished material to
delight all Scholars of Iranica, Central Asia, Militaria, Ancient History,
Classics, Anthropology...
The Book Page Size is 30 x 26.5 cm.
ISBN 3-932942-22-1
Please view the following Links by the Publisher. There is contact link for
more information. Invariably you may contact the Author at:Manoucher
Moshtagh <moshtaghweb.de>
http://www.legat-verlag.de/_e/Swords1.html
http://www.legat-verlag.de/_e/Swords2.html
http://www.legat-verlag.de/_e/Swords3.html
http://www.legat-verlag.de/_e/Swords4.html
http://www.legat-verlag.de/_e/Contents.html
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Iranian cultural influence in the region and the Iranian search for
independence
3. Bronze and iron weapons from Iran
3.1 Casting bronze weapons
3.2 Bronze weapons from western parts of Iran (Luristan and Elam)
3.3 Classification of bronze and iron weapons from Luristan and other
regions of Iran
3.4 Iron swords from Luristan
3.5 Bronze weapons from Hasanlu
3.6 Classification of daggers and swords from Marlik, Amlash, and Talesh
4. Median and Achaemenian daggers and swords
4.1 The Median akenakes (short sword)
4.2 The Persian akenakes
4.3 Achaemenian long sword
4.4 Achaemenian falchions
4.5 Achaemenian knives
5. Parthian swords and daggers
5.1 Evidence from rock reliefs
5.2 Archeological examples
6. Sassanian swords
6.1 Evidence from rock reliefs
6.2 Evidence from Silver plates
6.3 Archeological examples
7. The importance and meaning of the sword in Iran after the Muslim conquest
7.1 Crucible steel (Pulad-e gohardar or fulad-e johardar) and its varieties
7.2 Different types of steel
7.3 Pattern-welded steel blades (layered blades)
7.4 Classification of swords by al Kindi
7.5 Akhi Hizam on swords
7.6 Beiruni on swords
7.7 Al Tarussi on swords
7.8 Ibn Sina on swords
7.9 Mobarakshah Fakhr Modabar on swords
7.10 Khayyam Neishaburi on swords
7.11 Identification and classification of watered-steel blades (tigheye
johardar) based on publications from modern times
8. Shamshir (sword) and its varieties
8.1 Shamshir attributed to Timur with gold-inlaid cartouches in Kufic
inscriptions from the National Museum of Iran, Tehran
8.2 Shamshir attributed to Timur with gold-inlaid cartouches in Kufic
inscriptions from the Military Museum, Tehran
8.3 Another shamshir attributed to Timur from the Military Museum, Tehran
8.4 Different parts of a classical shamshir
9. The mystery behind dhufaghar "zolfaghar", the bifurcated sword of Ali
10. Iranian straight swords: the re-emergence or coexistence with curved swords
11. Iranian military swords from the Qajar period (shamshir nezami)
12. Qame and qaddare (double-edged short sword and one-edged short sword)
13. Khanjar (double-edged dagger)
14. Kard (one-edged knife)
15. Pishqabz (double-curved, one-edged dagger)
16. Neyze and zubin (spear and javelin)
16.1 Spearheads from Marlik
16.2 Spearheads from Amlash
16.3 Spearheads from Amarlu
16.4 Spearheads from Luristan
16.5 Achaemenian spearheads
16.6 Parthian and Sassanian spearheads
16.7 Spears after the Muslim conquest
17. Gorz (mace)
17.1 Globular or pear-shaped and truncheon-shaped mace heads
17.2 Knobbed and flanged maces
17.3 Animal or human-headed maces
18. Tabar / Tabarzin (axe and saddleaxe)
19. Separ (shield)
20. Zereh and joshan (armor)
20.1 Joshan and zereh (mail)
20.2 Chahr ayne (four mirrors)
20.3 Sardushi (Shoulder padding)
20.4 Bazuband (arm guard)
20.5 Kolah khud (helmet)
20.6 Gariban (standard)
20.7 Zanuband (knee protector) and sagband (shin protector)
21. Tir va Kaman (bow and arrows)
21.1. Shapes and structure of a Kaman (bow)
21.2. Materials used for making a bow
21.3 Tir (arrow) and paykan (arrowhead)
22. The meaning of the emblem of the lion, the sun, and the lion fighting a
bull on pieces of arms and armor
23. The Iranian warrior tradition: Iranian treatises on warfare and martial
arts
23.1 Jawanmardi: rules of conduct and behavior for warriors
23.2 Ayyaran during the Sassanian period and in later eras
24. Koshti (wrestling), other martial practices, and their role in preparing
the warriors for the battlefield
24.1 Wrestling and varzesh bastani
24.2 Practice tools of varzesh bastani
24.3 Archery training
24.4 Handling the sword
24.5 Throwing the javelin
24.6 Horse riding, polo, and playing at the mall
24.7 Stickfighting
25. Dervishes
26 Naggali (traditional reciting of Shahname)
27. Arms and armor used in taziye (Shiite passion play)
28. Conclusion
29. Catalog
PUBL.- New Article on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, Current History, Oct.
2005
Posted by: Susan Lynch <susan_lynchharvard.edu>
Posted: 2 Nov 2005
PUBL.- New Article on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, Current History, Oct. 2005
Caspian Studies Project Research Director Brenda Shaffer's new article on
the realization of the recently opened Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline
appears in the October 2005 issue of Current History:
The goal of winning the pipeline battle was less to gain the moderate
volumes of oil and gas in the Caspian than to maintain (in the case of
Russia) or attain (in the case of the United States and Iran) significant
presence in the region....The construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
pipeline illustrates that the decision to complete a major international
energy infrastructure project is connected to a variety of factors, of which
the price tag is but one. It confirms, for example, that sustained higher
oil prices and increased global demand for energy, along with some consumer
states' desire that a larger portion of world oil production come from
non-OPEC member states, will lead investors and developers to energy
resources in complicated locations--geologically, geographically, and
geopolitically.
Excerpted from Brenda Shaffer's "From Pipedream to Pipeline: A Caspian
Success Story" in Current History, October 2005.
To read the full text (.pdf):
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/BCSIA_content/documents/ShafferCurrentHistoryOc
t2005.pdf
PUBL.- William Wood, A Collection of Tarkhan Yarliqs, Papers on Inner Asia,
No. 38
Posted by: Barbara L. Gardner <blgardneindiana.edu>
Posted: 28 Oct 2005
PUBL.- William Wood, A Collection of Tarkhan Yarliqs, Papers on Inner Asia
Papers on Inner Asia
No. 38
By:
William Wood
Point Loma Nazarene University
A Collection of Tarkhan Yarliqs
>From The Khanate of Khiva
Subseries: Central Asia
2005
$6.50
To Order Contact:
Indiana University
Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
USA
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Insight Turkey, October-December 2005 Issue
Posted by: Suat Kiniklioglu <editorinsightturkey.com>
Posted: 28 Oct 2005
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Insight Turkey, October-December 2005 Issue
Call for Papers
Insight Turkey's October-December 2005 issue will focus on "Turkey and the
Black Sea/Caucasus". Please forward paper proposals to the Editor. We are
particularly interested in articles on the following topics:
- Georgia after the Revolution: Where to Now?
- The Azerbaijani Election of November 6
- Turkey and Armenia
- Turkey, Russia and the Caucasus
- A Nuclear Iran: Implications for the Caucasus
- Frozen Conflicts in the Black Sea/Caucasus
- The domestic dimension of Turkey's Caucasus policy
- An American view of developments in the Caucasus
- A European view on developments in the Caucasus
- European Neighborhood Policy and the Black Sea/Caucasus
Articles about Subregions:
- Abkhazia, Karabagh, Ossetia, Adjaria, Ahiska
- A Russian Perspective of the Caucasus
- A larger NATO role in the Black Sea?
- The Role of Multinational organizations in the Caucasus
- The Politics of Development Work in the Caucasus
This is just a preliminary list. Please feel free to propose any other paper
ideas, including book reviews to the Editor.
We publish three categories of material. Comments are 2,000-3,000-word
front-of-the-book pieces that make a single, provocative point. Essays are
more extensive 4,000 5,000-word pieces of analysis that comprise the body of
the journal. Book reviews are 700-1,500-word pieces of new books.
The deadline for article submission is December 10, 2005.
We welcome unsolicited manuscripts and article proposals. The easiest mode
of communication is electronic mail: editorinsightturkey.com. We expect all
article proposals to be made in English. For format and referencing
questions please contact the Editor.
Insight Turkey covers a broad range of topics related to Turkish domestic
and foreign policy affairs. Insight Turkey particularly aims to provide a
forum for informed discussion on Turkey's relationship to its adjacent
regions such as the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans and Europe. It
intends to present original thinking by knowledgeable observers both from
Turkey and abroad, written in English that is easily read by professionals
and a general audience.
Suat Kiniklioglu
Editor-in-Chief
Insight Turkey
Tunus Cad. No. 15/4
Kavaklidere, 06680
Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90.312.424-1540
Fax: +90.312.425-3399
E-mail: editorinsightturkey.com
Web: www.insightturkey.com
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, October 19, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 27 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, October 19, 2005 Issue on Web
The 19 October issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org.
This issue's highlights:
Murad Al-Shishani analyzes the deteriorating situation in the North Caucasus
following the Nalchik raid; Khatuna Salukvadze discusses the Georgian
efforts to change the peacekeeping situation in its conflict zones. In
addition, Farkhad Tolipov on the merger of the CACO with the EEC and Jacob
Townsend on counter-narcotics coordination in Central Asia. In Field
Reports, articles on the Pakistan earthquake, on constitutional reforms in
Kyrgyzstan, media canards on Kazakh-Russian unification, and on Kyrgyzstan's
investment climate.
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 19 October CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20051019Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles:
>From Grozny to Nalchik: Is The North Caucasus Heading back to the Nineteenth
Century?
Murad Batal al-Shishani
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3739
Russia out of Peacekeeping? Georgia Wants to Change the Gravity Model for
its Breakaway Regions
Khatuna Salukvadze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3740
CACO Merges with EEC: The Third Strike on Central Asia since Independence
Farkhad Tolipov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3741
Counter-Narcotics Competition and Cooperation in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Jacob Townsend
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3742
Field Reports:
New Constitutional Reforms Underway in Kyrgyzstan
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3743
Astana Rules out Russian-Kazakh Unification
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3744
Is Kyrgyzstan Friendly to Foreign Investors?
Aziz Soltobaev
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3745
Pakistan after the Earthquake: 'Compassion Fatigue' Is No Reply
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3746
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
PUBL.- The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies #3, 2005
Posted by: Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies <kozlowskclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 18 Oct 2005
PUBL.- The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies #3, 2005
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies #3, 2005.
An electronic journal of social sciences
Web: www.pipss.org/
I am pleased to inform you that the third Issue of the Journal of Power
Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies is now online at www.pipss.org.
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies is a semesterly
publication devoted to armed forces and power ministries in post-Soviet
societies.
Pipss.org is a multi-disciplinary journal, which addresses issues across a
broad field of disciplines in human and social sciences. Its main objective
is to study changes and their underlying mechanisms in post-Soviet
republics, through the analysis of the institutions that remain most hidden
from the public eye: armies and power institutions.
As an electronic journal, pipss.org also aims to promote scholarly debate
across as broad an audience as possible, and make CIS research available to
Western scholars.
An essential aspect of the journal is the establishment of links and
comparisons between research findings concerning the different republics of
the CIS, in order to better understand the development of each of them given
that they all share a common past and have continued to share common
features. The comparative dimension of the journal can be reinforced through
reference to cultural areas other than those mainly covered by the journal.
Hence, the comparative dimension must be understood in as wide a sense as
possible, extending beyond the borders of the CIS.
Thanks to its international scientific board drawn from a large pool of
leading academics and experts in their respective fields, it is in a
position to become a leading source of analysis on post-Soviet societies.
Since October 2005, The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet
Societies, pipss.org, is a Principal Partner of the International Security
Network www.isn.ethz.ch.
The entire issue is available at http://www.pipss.org (Open Access Journal).
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
Chief Editor
Issue 3 - 2005 - The Military and Society in Post-Soviet Russia
See the Table of Contents:
Introduction by Anne Le Huerou and Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (3rd Issue
Editors)
Manfred Sapper
Povsednevnost' Voinstvennosti v Rossii: Nasledie Militarizovannogo
Sotsializma ?
Nikolai Mitrokhin
Liubov' bez Udovletvoreniia: Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' i Rossiiskaia
Armiia
Sergey Mozgovoy
Vzaimootnosheniia Armii i Tserkvi v Rossiiskoi Federatsii. Depolitizatsiia
Armii i Nachalo religioznogo Vozrozhdeniia
David Gillespie
Defence of the Realm: The "New" Russian Patriotism on Screen
Larisa Deriglazova
To fear or to Respect? Two Approaches to Military Reform in Russia
Book Review: The Russian Military (1 title)
Steven E. Miller and Dmitri V. Trenin, Eds., The Russian Military: Power and
Policy, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004.
(reviewed by: Mikhail Tsypkin)
Book Reviews: Chechnya (2 titles)
Iuri Shchekochikhin, Zabytaia Chechnia: stranitsi iz voennykh bloknotov
[Forgotten Chechnya, pages from the military notebooks] KRPA Olimp, Moscow,
2003, 303p.
(reviewed by: Silvia Serrano)
Anne Le Huerou, Aude Merlin, Amandine Regamey and Silvia Serrano,
Tchetchenie: une affaire interieure ? Russes et Tchetchnes dans l'etau de la
guerre, Paris: Editions Autrement, 2005.
(reviewed by: Bruno Coppieters)
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
Chief Editor
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
Web: http://www.pipss.org
E-mail: contactpipss.org
Editorial Board: Eden Cole, Francoise Dauce, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anna
Colin Lebedev, Anne Le Huerou, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel
PUBL.- Jonathan Wheatley, Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution
Posted by: Bahodir Sidikov <b.sidikovweb.de>
Posted: 17 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Jonathan Wheatley, Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution
Jonathan Wheatley
Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution: Delayed Transition in
the Former Soviet Union
ISBN: 0 7546 4503 7
262 pages
Hardback
$99.95/£55.00
Ashgate Publishing Company, UK
The author examines the evolution of the Georgian regime from 1989 to 1995
and further explores the nature of the Georgian regime between 1996 and
2001. The final section of the book addresses the theoretical and empirical
problems that are posed by Georgia's so-called Rose Revolution in November
2003, following the falsification of parliamentary elections by the
incumbent authorities.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Actors and structures: The anatomy and evolution of regimes
Chapter 2: The Soviet Legacy: Implications for Regime Change
Chapter 3: Nationalist Mobilization in Georgia 1989-1991
Chapter 4: Shevardnadze's return and its aftermath 1992-1995
Chapter 5: Profile of a corrupt regime: The Georgian state 1996-2001
Chapter 6: Pressure from below: The influence of society on the Georgian
State 1996-2001
Chapter 7: The "Rose Revolution:" a second transition?
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.
Keywords: Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia, state-building,
democratisation, Rose Revolution.
Jonathan Wheatley is Research Fellow at the Osteuropa Institute of the Free
University Berlin, Germany. He is part of a project called 'Accounting for
State-Building, Stability and Violent Conflict: The Institutional Framework
of Caucasian and Central Asian Transitional Societies'. The project explores
the conditions for successful/failed defusing of conflict potential in
Caucasian and Central Asian societies within the context of
successful/failed state building.
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PUBL.- New Kazakh Titles at Russia Online
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Posted: 17 Oct 2005
PUBL.- New Kazakh Titles at Russia Online
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Volume
5
Posted by: Maryann Shenoda <mshenodafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Oct 2005
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS- Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Volume 5
The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is seeking authors
specializing in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Afghanistan for the
following topics in 5th volume.
For general information about EWIC, please refer to the project website:
http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/ewic
All interested individuals are encouraged to contact Maryann Shenoda at
mshenodafas.harvard.edu
Central Asia entries for Volume 5:
Women, Gender and Women's Fiction Writers and Women's Fiction
Women, Gender and Visual Arts and Artists
Women, Gender and Women Journalists and Women's Press
Women, Gender and Waqf
Women, Gender and Zakat (Almsgiving) and Other Charitable Practices
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender-Erotic Literature
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Modern Fiction
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Proverbs,
Adages and Riddles
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Humorous
Representations
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender -- Print,
Broadcast and Electronic Media
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Romance Fiction
Caucasus Entries Volume 5:
Women, Gender and Women Composers
Women, Gender and Performers and Performing Groups
Women, Gender and Popular Culture
Women, Gender and Visual Arts and Artists
Women, Gender and Women Journalists and Women's Press
Women, Gender and Female Saints and Sacred Geographies
Women, Gender and Islamic Ablution and Purification, Prayer, Fasting, and Piety
Women, Gender and Conversion
Women, Gender and Women Preachers and Preaching
Women, Gender and Religious Commemorations
Women, Gender and Waqf
Women, Gender and Zakat (Almsgiving) and Other Charitable Practices
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender-Erotic Literature
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Modern Fiction
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Proverbs,
Adages and Riddles
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Humorous
Representations
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender -- Print,
Broadcast and Electronic Media
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Romance Fiction
Afghanistan Entries Volume 5:
Women, Gender and Women Poets and Women's Poetry
Women, Gender and Popular Culture
Women, Gender and Islamic Ablution and Purification, Prayer, Fasting,
and Piety
Women, Gender and Conversion
Women, Gender and Pilgrimages
Women, Gender and Language Use by Women
Women, Gender and Women Preachers and Preaching
Women, Gender and Religious Commemorations
Women, Gender and Waqf
Women, Gender and Zakat (Almsgiving) and Other Charitable Practices
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender-Erotic
Literature
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Modern
Fiction
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Film
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in
Humorous Representations
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Proverbs,
Adages and Riddles
Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in
Romance Fiction
PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 5, 2005
Posted by: Murad Esenov <murad.esenovworldmail.se>
Posted: 11 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 5, 2005
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to offer you the contents of no. 5 (35) of the "Central Asia
and the Caucasus" journal (in English and Russian). The issue will be
published in late October.
For more details about the content of the articles and further information
including how to subscribe please contact:
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Central Asia and the Caucasus
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 5 (35), 2005
In This Issue:
Political Process Today
Sergey Luzianin. Color Revolutions in the Central Asian Context:
Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan
Leonid Medvedko. Anniversary of the Great Victory and the Technicolored
Nature of Extreme Democracies
Farkhod Tolipov. The Moment of Truth: end of the Transition Period? (On the
Democratic Initiative in the Central Asian States)
Regional Politics
Alexander Catranis. NATO's Role in Central Asia
Nino Chikovani. A United Caucasus: Reality Rooted in the Past or High-Flown
Political Illusions?
Timur Shaymergenov. Central Asia: NATO's Military-Political Strategy and Russia
Martin C. Spechler. Central Asia between West and East
Igor Dobaev, Alexander Dugin. Geopolitical Transformations in the
Caucasian-Caspian Region
Sergey Tolstov. Ukraine's Foreign Policy after the Orange Revolution
Sulayman Reshiev. The Federal Center's Political Leeway in Chechnia and Its
Echo in Russia's South
Elections
David Babaian. Parliamentary Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh: Legal and
Political Aspects
Namig Aliev. Nagorno-Karabakh: Separatism and Electoral Legitimacy
Vladimir Mesamed. Iran: Illogical Election or the end of the Reform era
Religion in Society
Arbakhan Magomedov, Viktor Viktorin. Islam in the Caspian and the Caucasian
Foothills Borderland: Social and Religious Revival on the Fringes of the
Muslim World
Elmir Kuliev. Azerbaijan: Iranian vector of Religious Revival
Regional Economies
Veniamin Ginsburg, Manuella Troschke. Positioned between China and Russia:
The Central Asian Countries find their own Approach to Privatization
Vladimir Glonti. The Economic Components of the Formation of Georgian
Federalism
For Your Information
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Border Delimitation and Separatism
- What Makes the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Central Asia
and the Caucasus Specific
- Political and Economic Development Trends
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:
www.ca-c.org or http://www.ca-c.org/journal/2005-05-eng/00.cont-eng-5.05.shtml
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, October 5, 2005 Issue on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 11 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, October 5, 2005 Issue on Web
The 5 October issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly
publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 5 October CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20051005Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
Tajikistan's 'Year of Aryan Civilization' and the Competition of Ideologies
Pulat Shozimov
As a result of the revolution in Kyrgyzstan, Southern elites are coming to
power, implying the deconstruction of the Soviet-era political configuration
where the North dominated the South. This process is directly connected with
the strengthening of national and religious projects in the entire Central
Asia, with formerly marginalized Southern elites increasingly playing a key
role. This change occurred earlier than elsewhere in Tajikistan. The "Year
of Arian civilization" project is an example of southern nationalist elite
projects. Northern elites, on the other hand, consider this project an
indirect attempt to exclude them from political and economic power.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3699
>From GUUAM to CDC?
Daniel Linotte
Uzbekistan's withdrawal from GUUAM, the uneasy path of democracy in
Azerbaijan, and the recent decision by the leaders of Georgia, Lithuania,
Poland and Ukraine to create the Commonwealth of Democratic Choice (CDC) may
have far reaching implications for the two CIS countries that are still
struggling to overtake the negative legacy of former regimes, in particular
corruption and poor governance. The new regional grouping may eventually
replace the de facto weakened and ineffective GUUAM, opening unique
opportunities for far-reaching cooperation and exchanges between new EU
members and less advanced transition countries in the CIS region.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3700
How Might Iran's Nuclearization Affect Central Asia?
Stephen Blank
It is clear or should be clear to observers that Iran is trying to build
nuclear weapons in defiance of its international commitments to the
International Atomic Energy Agency, European Union (IAEA), and the UN, let
alone the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). It also is clear that its effort
is precipitating a major international crisis. Yet few analyses of this
issue's multiple dimensions have focused on its implications for the South
Caucasus or Central Asia. If this crisis intensifies its repercussions will
undoubtedly have an impact on those areas even if we cannot be certain as to
its scope and duration.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3701
Engaging Israel: Blessing or Curse for Musharraf?
Naveed Ahmad
Over the last two weeks, engagement with Israel has become the buzz words
for the largely state-maneuvered Pakistani media which is relentlessly and
hysterically sparing time and space for the pragmatic debate. Prior the
Istanbul Sept 1 meeting of the Pakistani foreign minister and his Israeli
counterpart, a hint of sympathy for Israel on national media - official and
private both - was enough to earn the stigma of working against the national
interest. Soon came, the historic Musharraf-Sharon 'chance meeting' and
handshake at the UN. Just a couple of days later, General Musharraf showed
up for a banquet dinner speech at the American Jewish Council. While this
fast-forward approach has startled the Muslim world, it has equally shocked
and confused the Pakistani people, who once again feel left out in the process.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3702
The Field Reports Include:
Kyrgyz Parliamentarian Bayaman Erkinbaev Assassinated
Nurshat Ababakirov
In the evening of September 21, one of the deputies of Jogorku Kenesh
(Parliament), Bayaman Erkinbaev, was shot to death by unknown assailants.
Following the so-called Tulip Revolution, 3 assassinations of recognized
people have taken place despite much-expected positive changes and
stability. As a result, there are speculations of criminal connections by
certain officials in the government and parliament. In addition, none of
the killers have been found yet.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3703
Chilly Diplomatic Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia
Gulnara Ismailova
Alleged U.S. plans to accommodate military bases on the territory of
Azerbaijan and strengthening its military presence in the region can
negatively affect Azerbaijani-Russian relations. Recently, the U.S. Embassy
in Azerbaijan has confirmed information on the construction in Azerbaijan,
with American participation, of two radar stations located in Astara, on the
border with Iran and in the Khizi region, close to the Azerbaijan-Russian
border.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3704
Peshawar Seminar on Global Terrorism
Zahid Anwar
Speakers representing leading European nations, the Russian Federation and
the People's Republic of China at a recent seminar in Peshawar admitted
there is no unanimously accepted definition of "terrorism", though they
seemed unanimous on the point that al-Qaeda had masterminded most terrorist
actions in the world since the 9/11 tragedy in United States.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3705
World Kazakh Community Boosts the Image of Astana
Marat Yermukanov
Thousands of ethnic Kazakhs dispersed over more than 40 countries of the
world have returned to the land of their ancestors in the years of
independence. They were lured into the country by promises of privileged
social benefits, cheap housing and well-paid jobs. Beneficial in political
and demographic terms, the rising inflow of returnees is nevertheless
creating economic problems.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3738
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- The Caucasian Journal of European Affairs
Posted by: Nasimi Aghayev <nasimiaghayevyahoo.com>
Posted: 7 Oct 2005
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- The Caucasian Journal of European Affairs
Call for Papers for the Caucasian Journal of European Affairs
Centre for European Studies (CES) in Azerbaijan is going to publish for the
first time in the Caucasus the Caucasian Journal of European Affairs. The
first edition of the Journal will come out in December 2005.
Deadline for submission of articles is the 30th of November 2005. The
guidelines for submission of papers are placed beneath. Additional
information about the Journal and the CES can be found at www.ces-az.org
Caucasian Journal of European Affairs
Caucasian Journal of European Affairs (CJEA) is a quarterly journal
published by the Centre for European Studies in Azerbaijan (www.ces-az.org)
dedicated to various political, economic, security, legal and social
problems concerning the South Caucasus region, its integration to European
structures and the developments of different nature in the European Union.
Guidelines for Submission of Articles:
CJEA is published in English. Articles are accepted in Azerbaijani, English
and Russian. In exceptional cases contributions in German and French may
also be considered.
All the manuscripts from the contributors are welcome. Editors take no
responsibility regarding the manuscripts. The articles in the CJEA do not
represent the views of the Editors or the Centre for European Studies. The
Editors do not accept any responsibility for the views expressed in any
article. Copyright belongs to the Centre for European Studies, and written
permission to reprint or republish in any form must be sought from the
Editor in Chief.
CJEA accepts usually articles from contributors as original contributions.
If another version of the article is under consideration by another
publication, or has been published elsewhere, authors should clearly
indicate this at the time of submission. Manuscripts should be emailed as an
attachment in Word to: cjeaces-az.org
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and references. All submissions must be single-spaced written by Times New
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Articles in journals: Alexander, Klinton W., NATO's Intervention in Kosovo:
The legal case for violating Yugoslavia's national sovereignty in the
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PUBL.- Current History, Volume 104, Number 684, October 2005
Posted by: Current History <curhistpubaol.com>
Posted: 6 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Current History, Volume 104, Number 684, October 2005
Current History
Volume 104, Number 684 (October 2005)
Russia And Eurasia
Russia and the West: A Dangerous Drift
Michael McFaul
Political Graft: The Russian Way
Marshall I. Goldman
Constrained or Irrelevant: The Media in Putin's Russia
Masha Lipman
Is the Orange Revolution Fading?
Dominique Arel
The Great Powers in Central Asia
Martha Brill Olcott
Autocrats, Islamists, and the Rise of Radicalism in Central Asia
Eric McGlinchey
>From Pipedream to Pipeline: A Caspian Success Story
Brenda Shaffer
Book Reviews: Topic: Remember Arms Control?
Reviewer: Thomas Graham Jr.
The Month in Review
For more information, please go to:
<http://www.currenthistory.com/index.html>
PUBL.- Danish Society for Central Asia Journal, Issue No. 2, October 2005
Posted by: Danish Society for Central Asia <infocentralasien.dk>
Posted: 6 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Danish Society for Central Asia Journal, Issue No. 2, October 2005
Dear Central Asia enthusiasts,
The Editorial Board of The DSCA Journal would like to draw your attention to
the second issue of the new e-journal published by the Danish Society for
Central Asia. The DSCA Journal is available for download - free of charge -
from our website: http://www.centralasien.dk, where you can also sign up to
receive future issues.
Direct link to download (PDF, 4,7 MB):
http://centralasien.dk/content/journal/TheDSCAJournal02_Oct2005.pdf]
The central theme for this issue is "Aspects of Modernity in Afghanistan".
Table of Contents:
- Erna Andersen: "Addressing Modernity in Afghanistan Through International
Development Work"
- Andreas Mol Dalsgaard: "Afghan Muscles"
- Birthe Frederiksen: "Strengths and Weaknesses in a Process of Globalization"
- Nadia Haupt et al: "Fra Afghanistan til Danmark til ... ?"
- Christer Irgens-Moller: "Remnants of the Kafir Music of Nuristan - A
Historical Documentation"
- Christian Vium: "Refugees - Returnees: Migrations and Transformations"
Photo Essays
Recent & Forthcoming Events in the Society
News from the Society
International Events
Best regards,
The Editorial Board of The DSCA Journal.
Danish Society for Central Asia / Centralasiatisk Selskab
E-mail: infocentralasien.dk
Web: http://www.centralasien.dk
PUBL.- Gael Raballand, Central Asia or Landlockedness Fatality? (in French)
Posted by: Gael Raballand <graballandworldbank.org>
Posted: 5 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Gael Raballand, Central Asia or Landlockedness Fatality? (in French)
L'Asie Centrale Ou La Fatalite De L'Enclavement?
de
Gael Raballand
Les repercussions de L'effondrement de L'Union sovietique en 1991 sur les
economies des republiques d'Asie centrale (Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan,
Ouzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan) ont ete jusqu'a present peu
etudiees. Ces nouveaux Etats se trouvent cependant dans des situations
problematiques : ils ont considerablement souffert de la disparition des
liens entre les entites sovietiques et doivent aujourd'hui reajuster
d'anciennes economies interdependantes a leurs nouvelles frontieres
internationales.
Le terme d'"enclavement", qui definit L'absence d'acces d'un Etat a la mer,
a toujours eu une connotation negative. En revanche, le terme de
"centralite" revet une vision positive, d'autant plus cultivee par les
nouveaux Etats d'Asie centrale qu?ils esperent profiter de leur situation de
"carrefour" au sein du vieux continent. L'Asie centrale, longtemps definie
par sa centralite, ne serait-elle donc pas plutot enclavee? C?est a cette
question que ce travail essaie de repondre, en s'inscrivant dans le cadre
theorique de la nouvelle economie geographique.
Ce livre s?appuie sur une base de donnees de quarante-six Etats constituee a
cette fin. Il demontre par exemple en quoi la multiplication des passages de
frontieres terrestres conduit a une augmentation des couts de transports,
qui se repercute de maniere negative sur le commerce. Une etude detaillee
menee dans le cadre d'un travail de terrain au Kazakhstan et au Kirghizstan
analyse plus precisement L'impact negatif de L'enclavement sur les flux
commerciaux dans cette region. Une analyse theorique et empirique sur le
role de la cooperation regionale permet de mieux comprendre en quoi celle-ci
peut limiter L'impact de L'enclavement, a condition toutefois que les pays
concernes acceptent de jouer la carte de L'ouverture economique.
Gael Raballand, docteur en economie de L'Universite de Paris-I, diplome de
L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg et des Langues?O, est
economiste a la Banque Mondiale a Washington. Il a travaille plusieurs
annees en Asie centrale et est L'auteur de nombreux articles sur les
economies de la region.
Collection Centre-Asie
ISBN: 2-7475-8548-4
Prix: 28.50
360 pages
Table Des Matieres
Introduction
Chapitre I: L'enclavement, une specificite geographique, avec une grande
pertinence en economie
Chapitre II: La mise en evidence de L'impact negatif de L'enclavement sur le
commerce
Chapitre III: L'integration economique regionale, parade a L'enclavement
Chapitre IV: Le parallele entre pays enclaves et insulaires en developpement
par le biais des couts de transport
Chapitre V: Asie centrale, couts de transport et commerce
Conclusion
Annexes
Annexe 1: Les pays enclaves dans le monde
Annexe 2: Chronologie des regroupements regionaux au sein de L'espace de
L'ex-URSS (1991-2002)
Mr. Gael Raballand
Finance, Private Sector Development & Infrastructure Group
Middle East and North Africa Region
The World Bank,
H9-900, 600 19th Street, NW
Washington DC, 20433
USA
Tel: +1 (202) 458 0586
E-mail: graballandworldbank.org
PUBL.- Helene Perrin-Wagner, New Book on Turkic Social Institutions (in French)
Posted by: Helene Perrin-Wagner <hperrinfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Helene Perrin-Wagner, New Book on Turkic Social Institutions (in French)
New publication (in French):
Helene Perrin Wagner
L'ideologie du Tore et l'espace communautaire turcique: les institutions
sociales populaires et la formation de l'identite collective dans les
communautes turciques d'Asie interieure et de Turquie aux 19eme-20eme
siecles. Etude de trois domaines institutionnels: la commensalite, le
funeraire/commemoratif et le systeme ethico-legal.
[The Ideology of Tore and Turkic Communal Space: Popular Social Institutions
and Collective Identity Formation in Turkic Communities in Inner Asia and
Turkey in the 19th-20th Centuries. A Study of Three Institutional Domains:
Commensality, the Funerary/Commemorative and the Ethico-Legal System.]
Atelier national de reproduction des theses, Universite Charles de Gaulle -
Lille III, 2005, 746 pages - ISBN : 2-284-04790-4
Price: 66,50 Euros
Available for purchase at:
http://www.anrtheses.com.fr/Asp/Recherche.asp?NumISBN"84047904
Book Abstract:
The central thesis of this study challenges the preconceived notion that
Turkic identity is based mainly on shared linguistic traits, and is thus
reducible to a turcophone identity, by arguing that it rests substantially
on shared social practices as well. The predictable manner in which these
practices, constituting a habitus, are followed and the attachment to a
certain traditional social order which these regular and regulatory actions
bring to light reveal what we may term popular Turkic social institutions.
These are institutionalized sets of actions, defining distinct institutional
domains, linked to particular conceptions of social space, social hierarchy,
the reproduction of the social group, community relations, and relations of
exchange, which contribute to a profound sense of group identity. In
particular, the realms of commensality, funeral practices, and customary law
among the Turkic communities of Central Asia and Turkey demonstrate the
importance of these institutionalized actions. Through a study of these
practices we come gradually to recognize a Turkic ideology in the popular
milieu, an ideology distinct from the pan-Turkic ideological constructions
which originated among Western Orientalists and the Tatar, Azeri, and
Ottoman elites in the 19th century.
Russian, Ottoman, and Chinese imperial histories have accustomed us to
considering social phenomena among the various Turkic groups as distinct
from one another, and have often impeded easy access to comparative data.
The rise of nationalisms in the region has likewise contributed at times to
the scholarly neglect of transnational categories of identity, which remain
particularly salient at the popular level. The existence of a vast Turkic
macro-diaspora, resulting from different periods of migration in the region
and pre-dating the modern era of nationalisms, explains the presence of an
identifiable substratum of Turkic identity still in place within Turkic
communities.
Within this configuration, Islam appears paradoxically to play a lesser role
in identity formation in the popular milieu than the Turkic substratum does.
Although Islamic rules and practices are often included in the general
normative social discourse, they are regularly subordinated to other sets of
rules and practices which are thought, in contrast, to be vitally necessary
for the preservation of the community.
Turkic communities thus appear to be rooted not only in linguistic
affinities but also in common social and ideological structures, this in
spite of the rich cultural variation which is found across the Turkish,
Tatar, Kazakh, Kirghiz, and other groups in the region. There exists a
Turkic social model which has not been completely assimilated into the
Mongol, Persian, or Islamic cultures, and which has flourished, especially
in the popular milieu, from at least the medieval period until today.
Resume du livre:
La these centrale de cette etude est que contrairement a certaines idees
dominantes, le phenomene identitaire turcique ou turk ne repose pas
uniquement sur des faits de langue communs, sur une turcophonie donc, mais
bien aussi sur des pratiques sociales communes. Le niveau de previsibilite
de ces pratiques et l'attachement a un certain ordre social que ces actions
regulieres et regulatrices revelent nous permettent de parler de veritables
institutions sociales populaires turk. Il s'agit d'actions instituees se
rattachant a une conception toute particuliere de l'espace social, du groupe
et des relations communautaires et contribuant au sentiment identitaire
profond du groupe. Les domaines de la commensalite, du funeraire et du droit
chez les Turcs d'Asie centrale et de Turquie revelent ainsi plus
particulierement l'importance de ces comportements institutionnalises. Peu a
peu, au travers de l'etude de ces pratiques nous voyons emerger une
ideologie de la turcite en milieu populaire, laquelle apparait distincte des
constructions ideologiques pan-turquistes datant du 19eme siecle, encore
actives aujourd'hui, fruit des elites intellectuelles tatar, azeri et
ottomane. Les histoires imperiales russe, ottomane et chinoise nous ont
habitues a considerer les faits sociaux lies aux communautes turciques comme
distincts et ont souvent empeche l'acces aise aux donnees comparatives.
L'ere des nationalismes a egalement parfois pousse a negliger des categories
identitaires transnationales lesquelles sont cependant particulierement
vivaces en milieu populaire. La prise de conscience de l'existence d'une
vaste diaspora turcique ancienne, issue des differentes periodes de
migration dans la region, pre-datant ces faits politiques explique la
presence, identifiable, d'un substrat identitaire turk archaique encore
actif dans les communautes turciques.
L'islam au sein de cette configuration apparait paradoxalement jouer un role
identitaire moindre que le substrat turk en milieu populaire et, bien que
souvent cite, est maintes fois relegue au second plan des actions pensees
comme necessaires et indispensables pour la preservation de la communaute.
Les communautes turciques apparaissent donc fondees non seulement sur des
affinites linguistiques mais aussi sur des structures sociales et
ideologiques communes et ce en depit de la variabilite culturelle apparente
des groupes turc, tatar, qazaq, kirghiz et autres dans la region. Il existe
bien une civilisation turk non completement assimilee aux courants de la
culture persane, mongole, ou islamique et celle-ci fleurit plus
particulierement en milieu populaire du Moyen Age au moins jusqu'a nos jours.
Helene Perrin-Wagner Ph.D.
Resident Tutor, Inner Asian and Altaic Studies and Anthropology
Lowell House, Harvard University
532 Lowell Mail Center
Cambridge, MA 02138
E-mail: hperrinfas.harvard.edu
Tel (home): 617-493-2922
Tel (office): 617-493-3562
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Sept. 21 Issue Available on Web
Posted by: Svante Cornell <Svante.Cornelleast.uu.se>
Posted: 4 Oct 2005
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Sept. 21 Issue Available on Web
The 21 September issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is now online
at http://www.cacianalyst.org. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a
bi-weekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins
University-SAIS.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics and
finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornelljhu.edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are
online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 24 August CACI Analyst is
available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20050921Analyst.pdf
The Analytical Articles include:
Kremlin Calls for "Civilized" Rules of the Game in Eurasia
Mark Simakovsky
Statements made prior to the CIS Summit in Kazan on August 26th by two
Kremlin insiders indicate that Russia may be establishing a more pragmatic
approach towards its "near abroad." Finding itself ill-equipped to deal with
impending challenges alone, the Kremlin may be seeking to lay out a
framework for "civilized rules of the game" to counter unfavorable
geopolitical competition in Eurasia. Combine this with Russia's tacit
acceptance of the relative failure of the CIS, and one may begin to envision
a double dose of Russian pragmatism reverberating in the post-Soviet space.
What lies behind Moscow's possible decision to engage the West on Eurasian
security issues? And what does this mean for the future of the region?
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3661
The Central Asian Dimension of Russo-Chinese Exercises
Stephen Blank
>From August 18-25, 2005 almost 10,000 Russian and Chinese troops conducted
joint and combined exercises in Russia's Maritime province and China's
Shandong province. These exercises were unprecedented in their scale and
scope, but they also represent the first time that exclusively Russo-Chinese
military exercises occurred under the formal auspices of the Shanghai
Cooperative Organization (SCO). Consequently no observers from outside the
SCO were permitted to view these supposedly anti-terrorist exercises which
allegedly aimed at "settling" a terrorist conflict. While the significance
of these exercises transcends Central Asian issues, their regional
significance is substantial.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3662
The Kyrgyz Revolution: One Step Ahead or Two Steps Back?
Kunduz Jenkins
The "tulip revolution" which occurred on March 24th in Kyrgyzstan and
brought Kurmanbek Bakiev to the presidency, was the seminal event that
resulted in momentous regime change and replaced the previously unpopular
powers in the country. As the euphoria of revolution has passed, it is time
for the new administration to keep their promises to the people by
implementing radical measures to deal with the economic crisis left by the
old regime. The two fundamental question that seems to permeate with the
populace is whether the revolution was a step ahead or perhaps two steps
back in the country's democratic and economic development?
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3663
Georgian Economy after the Rose Revolution
Lasha Tchantouridze
Despite some positive development in Georgia following the Rose Revolution
of November 2003, the economic situation of the country remains bleak. The
economy does not seem to be the new government's priority. President Mikheil
Saakashvili has a number of times voiced the sentiment that the government
could not do much about the economy, and instead the economy was society's
responsibility to improve. Indeed, compared to reforms in the military and
law enforcement agencies, economic reforms in Georgia have fallen far
behind. In fact, the government of Georgia has no published master plan for
economic development and rehabilitation.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3664
The Field Reports Include:
Tax Revenues on the Rise in Georgia
Kakha Jibladze
Tax revenues are on the rise for Georgia, which is good news for the
president and his reforms plans. However, the country's new tax code might
be boosting the budget at the expense of the government's fight against
corruption. Raising taxes has been a high priority for Georgian president
Mikheil Saakashvili since his first days in office.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3665
Nazarbayev Drums up Support for His Reelection
Marat Yermukanov
Who will be the next president of Kazakhstan? Millions of voters in
Kazakhstan will go to the polls on December 4 this year to answer the
question. It is hard to name a contender among opposition candidates to
seriously rival Nursultan Nazarbayev who seeks another presidential term. He
skillfully eliminated all hurdles and disarmed his opponents to ensure his
victory in the elections.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3666
Historic Afghan Election Takes Place
Muhammad Tahir
Another Afghan candidate has been killed on 16 September as Afghanistan
concludes the final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's parliamentary
polls. Authorities in the southern Helmand province say suspected Taliban
gunmen dragged candidate Abdul Hadi from his home and shot him dead late on
Thursday. Hadi was the seventh candidate to be killed in attacks blamed on
the Taliban.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3667
Police Salaries in Azerbaijan Raised in an Effort to Combat Corruption
Alman Mir Ismail
Last week, President Ilham Aliyev ordered a significant raise in the
salaries of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. While the decree
is an ordinary measure since he took over the presidency in 2003, the major
increase in police salaries has attracted the attention of the media and the
public. According to the decree, policemen would start receiving $300-$400
salaries, while the police officers would receive $400-$750 per month.
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=3668
PUBL.- Elza-Bair Guchinova, Anthropology of the Deportation Trauma of the Kalmyks
Posted by: Christian Schoen <ibidemibidem-verlag.de>
Posted: 17 Sep 2005
PUBL.- Elza-Bair Guchinova, Anthropology of the Kalmyks' Deportation Trauma
Memories of the Forgotten: Anthropology of the Deportation Trauma of the
Kalmyks
Written by: Elza-Bair Guchinova
With a Foreword by Caroline Humphrey
Edited by Dr Andreas Umland.
Published by ibidem, Stuttgart
The ibidem Paperback Series
Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics & Society
Web: http://www.ibidem-verlag.de/r1l.html
Abstract in English for www.buchhandel.de
This study deals with the anthropology of the deportation trauma as
experienced by the Kalmyks (1943-1956) and how it affects national
identification. It shows the stigmatisation of Kalmyk identity in the years
of deportation and response of the ethnic group to deprivation. The ever
changing discourse of the Kalmyk issue, and political use of the trauma also
receive attention.
The study is innovative in Russian anthropology as it is the first
anthropological study of the Kalmyk deportation as well as of the
consequences of the trauma, and as it provides comparative insight by making
use of similar experience of deprivation of other ethnic groups. The
monograph contains a valuable corps of sources, especially oral, including
analyses of folk songs and oral narratives. The novelty of the study also
lies in that it applies gender methodology to the analysis of adaptation of
men and women to extreme conditions of life and considers gender-specific
differences in mechanisms of memory, recollection and oral narration. The
monograph closes a gap in the study of collective and individual strategies
of survival in conditions of deportation in Siberia and Central Asia. It
demonstrates the existence of stigmatised ethnicity in the USSR.
Among the conclusions the author arrives are that the Buddhist tradition
played an important role in the way historic trauma was perceived by the
Kalmyks, and that there was a factor of phenotypic difference leading
Kalmyks in extreme conditions to strive to "dissolve" in the social
environment using every chance to prove loyalty to the state. This left
little chance for specific Kalmyk cultural features to resurge outside the
home sphere. There is evidence that the trauma is something most Kalmyks
have overcome. Its still deliberate accentuation appears to be pragmatically
aimed into the future.
The ibidem Paperback Series
Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics & Society
http://www.ibidem-verlag.de/r1l.html
Edited by Dr Andreas Umland.
Published by ibidem, Stuttgart
The goal of this new book series by ibidem Publishers (Stuttgart & Hannover,
Germany) is to make available to the academic community and general public
affordable Russian-, English- and German-language scholarly studies of
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First, many important aspects of the transformation of the former Warsaw
Pact states have not been systematically analyzed, while others have been
completely overlooked in published scholarly books. Frequently, these same
issues are the subjects of rigorous theses and other unpublished
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Because the free flow of information, politically dangerous research, open
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letter may be used as a foreword to the book.
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