Central-Eurasia-L Announcement Archive
3. Publications
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PUBL.- Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2
Posted by: Karina Korostelina <ckoroste gmu.edu>
Posted: 12 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 123-268 (June 2007)
Special Issue: Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Central Asia:
Dimensions and Challenges
Edited by Karina Korostelina and Dennis J.D. Sandole
Introduction: Conflicts in Central Asia
Pages 123-127
Karina V. Korostelina
Will there be revolution in Central Asia?
Pages 129-141
Mark N. Katz
Dugin, Eurasianism, and Central Asia
Pages 143-156
Dmitry Shlapentokh
Prospects for energy cooperation in the Caspian Sea
Pages 157-168
Gawdat Bahgat
Migration trends in Central Eurasia: Politics versus economics
Pages 169-189
Andrei V. Korobkov
The environment, security and regional cooperation in Central Asia
Pages 191-208
Douglas L. Tookey
Dynamics of Islam, identity, and institutional rule in Uzbekistan:
Constructing a paradigm for conflict resolution
Pages 209-221
Reuel R. Hanks
The system of social identities in Tajikistan: Early warning and
conflict prevention
Pages 223-238
Karina Korostelina
The erosion of vospitaniye (social upbringing) in post-Soviet
Kyrgyzstan: Voices from the schools
Pages 239-256
Alan J. DeYoung
Central Asia: Managing the delicate balance between the "discourse of
danger," the "Great Game," and regional problem solving
Pages 257-267
Dennis J.D. Sandole
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraevipp.kg>
Posted: 11 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (April 24 - May 14, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
- "The State and Prospects of Kyrgyz-American Relations"
Round table summary
- "Central Asia: Renewal of Legends"
Muratbek Imanaliev
- "Transparency is a Key to Solving Conflicts between State and Business"
Azamat Akeleev
- "Situation around Ganci Airbase in Kyrgyzstan"
Round table summary
All are available at http://www.ipp.kg/en and http://www.ipp.kg/ru
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.
Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated (s.juraevipp.kg)
PUBL.- Critique of Anthropology, June 2007, Postsocialism as Cultural Process
Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakinPrinceton.EDU>
Posted: 6 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Critique of Anthropology, June 2007, Postsocialism as Cultural Process
Critique of Anthropology
Volume 27, Number 2/June 2007
Transitional Spaces: Postsocialism as a Cultural Process: Introduction
pp.131-145
Susanne Brandtstädter
State Comrades and an Elderly Woman's Suicide pp.147-163
Jun Jing
Soviet and Post-Soviet Planning in Almaty, Kazakhstan pp.165-181
Catherine Alexander
Dangerous Modernities? Innovative Technologies and the Unsettling of
Agriculture in Rural Poland pp.183-201
Frances Pine
Labour and Love: Competing Constructions of 'Care' in a Czech Nursing Home
pp.203-222
Rosie Read
Review Essay: Yaaminey Mubayi, Altar of Power: The Temple and the
State in the Land of Jagannatha. New Delhi: Manohar, 2005.
Gilles Chuyen, Who Is a Brahmin? The Politics of Identity in India.
New Delhi: Manohar, 2004.
Uwe Skoda, The Aghria: A Peasant Caste on a Tribal Frontier. New
Delhi: Manohar, 2005.
Shahid Amin (ed.) A Concise Encyclopaedia of North Indian Peasant
Life: Being a Compilation of the Writings of William Crooke, J.R.
Reid, G.A. Grierson. New Delhi: Manohar, 2005 pp.223-227
Robert Parkin
Recently Published pp.229-230
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 30 May 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <scornel4jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 6 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 30 May 2007, is online
Highlights: The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website!
The new redesigned website is being perfected at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. Until technical glitches are
eliminated, the old version of the website is still available.
This Analyst issue features Dmitry Shlapentokh on the Russian-Afghan
rapprochement, Niklas Nilsson on Armenia's parliamentary elections,
Haroun Mir on Turkey's initiative for Pakistani-Afghan relations, and
Fariz Ismailzade on the prospects for the Karabakh conflict. In Field
reports, articles on Nazarbayev's arrest warrant for his son-in-law,
discussions on an ombudsman for Tajikistan, constitutional amendments
in Kazakhstan and the travails of Tajikistan's only airline.
Note: New Silk Road Papers Published:
The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub In European Security
By Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, and Per Haggstrom,
120pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf
The State-Crime Nexus In Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized Crime
And Corruption In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan
By Erica Marat, 138 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0610EMarat.pdf
The 30 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
11) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070530Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles
The Afghanistan-Russia Rapprochement And Its Geopolitical Implications
Dmitry Shlapentokh
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4625
Changes In Armenia's Political Landscape Set Scene For Presidential Elections
Niklas Nilsson
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4624
Turkish Initiative For Pakistani-Afghan Dialogue
Haroun Mir
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4623
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Time-Out Until 2009
Fariz Ismailzade
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4622
Field Reports
Nazarbayev Prevails Over Political Competitors, Family Members
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4629
An Ombudsman Institution For Tajikistan?
Sergei Medrea
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4628
Constitutional Amendments Bolster Nazarbaeyev's Throne
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4627
Tajikistan's Only Airline Faces Bankruptcy
Maruf Kandikov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4626
NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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.- Book Launch, Paul Bergne, Birth of Tajikistan, June 19, SOAS
Posted by: Jane savory <js64soas.ac.uk>
Posted: 6 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Book Launch, Paul Bergne, Birth of Tajikistan, June 19, SOAS
Clarification to yesterday's notice: please that that this is a
posthumuous book launch where books will be available for sale and
perusal but no signing by the author.
Book Launch
Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: Khalili Lecture Theatre, Main Building, School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
Title: 'The Birth of Tajikistan: National Identity and the Origins of
the Republic'
Author: Paul Bergne
Speakers:
Welcome and Introduction - Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS)
Professor Edmund Herzig (University of Oxford)
Zuhra Halimova (OSI,Dushanbe)
Monica Whitlock (BBC)
Iradj Bagherzade (I.B. Tauris)
Followed by a reception (KLT lobby)
About the Book
When the Bolshevik Revolution broke out in October 1917, much of
Central Asia was still ruled by autonomous rulers such as the Emir of
Bukhara and the Khan of Khiva. By 1920 the khanates had been
transformed into People's Republics. In 1924, Stalin re-drew the
frontiers of the region on ethno-linguistic lines creating, amongst
other statelets, the Soviet Socialist Republic of Uzbekistan - the
land of the Uzbeks.
But the Turkic Uzbeks were not the only significant ethnic group
within the new Uzbekistan's frontiers. The Persian-speaking Tajiks
formed a considerable part of the population.
This book describes how, often in the teeth of Uzbek opposition, the
Tajiks gained, first an autonomous oblast (administrative region)
within Uzbekistan, then an autonomous republic, and finally, in 1929,
the status of a full Soviet Union Republic. Once the Tajiks had been
granted a territory of their own, their new government had not only to
survive the civil war that followed the revolution but then to build
an entirely new country in an immensely inhospitable terrain. New
frontiers had to be wrested from neighbours, and a new cultural
identity, 'national in form but socialist in content', had to be
created. The Birth of Tajikistan is the first documentation of how
the idea of a Tajik state came into being and offers a vivid history
of the birth of a nation.
Paul Bergne taught and researched the history and politics of Central
Asia at St Antony's College, Oxford, for more than a decade until his
death in April 2007. In 2001 he was the personal representative of the
Prime Minister Tony Blair in Afghanistan. Before that he served for
nearly forty years as a British diplomat and his last overseas posting
was as ambassador to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. He travelled widely in
the South Caucasus and Central Asian republics of the former Soviet
Union, and in Afghanistan.
Enquiries: Deniz Kandiyoti dk1soas.ac.uk or Rahima Begum
rb41soas.ac.uk ; Tel: 020 7898 4893
All Welcome (no booking required)
PUBL.- Exhibition Catalogue, Tent Bands of Central Asia
Posted by: Molly McMullen <mmcmullentextilemuseum.org>
Posted: 5 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Exhibition Catalogue, Tent Bands of Central Asia
Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia
Richard Isaacson, 2007
This exhibition catalog, Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central
Asia by Richard Isaacson, is a ground breaking study. Nothing like
this has ever been published before. Isaacson explores the use of the
tent band as the functional support for the trellis tent (yurt) and
its decorative role. This book includes the technical analysis of 32
objects as well as detail images of all the bands. The final section
of the book allows the reader to see the full design of these bands
across a three page spread, which average 1' x 52' in size. To order,
please visit www.textilemuseumshop.org.
124pp.; 47 full color plates; Softcover
Price: $29.95
Member Price: $26.96
Item Number: 8092
PUBL.- Ab Imperio 1-2007 Discipline of History and the Punishment of Empire
Posted by: Sergey Glebov <sglebovsmith.edu>
Posted: 5 Jun 2007
PUBL.- Ab Imperio 1-2007 Discipline of History and the Punishment of Empire
Ab Imperio editors would like to draw your attention to the first
issue of the journal in 2007. This thematic issue ("The Discipline of
History and the Punishment of Empire") opens the journals annual
program "THE IMPERIUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE POWER OF SILENCES" Please,
visit the journal's site at http://abimperio.net for information on
manuscript submission, subscriptions, and annual thematic concentrations.
Ab Imperio 1-2007 The Discipline of History and the Punishment of Empire
Methodology and Theory
Editors
>From the Editors (Eng/Rus)
Conversation: Andrzej Nowak and Roman Szporluk
Was Poland an Empire?(Rus)
Questions of AI Editors to the Collocutors and Commentators
Andriy Portnov
Inventing Rzeczpospolita (Rus)
Roman Szporluk
"The Polish Question:" An Afterthought and Comment (Rus)
Andrzej Nowak
Postscriptum(Rus)
Alain Blum, France Guérin-Pace
Polemics and Debates around the Introduction of Ethnic Categories into
Statistics in France (Rus)
History
Andrew D. Evans
A Liberal Paradigm? Race and Ideology in Late-Nineteenth-Century
German Physical Anthropology (Eng)
Marius Turda
Race, Politics and Nationalist Darwinism in Hungary, 1880-1918 (Eng)
Christian Marchetti
Scientists with Guns: On the Ethnographic Exploration of the Balkans
by Austrian-Hungarian Scientists before and during World War I (Eng)
Marina Mogilner
Russian Physical Anthropology in Search of "Imperial Race": Liberalism
and Modern Scientific Imagination in the Imperial Situation (Eng)
Andre Gingrich
Liberalism in Imperial Anthropology: Notes on an Implicit Paradigm in
Continental European Anthropology before World War I (Eng)
Archive
Alla Zeide
Creating a Space of Freedom: Mikhail Mikhailovich Karpovich and
Studies of Russian History in the US (Eng)
Document
Michael Karpovich and Problems of Russian History and Historiography
(Eng)
Sociology, Ethnology, Political Science
Elena Gapova
Gender and Post-Soviet Nations: The Private as the Political (Rus)
Mary Hawkesworth
Gender and the Public Sphere: A Genealogy from the West (Eng)
Tatiana Zhurzhenko
Between Clan, Family, and Nation: Post-Soviet Masculinity / Femininity
in "Color Revolutions" (Rus)
Olga Zubkovskaia
Postcolonial Theory in the Post-Soviet Feminist Analysis: Dilemmas of
Applicability (Rus)
Nona Shakhnazarian
Gender Scenarios of Ethnic Conflicts: Narratives of the Karabakh War
(Rus)
Alicja Kusiak-Brownstein
Feminist Foremother for a Nation? Mapping the History of the Women's
Movement in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (Eng)
Newest Mythologies
Ilya Gerasimov
The Burden of Lessons Mugged Up: Egor Gaidar and the Deconstruction of
Empire (Rus)
Historiography
Stephen Velychenko
Nationalizing and Denationalizing the Past. Ukraine and Russia in
Comparative Context (Eng)
Book Reviews
Marina Loskutova
Emily Johnson, How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself: The Russian
Idea of Kraevedenie (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State
University Press, 2006). xiii+303 pp., ills. Selected Bibliography,
Index. ISBN: 0-271-02872-6 (hardcover edition).
Elena Nosenko
Etnografiia Peterburga - Leningrada. Tridtsat' let izucheniia, 1974 -
2004 / Comp. edited by N. V. Iukhneva. St Petersburg: MAE RAN, 2004.
402 p. (=KUNSTKAMERA PETROPOLI-TANA). ISBN: 5-88431-109-5.
Marianna Mouravieva
Jennifer Pitts, A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in
Britain and France (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005). 392
pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-691-11558-3.
Wim van Meurs
Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Heretics and Colonizers: Forging Russia's
Empire in the South Caucasus (Cornell University Press, 2005); Michael
Kemper, Herrschaft, Recht und Islam in Daghestan. Von den Khanaten und
Gemeind ebünden zum ðihâd-Staat (W
Stephen Jones
Mathijs Pelkmans, Defending the Border: Identity, Religion, and
Modernity in the Republic of Georgia. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University
Press, 2006). xvi+240 pp. Appendix, Glossary, Maps, Tables,
Photographs, Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-8014-7330-2 (paperback)
Andrew Gentes
Roshanna P. Sylvester, Tales of Old Odessa: Crime and Civility in a
City of Thieves (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005).
x+244 pp. Notes, Maps, Photographs, Bibliography, Index. ISBN:
978-0-87580-346-3.
Olga Gershenson
M. Elenevskaia, L. Fialkova. Russkaia ulitsa v evreiskoi strane:
Issledovanie fol'klora emigrantov 1990-kh v Izraile. Moscow: Institut
etnologii I antropologii RAN, 2005. Part 1. 353 p.; Part 2. 243 p.,
ill. Appendixes, Bibliography. ISBN: 5-201-00887-9.
Alexander Lokshin
Gabriella Safran and Steven J. Zipperstein (Eds.), The Worlds of S.
An-sky: A Russian Jewish Intellectual at the Turn of the Century
(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006). 576 pp., ill. Map,
Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-8047-4527-7 (hardcover edition)
Pavel Krylov
Steven M. Miner, Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and
Alliance Politics, 1941 - 1945 (Chapel Hill and London: The University
of North Carolina Press, 2003). 432 pp., ill. Maps, Bibliography,
Index. ISBN: 0-8078-2736-3.
Ilya Kuksin
Kees Boterbloem, The Life and Times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896 - 1948
(Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004). xxiv+593
pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-7735-2666-8 (hardcover edition).
Alexander Androshchuk
Egle Rindzeviciute (Ed.), Contemporary Change in Ukraine (Huddinge:
Baltic and East European Graduate School, 2006);Egle Rindzeviciute
(Ed.), Contemporary Change in Kaliningrad. A Window to Europe?
(Huddinge: Baltic and East European Graduate School, 2006
Emilian Kavalski
Mark Bassin, Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and
Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840-1865 (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2006). xvi+330 pp. ISBN: 978-0-521-02674-1
(paperback edition).
Maksim Kirchanov
Derek Fewster, Visions of Past Glory: Nationalism and the Construction
of Early Finnish History (Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society /
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2006). 555 pp., ill. (=Studia
Finnica). ISBN: 951-746-787-7.
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraevipp.kg>
Posted: 29 May 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (April 24 - May 14, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
- "The Lull before the Storm?"
Valentin Bogatyrev
- "Constitutional Reform in Kyrgyzstan as of May 2007"
Summary and transcript of a round table
- "Regional Elites in the Ferghana Valley Voice Complaints over
Political Exclusion"
Alisher Khamidov
All are available at http://www.ipp.kg/en and http://www.ipp.kg/ru
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.
Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated (s.juraevipp.kg)
PUBL.- Journal of Black Sea Studies in Memoriam of O. Pritsak
Posted by: Osman Karatay <karatay.osmangmail.com>
Posted: 29 May 2007
PUBL.- Journal of Black Sea Studies in Memoriam of O. Pritsak
The spring 2007 issue (IV/13) of the journal Karadeniz Arastirmalari
(Black Sea Studies) in memoriam of Omeljan Pritsak (1919-2006), an
eminent specialist on early Turkic and Slavic studies, is published.
Contents
p. 1 Omeljan Pritsak (1919-2006) / Altay Tayfun Ozcan (Turkish)
p. 11 In Memoriam of Omeljan Pritsak / Ilber Ortayli (Turkish)
p. 15 The Conversion of the Khazar Kingdom to Judaism / Omeljan
Pritsak (Turkish translation)
p. 35 Khubrat Khan and the Establishment of the Magna Bulgaria / Ali
Ahmetbeyoglu (Turkish)
p. 43 Khazars and Karaites, Again / Dan D.Y. Shapira (English)
p. 65 A Pamphlet about the Ottoman Black Sea / Yücel Oztürk (Turkish)
p. 93 The Black Sea and Turkey in Ukrainian Geopolitical Thought of the
20th Century / Yuri Kochubey (English)
p. 99 The Balkan Policy of Russia after the Cold War / Ilyas Kamalov (Turkish)
p. 115 Factors Determining Ukrainian Foreign Policy / Tolga Bilener (Turkish)
p. 133 Arslan Aba Hasbeg, the Atabeg (Viceroy) of Meraga / Engin Ayan (Turkish)
p. 147 Common Features in Crimean and Kazan Tatar Religious Songs /
Güzel Tuymova (Turkish)
p. 153 Turkish Cemeteries in Dobrogea / Sinan Uygur (Turkish)
Book Review
p. 159 Neal Ascherson: Black Sea / Osman Karatay
p. 162 Uluslararasi Karadeniz Incelemeleri Dergisi (International
Journal of Black Sea Studies) / Yahya Kemal Taþtan
p. 166 Abstracts (Turkish)
p. 169 Abstracts (English)
Karadeniz Arastirmalari (Black Sea Studies)
Balkan, Kafkas, Dogu Avrupa ve Anadolu Incelemeleri Dergisi
(Journal of the Balkan, Caucasus, Eastern Europe and Anatolian Studies)
Published quarterly
ISSN: 1304-6918
Address
Karadeniz Arastirmalari Merkezi (KaraM)
3. Cadde No 52-2, Beytepe / CORUM - TURKEY
Tel: (90-364) 225 60 07
http://www.karamyayincilik.com
karamkaramyayincilik.com (for subscription)
karadenizarastirmalarigmail.com (for editorial communication)
Subscription Fee: Annually 25 TL (Turkey) USD 50 (Abroad)
PUBL.- Insight Turkey, Vol. 9 Nr. 1
Posted by: Suat Kiniklioglu <kinikliogluankam.org>
Posted: 24 May 2007
PUBL.- Insight Turkey, Vol. 9 Nr. 1
Insight Turkey, Vol. 9 Nr. 1
Table of Contents
Researching Turkey: Activities, trajectories and reconfigurations
Leonard Stone
The Decline of Turkish-American Relations under the Bush
Administration and Opportunities for the Final Two Years
Melissa Maxey
Testimony for Mr. Daniel Fata, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Europe and NATO U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Daniel Fata
Political Islam in Turkey
Senem Aydin & Rusen Cakir
Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Lowell H. Schwartz & Peter Sickle
Iraq and the Kurds: Resolving the Kirkuk Crisis
International Crisis Group
Northern Iraq and its Neighbors: The regional dimension of the Kurdish
question
Ole Frahm
Syria's Relations with Iraq
Mona Yacoubian
Turkey, Cyprus and the European Division
Rebecca Bryant
The Cyprus Policy of the CHP: Change or Continuation?
Seckin Baris Gulmez
What Turkey teaches about democracy
Melkulangara Kumaran Bhadrakumar
Security Structure of the Black Sea Region in the Context of New Challenges
Selcuk Colakoglu
For more information about Insight Turkey, subscription details and
any other inquiries please visit our website at www.insightturkey.com
<http://www.insightturkey.com/>
Insight Turkey
Tunus Cad. No. 15/4
Kavaklidere, Ankara
06680 Turkey
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CFP- Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S Landscape
Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakinPrinceton.EDU>
Posted: 22 May 2007
CFP- Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S Landscape
For further information, please feel free to contact either Nerijus
Milerius (nerijus_mileryahoo.com) or Benjamin Cope (b.copezacheta.art.pl )
Call For Papers
Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S Landscape
We are calling for contributions in the realms of culture studies,
social studies, urban studies, media studies, architecture and
anthropology to the volume Becoming Urban?: Investigating the P-S
Landscape. This volume aims to explore the metamorphosing urban,
rural, social and media landscapes in the geographical space usually
referred to as 'post-socialist', i.e. potentially from the Balkans to
Vladivostok, including all that lies between.
However, we are acutely aware that, especially in terms of an
investigation of questions related to urban forms, this territory was
constituted as other in relation to the developed urban territory of
the Western world well before the advent of communism. In addition, it
is far from certain that socialism or communism was a distinct form of
urban organisation or whether it just represented one branch of the
modernist urban project. Also, not only was the experience of
socialism lived very differently in the different countries usually
grouped under the heading 'post-socialist', but we have now had at
least 15 years of something different: is it therefore accurate to
label this territory under the heading 'socialist' even in conjunction
with the epithet 'post'?
Thus, we have chosen to opt for the title "P-S" which, although
representing the first letters of Post-Socialist, also reflects our
hesitation as to whether this specific historical legacy is really the
dominant influence on the region. For P-S might equally stand for
Post-Soros and thus suggest that it is the way in which the urban
societies of this region now plug into global flows of capital and
knowledge that, at least intellectually, plays the dominant role in
fashioning this geographical space as a coherent region. Another sense
of P-S which plays an important role in our thinking is that of
Post-Scriptum as a challenge to Francis Fukuyama's controversial
assertion that the liberal urban democracies of the West constitute
the end of history; in this sense, are the urban forms emerging in the
P-S landscape simply footnotes to this conclusion or are they
significant enough to suggest that there is more to history than we
have yet understood? In addition, P-S has a further connotation which
might help in interpreting this uncharted landscape, since P-S is also
the German abbreviation for horse-power (in German, Pferd-Sterke).
Might it be that the absence of stable urban structures and the
difficulty of understanding what is happening in this region gives the
cities here a specific dynamism of their own?
So are the P-S civilisations at last becoming urban, in the sense of
catching up with the western and only model of urban civilisation, or
does the relationship to the legacies of history here open up new
forms of urban interaction? Or is it, in the age of the
post-metropolis or post-modernity, too late to become urban: what kind
of urban forms are emerging in the age of the domination of the global
media village? Or do these societies remain obdurately rural - or
perhaps the 'rural' elements in the P-S cities give them a special
form of urban energy? Or are there also radical changes happening in
provincial and rural settlements, and in the countryside, which are
also linked to changes in urban life and the dominant modes of
economic production?
We see all these questions as being open and requiring new theoretical
and empirical approaches to try to map this confusing cultural space.
For simply importing Western urban theories seems inappropriate to map
a space which is itself being produced by a distorting/distorted
encounter with forces from the West? Equally, while Marxism is
appealing in a context where the questions of who owns what and where
does the profit go are complicated and urgent, returning to Marx as a
tool for analysing the ruins of communism also seems questionable.
Thus, to try to bring thinking closer to what is really happening in
P-S societies, an anthropological turn might seem a fruitful direction
to take, but what then might be the role of thinking in seeking to
build models to explore this experience?
Articles, therefore, are expected be based on empirical evidence from
a city, cities, or the countryside in the region, but will also seek
to open up new theoretical avenues for dealing with the complex
socio-cultural organisation of this region.
Contributions should be in Russian and preceded by an abstract and
keywords in Russian, and followed by an abstract and keywords in
English. Please also attach short biographical information: i.e.
institution where you work and a brief mention of books/articles
already published. Articles should be submitted to us in electronic
form before July 1st 2007, but it would be helpful if those wishing to
contribute an article could signal their intention to do so earlier.
The publication is a product of an International Higher Education
Support Programme and will be published through the European
Humanities University Publishing House in Minsk. It is also planned
that the best articles from this volume will form the core of a
publication in English under the same title, scheduled for 2008.
For further information, please feel free to contact either Nerijus
Milerius (nerijus_mileryahoo.com) or Benjamin Cope (b.copezacheta.art.pl )
PUBL./CFP- Journal of Azerbaijani Studies
Posted by: Farid Guliyev <fareedazyahoo.com>
Posted: 22 May 2007
PUBL./CFP- Journal of Azerbaijani Studies
Call for Contributions - Journal of Azerbaijani Studies
Published by Khazar University Press, Baku, Azerbaijan
ISSN: 1027-3875
Editor: Dr. Hamlet Isaxanli, Founding Rector, Khazar University, Azerbaijan
Editorial Board:
- Dr. Audrey L. Altstadt, Professor and Chair, History Department,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
- Dr. Turaj Atabaki, Professor of History of the Middle East and
Central Asia, Leiden University
- Dr. Jamil Hasanli, Professor, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
- Dr. Evan Siegel, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA
- Dr. Michael G. Smith, Associate Professor, Department of History,
Purdue University
- Dr. Tadeusz Swietochowski, Professor Emeritus of History, Monmouth
University, USA
- Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, Assistant Professor, California State University, USA
The Journal solicits articles covering issues in a broad range of
fields in the Social Sciences and Humanities with a regional focus on
Azerbaijan and/or the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Europe and the
Middle East. The Journal is published mainly in English. Contributions
representing a substantial and original academic work are welcomed.
The Editorial Board will not consider articles published or submitted
for publication elsewhere.
Notifications about relevant conferences and events as well as new
book releases may also be published under the rubric of "Information."
Articles and any other material published in The Journal represent
opinions of the author(s) and should not be considered to reflect
opinions of the Editorial Board. If an article contains material
reproduced from other sources, the necessary written permission from
the author(s) and publisher must accompany the paper.
Authors can submit papers to the Editorial Board via regular mail to
the address below. Alternativley, articles can be sent in MS
Word/ASCII format to the following email: contactkhazar.org In case a
regular mail is used, authors should supply two copies of their
manuscript, typed and double-spaced. The first page of the manuscripts
should bear the title of the article as well as name(s) and
affiliation(s) of the author(s), their mailing address, telephone
number, e-mail address and an abstract of no more than one page.
Tables and illustrations should be numbered. References should be
quoted by figures not the abbreviations of names and titles. Entries
in the reference list should be put in an alphabetical order.
Footnotes in the text should be avoided if possible. In case they are
used, they must be identified by superscript numbers and typed
together on a separate page, double- or triple-spaced.
Please contact the Editorial Office if you need any further information:
Khazar University
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Tel: +994-12-421-79-16
Email: contactkhazar.org
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 16 May 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <scornel4jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Posted: 21 May 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 16 May 2007, is online
Highlights: This Analyst issue features John Daly on the politics of
tankers vs. pipelines in the Caspian; Haroutiun Khachatrian on
Russian-Iranian economic cooperation through Armenia; Naveed Ahmad on
Musharraf's dilemmas in Pakistan; and Kevin Leahy a free economic zone
for Chechnya. In field reports, articles on Turkmen-Russian relations,
Armenia's parliamentary elections, the Kumtor gold mine controversy in
Kyrgyzstan, and South Ossetia's alternative government.
The 16 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
10) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org. The PDF version of
the entire issue of the 16 May CACI Analyst is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070516Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
With No Pipelines In Sight, Tankers Set To Roam The Caspian
John C.K. Daly
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4615
Russia And Iran May Restore Rail Corridor Through Armenia
Haroutiun Khachatrian
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4614
Musharraf's Options Reduced Amid Fresh Political Turmoil
Naveed Ahmad
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4613
Special Economic Status For Chechnya: A Quid Pro Quo Arrangement?
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4612
Field Reports
Berdimukhammedov Enters A New Phase Of Relations With Russia
Chemen Durdiyeva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4619
Republican Party Of Armenia Tightens Grip Over Parliament
Niklas Nilsson
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4618
Nationalization Of Kumtor Gold Mine Sparks Controversy In Kyrgyzstan
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4617
Tensions Rise Over Sanakoyev's Alternative Government In South Ossetia
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4616
News Digest
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4620
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraevipp.kg>
Posted: 14 May 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (April 24 - May 14, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
- "Analysis of Political Events in Kyrgyzstan for January-April 2007"
IPP Quarterly Analysis
- "Kyrgyzstan's Water Policy: The Challenges and Possible Ways to Meet Them"
Anar Musabaeva
- "Central Asia: The Struggle for Energy, Freedom and Security"
Bakyt Beshimov
- "Issues of National Statehood in Central Asia"
Muratbek Imanaliev
- "On Tax Reforms in Kyrgyzstan: Myths and Reality"
Sergei Sabko
- "Opposition will become stronger, if it gets rid of hitchhikers and
develops its ideology."
Interview with Bakyt Beshimov
All are available at http://www.ipp.kg
Russian version is available at http://www.ipp.kg/ru
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 25 Issue
Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakinPrinceton.EDU>
Posted: 14 May 2007
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Volume 25 Issue 4
Central Asian Survey: Volume 25 Issue 4
This new issue contains the following articles:
Social policy and development in Central Asia and the Caucasus p. 373
Authors: Armine Ishkanian
The contribution of the PRSP to social policy development in Central
Asia and the Caucasus p. 387
Authors: Michael Reynolds
The social exclusion framework and poverty reduction strategy in
Tajikistan p. 403
Authors: Babken V. Babajanian
The unfinished journey from Semashko to Bismarck: health reform in
Central Asia from 1991 to 2006 p. 419
Authors: Michael Borowitz; Rifat Atun
Formalizing informal payments: the progress of health reform in
Kyrgyzstan p. 441
Authors: Angela Baschieri; Jane Falkingham
After the Cold War: international politics, domestic policy and the
nuclear legacy in Kazakhstan p. 461
Authors: Cynthia Werner; Kathleen Purvis-Roberts
Child mortality in Central Asia: social policy, agriculture and the
environment p. 481
Authors: Jennifer Franz; Felix Fitzroy
Problems and trends in education in Central Asia since 1990: the case
of general secondary education in Kyrgyzstan p. 499
Authors: Alan J. Deyoung
Human capital in Central Asia: trends and challenges in education p. 515
Authors: Bolormaa Shagdar
Expanding state authority, cutting back local services:
decentralization and its contradictions in Uzbekistan p. 533
Authors: Neema Noori
Book Reviews p. 551
CESS Award for Best Graduate Student Paper p. 557
PUBL.- Erdogan Altinkaynak on Crimean Karaims (Karaylar)
Posted by: Mehmet Tutuncu <m.tutuncuquicknet.nl>
Posted: 14 May 2007
PUBL.- Erdogan Altinkaynak on Crimean Karaims (Karaylar)
I am very happy to announce a new Publication on Crimean Karaims (Karaylar)
Crimean Karaims are people of Turk(ic) descent who have adopted
Karaism. This movement could be described as a return to the roots or
sola scriptura. Although the Karaite reformation never became a mass
movement, an ethnic mixture of Alans, Cumans and a number of Turkic
Kipchak tribes in Crimea and northern steppes of Black Sea, as well as
the ruling elites of Khazaria (not all the Khazars) converted to
Karaism. These people became known as Karaims, thus combining the
religious denomination with ethnonym. This book gives a description of
Today Crimean Karaims Culture, religion, folklore, architecture,
famous persons. It contains also samples of Karay (folk) literature.
It is written in Turkish.
http://www.turkiye.net/sota/karaim.html
Title: Tozlu zaman perdesinde Kirim- Karaylari {Crieman Karays behind the
times Dusk].
ISBN: 90-807403-9-X
Author: Erdogan Altinkaynak
Year: 2006
Publisher: Haarlem : SOTA, Türkistan ve Azerbaycan Arastirma Merkezi
Series: Turquoise series ; 14
III, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 90-807403-9-X
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PUBL.- Mazar Workship in Kyrgyzstan, Aigine Cultural Research Center
Posted by: Zemfira Inogamova <inogamovagmail.com>
Posted: 11 May 2007
PUBL.- Mazar Workship in Kyrgyzstan, Aigine Cultural Research Center
The Aigine Cultural Research Center (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) announces
the publication of a new book:
Mazar Worship in Kyrgyzstan: Rituals and Practitioners in Talas
Chief Editor: Gulnara Aitpaeva
Editors: Mukaram Toktogulova, Aida Egemberdieva
545 pages, including color illustrations
The book is available in English and Kyrgyz versions
The research and publication of books have been supported by The
Christensen Fund, California , USA.
A limited number of books are available for free. If you are
interested in getting a book, please send a request to Zemfira
Inogamova ( iamzemayahoo.com) or to Guljan Kudabaeva ( kiguljangmail.com).
There will be a reception to introduce the book hosted by Aigine
(Bishkek, 93 Toktogula St. ) on May 22, 10:00am. You can register for
the reception by calling the following numbers: +996 312 (666966),
+996 312 (667674), +996 312 (667673).
The cultural practices of worship at sacred sites, known as mazars,
are ancient parts of Kyrgyz tradition. Even though it is not known
precisely when the first worship at sacred sites took place, it is
many centuries old, and yet continues to have important cultural
functions and roles in the present as well.
In Mazar Worship in Kyrgyzstan: Rituals and Practitioners in Talas ,
the Aigine Research Center is publishing the findings of its two year
research project conducted in the Talas district of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The first part of the book contains information about the experiences
of the cultural practitioners who act as traditional healers,
dervishes, clairvoyants and reciters of the Manas epic. Also included
are the voices and experiences of the shai'ykhs (sacred site
guardians), who accept the duty of guardianship of a sacred site as
their life mission, and who revere sacred sites.
The second part of the book contains analysis and discussion by
scholars who have researched sacred sites, and religious and healing
practices. These scholars come from diverse professional and
educational backgrounds. They include students, historians, medical
workers, psychologists, philologists, physicians, biologists,
anthropologists and most importantly, mazar worshippers. Thus this
book includes writing from the perspectives of cultural practitioners
as well as from scholars who analyze this cultural phenomenon.
Content:
Section One: Existence Throughout the Ages
1. List, Description and Oral History of Mazars in Talas
The descriptions and oral histories of 156 mazars in Talas oblast of
Kyrgyzstan are presented in this chapter. Most of the mazars have oral
histories based on local people's narration. This chapter is valuable
in respect that there has been no data published before about most of
the mazars in Kyrgyzstan.
2. The Main Regulations for Visiting a Mazar and Why People Go
This chapter focuses primarily on the reasons people visit mazars. In
addition, participant practitioners at several Aigine workshops and
participatory conferences suggested guidelines about how one should
visit mazars.
3. Messages from the Mazar Guardians and Shai'yks
Mazars have existed through the support of the people who looked after
and cared for them. These people are the guardians and shai'yks of
mazars. This chapter is devoted to them. In addition, this chapter
considers the draft law on "Conditions and rules for visiting mazars
located in Talas region, and their protection and preservation".
4. Mazars and People
This chapter addresses issues about the sanctity of mazars and
interrelations between people and mazars. People who have had life
experiences related to mazars share their stories. These people
include the aforementioned Manas tellers, dervishes, traditional
healers and other shrine visitors.
5. Rituals Practiced in Mazars
This chapter considers the rituals that are practiced at mazars. The
chapter also contains thoughts and excerpts of discussions from the
international workshop "Major Contemporary Ways of Understanding
Rituals" conducted by Aigine in Talas, 2006.
6. Mazar Worship in Soviet Time s
It is worth noting that mazar worship continues to exist today despite
the negative effects of 70 years of Soviet atheist ideology. Only
strong beliefs in mazars could push the practitioners to continue in
these beliefs and activities. Here mazar worshippers tell about the
experience of visiting mazars during Soviet atheist era.
Section Two: Sacred Sites Through Researcher's Perspective
1. Duysh Ãnkul Adylov:
Healing at Mazars: Sources of Healing, Methods of Curative Impact,
Types of Healers and Criteria of Their Professional Qualifications
2. Gulnara Titpaeva and Elena Molchanova:
Kyrgyzchylyk: Searching between Spirituality and Science
Nazgul Asanakunova:
Kyrgyz Religious Beliefs: Popular Conceptions of Mazar Worship in Kyrgyzstan
Talantaaly Bakchiev, Aida Egemberdieva:
The Role of Initiation in the Kyrgyz World
Salamat Imanakunov, Nurbek Kuldanbaev, Larisa Rudakova, Oktyabrin
Sadyrov,Vladimir Shudro:
Ecological Conditions of Sacred Places in Talas Oblast
Zemfira Inogamova:
'Keeping the Sacred a Secret'. Voices of People who Worship at the
Nyldy Ata Complex of Sacred Sites in Talas District (Kyrgyzstan)
Nazira Jusupova:
The Name Connections between Mazars and Villages in Kara Buura District
Nathan Light:
Participation and Analysis in Studying Religion in Central Asia
Anvar Mokeev:
On the Role of Sufi Sheikh: Miracle-Working in the Process of
Islamization of Population of Kyrgyzstan
Mucaram Toktogulova:
Syncretism of Beliefs (Kyrgyzchylyk and Musulmanchylyk)
Aigine Research Center expresses deep gratitude to The Christensen
Fund, which has provided funding for the research and publication and
Dr. Rafique Keshavjee, the Program Officer for the Central Asia and
Turkey, who has been rendering valuable consultations and support of
Aigine Research Center development.
Aigine Research Center expresses deep gratitude to the editors of the
English version, particularly:
- Dr. Nathan Light, Post- Doctoral Fellow, Havighurst Center for
Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, Miami University, Ohio, USA
- Ph.D. candidate David Montgomery, Rockefeller Visiting Fellow in
the Program in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding at the Joan B.
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of
Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
- Dr. John Newman, Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana
University Southeast, USA
- Dr. Edwin Segal, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology,
University of Louisville, Kentucky , USA
- Dr. Russell Kleinbach, Professor of Sociology, Philadelphia
University, Pennsylvania , USA
- Lilly Salimjanova, Senior Student of Sociology, American
University-Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan; Intern with Women and Public
Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- PhD Candidate, Till Mostowlansky, University of Bonn, Germany
- PhD Candidate, Judith Beyer, Max Plank Institution for Social
Anthropology, Halle, Germany
- Dr. Mary Campbell, Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada
- Dr. Brian Farley, Chair of Journalism and Mass Communications
Department, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and
Strategic Research
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 2 May 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornelleurasia.uu.se>
Posted: 9 May 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 2 May 2007, is online
Highlights: This Analyst issue features Johanna Popjanevski on the de
facto parliamentary elections in Abkhazia; Timur Dadabaev on Central
Asian regional integration; Cerwyn Moore on the evolution of the
Chechen resistance; and Erica Marat on Kazakhstan's growing profile in
Kyrgyzstan. In field reports, articles on reducing costs of tradition
in Tajikistan, mass mobilization in Bishkek, the Kazakh opposition,
and Japan's role in Central Asia.
The 2 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no. 9) is now
online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org.
The PDF version of the entire issue of the 2 May CACI Analyst is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070502Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Parliamentary Elections In Abkhazia: Opposition On The Rise?
Johanna Popjanevski
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4605
Central Asian Regional Integration: Between Reality And Myth
Timur Dadabaev
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4604
Inter-Generational Change And The Integration Of Regional Groups In
The Chechen Resistance
Cerwyn Moore
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4603
Nazarbayev Increases Kazakhstan's Engagement In Kyrgyzstan, Eclipsing Russia
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4602
Field Reports
Tajikistan's Innovative Poverty Reduction Strategy
Firuza Ganieva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4610
Organization And Mobilization In The Streets Of Bishkek
Michael Coffey
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4609
Kazakh Opposition Forces Press Government For Genuine Democracy
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4608
Forum Report: Does Japan Matter In Central Asia?
Michael Leung
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4607
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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
CFP- Slavic Review: Nature, Culture, and Power
Posted by: Slavic Review <slavic-reviewad.uiuc.edu>
Posted: 4 May 2007
CFP- Slavic Review: Nature, Culture, and Power
Call for Papers (Slavic Review):
Nature, Culture, and Power in Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia
For a special issue of Slavic Review on environmental studies
Guest Editor: Zsuzsa Gille (Sociology, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign)
The relationship between environmental studies and east European,
Russian, and Eurasian area studies over the last half century is best
characterized as one of mutual ignorance. Recently, however, there has
been a renewed interest in nature, the science of ecology, and
environmentalism among scholars of eastern Europe, Russia, and
Eurasia. The scholarship is now ripe for mapping out existing research
agendas and exploring new directions, for evaluating the relevance of
various social theories and methodologies, and for analyzing the
academic politics of doing research and publishing in this field.
Slavic Review is calling for papers that contribute to the advancement
of environmental studies concerning eastern Europe, Russia, and
Eurasia. Empirical and analytical pieces are both welcome. We
encourage contributions from all disciplines and especially
interdisciplinary approaches and papers that discuss issues of
methodology and theory. If you have questions, please contact the
editor of Slavic Review, Mark Steinberg at slavrevuiuc.edu or Zsuzsa
Gille at gilleuiuc.edu.
Please submit abstracts of one to two pages by June 1, 2007 to:
Slavic Review
University of Illinois
57 East Armory St.
Champaign, IL 61820
(or as an email attachment to slavrevuiuc.edu)
The editors will decide by June 30, 2007 which proposals to accept for
full submissions of papers. Manuscripts of not more than 8000 words
excluding endnotes will be due December 1, 2007. Submitted papers must
conform to Slavic Review standards (see
www.slavicreview.uiuc.edu/info/manuscripts.html) and will be
peer-reviewed. The special issue is planned for the Winter 2008 issue.
Slavic Review
Editor: Mark D. Steinberg (Professor of History)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
57 East Armory Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820-6601
phone: 217 333-3621, fax: 217 333-3872
email: slavrevuiuc.edu or steinbuiuc.edu
URL: http://www.slavicreview.uiuc.edu/
PUBL.- Handbook on Central Asian Theatre
Posted by: Michel Quéré <michel.quereietm.org>
Posted: 4 May 2007
PUBL.- Handbook on Central Asian Theatre
We are pleased to announce that the first Handbook on Central Asian
Theatre is now available on line.
http://www.on-the-move.org/documents/CentralAsia_07_final.pdf
This publication is a result of the ongoing "Central Asian Caravan
Theater" project, implemented by IETM (www.ietm.org) and Central Asian
Initiatives (www.central-asian-initiatives.org) and mainly supported
by Open Society Institute and HIVOS.
This project aims to create a Central Asian Performing Arts network
and strengthen connections between Central Asian performing arts
operators within the region and with the "West".
The Handbook on Central Asian Theatre is intended as a practical guide
for international cooperation between performing art professionals,
from Central Asia, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world.
It provides culture specialists and field operators with an
interesting (net)working tool.
It is a 94 page publication consisting of:
- A database of performing arts companies in Central Asia and Afghanistan
- A summary of the key points discussed and the overall conclusion of
the Theater meetings hold in Tajikistan 2005 and in Kyrgyzstan 2006.
- Some case studies and good practice examples of international
cooperation in artistic creation.
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Special Issue on Social Policy in Central Asia
Posted by: Armine Ishkanian <A.Ishkanianlse.ac.uk>
Posted: 2 May 2007
PUBL.- Central Asian Survey, Special Issue on Social Policy in Central Asia
Central Asian Survey, Volume 25, Issue 4, December 2006
Special Issue: Social Policy in Central Asia
Guest Editor: Armine Ishkanian, London School of Economics
Social policy and development in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Ishkanian, Armine
The contribution of the PRSP to social policy development in Central
Asia and the Caucasus
Reynolds, Michael
The social exclusion framework and poverty reduction strategy in Tajikistan
Babajanian, Babken V.
The unfinished journey from Semashko to Bismarck: health reform in
Central Asia from 1991 to 2006
Borowitz, Michael - Atun, Rifat
Formalizing informal payments: the progress of health reform in Kyrgyzstan
Baschieri, Angela - Falkingham, Jane
After the Cold War: international politics, domestic policy and the
nuclear legacy in Kazakhstan
Werner, Cynthia - Purvis-Roberts, Kathleen
Child mortality in Central Asia: social policy, agriculture and the environment
Franz, Jennifer - Fitzroy, Felix
Problems and trends in education in Central Asia since 1990: the case
of general secondary education in Kyrgyzstan
Deyoung, Alan J.
Human capital in Central Asia: trends and challenges in education
Shagdar, Bolormaa
Expanding state authority, cutting back local services:
decentralization and its contradictions in Uzbekistan
Noori, Neema
PUBL./CFP- Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, Inaugural Edition, 2007
Posted by: Ken Goff <kenpgoffyahoo.com>
Posted: 1 May 2007
PUBL./CFP- Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, Inaugural Edition, 2007
Call for Papers
Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences
Inaugural Edition, 2007
Deadline for Manuscripts: 30 June 2007
The Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences is a new peer reviewed
interdisciplinary journal devoted to the pursuit of knowledge and
continuing inquiry into the ways in which human communities form and
work together. Papers deal with all aspects of social systems, from
interpersonal to international. The goal is to create a top quality
journal that reflects both a high degree of university scholarship and
a concern for the human person in community.
We accept articles based on congruence with the purpose of the
Journal, importance of the contribution to existing literature,
conceptual and written clarity, and sound methods.
Manuscripts submitted to the Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences may
not be published elsewhere except with written consent of the Journal.
We accept only original papers (not published or accepted for
publication elsewhere). If human subjects are used, include a
statement to indicate institutional Internal Review Board (IRB)
approval of the research.
Instructions for Authors
- Articles are 3,000 to 5,000 words, double-spaced with one-inch margins.
- Send an electronic copy (IBM format MS Word) via e-mail to the editor.
- You may send a disk in IBM format MS Word as a substitute for the e-mail.
- Include all citations in the text. List them alphabetically at the
end of the article in the References section.
- Use APA Publication Manual guidelines. (For assistance, see
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- Include contact information for each author (affiliation, address,
telephone, and e-mail address) and a short biographical sketch.
- Include a brief abstract, no longer than 60 words.
- Use English or Georgian with an abstract in each language and in Russian.
- Use 12-point Times New Roman for English versions; 12-point
AcadNusx for Georgian; and 12-point rus_courier for Russian.
- We welcome camera-ready graphics and photographs, PowerPoint files,
and .jpg files.
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PUBL.- Women of Central Asia: Gender and Change in Sovietized Muslim Societies
Posted by: Habiba Fathi <habiba.fnetcourrier.com>
Posted: 29 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Women of Central Asia: Gender and Change in Sovietized Muslim Societies
Dear Colleagues:
I have the pleasure to announce the publication of:
Femmes d'Asie centrale. Genre et Mutations dans les sociétés
musulmanes soviétisées,[Women of Central Asia. Gender and Changes in
Sovietized Muslim Societies], edited by Habiba Fathi, Paris, Aux lieux
d'être/IFEAC, 2007, 444 p. (In French).
I. Summary:
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan...
These former federal republics of Central Asia, previously under
Soviet control, are now newly independent countries confronting the
problem of how to manage their multiple heritages. How did the Soviet
authoritarian policy of modernizing women's status, enforced
throughout Central Asia starting in the early 1920s, and then the
construction of modern nation-states affect gender roles? Were they
reproduced or redefined? For the first time, a French-language work
answers these questions, relating them to gender and change. This
collective book aims to shed new light on the modifications to the
various statuses of Muslim women in Central Asia from Russian
colonization to the present.
At a time when public debate is focusing on the place given to women
in Islam, this work's ambition is to recount the experiences of women
in the Sovietized Muslim societies of Central Asia, a region once
again in the grips of profound upheaval.
II. Contents:
Femmes d'Asie centrale. Genre et mutations dans les sociétés
musulmanes soviétisées, sous la direction de Habiba Fathi, Paris, Aux
lieux d'être/IFEAC, 2007, 444 p.
Introduction
- Habiba Fathi : Après l'URSS, qu'en est-il de la place des femmes en
Asie centrale ?
Première partie : La condition féminine au Turkestan à la veille de la
Révolution d'Octobre
- Tcholpon Tourdalieva : L'image de la femme kirghize à travers les
récits de voyages (fin du XIXe siècle-début du XXe)
- Sanobar Chadmanova : Femme et islam au Turkestan à travers la
presse coloniale russe (fin du XIXe siècle-début du XXe)
Deuxième partie : La soviétisation de l'Asie centrale : Entre
résistances et répressions féminines
- Qahramon Radjabov : Le rôle des femmes chefs de troupes dans la
lutte contre l'installation du pouvoir soviétique en Asie centrale
- Cherali Tourdiev : Femme et répression dans l'Ouzbékistan soviétique
Troisième partie : L'émergence de la question féminine dans l'Asie
centrale : d'une émancipation autoritaire à de nouvelles réalités nationales
- Diloram A. Alimova : L'évolution du statut de la femme dans l'Asie
centrale : des djadids aux indépendances
- Marfoua Tokhtakhojaeva : Le modèle soviétique d'émancipation
féminine et ses conséquences sur le statut des femmes dans é'Asie
centrale postsoviétique
Quatrième partie : Identité féminine et construction nationale
- Alexandr Djoumaev : Genre, culture et identité en Ouzbékistan
- Anara Tabychalieva, Dina Choukourova : Femmes du Kirghizistan indépendant
- Habiba Fathi : Musulmanes d'Asie centrale : un exemple de
recomposition de la religion en islam
Cinquième partie : Famille et changement social en Asie centrale :
ambivalence des modèles anciens et nouveaux
- Svetlana Chakirova : Quelle identité pour les femmes kazakhes ?
- Bermet G. Touguelbaeva : La violence au sein du couple au Kirghizistan
Sixième partie : Genre et développement en Asie centrale
- Alla A. Kouvatova : Les conséquences de la guerre civile sur le
travail et l'emploi des femmes rurales du Tadjikistan
- Klara Babaeva : Être femme au pays de Turkmenbachi
- Bermet G. Touguelbaeva, Saulé D. Hamzaeva : L'émergence des ONG
féminines en Asie centrale
Conclusion
- Outchkoun Nazarov : Elle
III. The book is available at:
Aux lieux d'être
Éditions de sciences humaines et sociales contemporaines
32 bvd Paul Vaillant Couturier - 93100 Montreuil- France
Tel. : 01.48.57.68.16 - Fax. : 01.43.63.70.13
http://www.auxlieuxdetre.com
CFP- Community Colleges in Central Eurasia
Posted by: Rosalind Latiner Raby <rabyrlaol.com>
Posted: 24 Apr 2007
CFP- Community Colleges in Central Eurasia
Call For Chapter Proposals
This is a call for chapters for a new publication to be published by
Springer Publishers under the CERC Studies in Comparative Education series.
Community College Models: Globalization and Higher Education Reform
Edited by
Rosalind Latiner Raby (California Colleges for International Education).
Edward Valeau (President, Hartnell College)
The anticipated publication date will be March 2008
The community college prototype (that combines elements of liberal, technical,
vocational and occupational education) exists in various forms
throughout the world. In many countries, the adoption of community
college characteristics, most particularly that of open access, has
initiated widespread higher educational reform. Community college
models tend to educate non-traditional post-secondary students and
demonstrate in a practical way the means by which new generations can
receive skills that will ensure employment, prosperity, and
facilitation of democracy. As such, these institutions tend to serve
as a symbol of equity as they provide access to higher education for
the masses in places where access has previously been denied. In our
era of expanded educational reform for higher education, the role of
the community college model cannot be ignored.
The proposed book, Community College Models: Globalization and Higher
Education Reform, will explore the philosophical, logistical, and
thematic attributes of community college models through case-studies
and will provide a comparative analysis to understand how
post-secondary educational reform efforts are currently being in
enacted in countries worldwide. The book is intended to appeal to the
professionals in the field, graduate students of higher education,
comparative researchers and will add to discussions on community
college education currently taking place among policy makers
We are soliciting chapter proposals from scholars in the field of
comparative and international education, higher education, and
community college research who can contribute to a critical
understanding of the field, policy making or policy implementation,
and/or provide original research on the impact that community college
models have made to education in general . The intent is to have a
combination of state-of-the-field reviews, new empirical scholarship,
and critical discussions of major topics around the volume's theme.
All proposals/manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.
We are especially in interested in receiving proposal regarding
community college models in Central Eurasia.
Please contact us with chapter proposals by May 25, 2007. Proposals
should be a maximum of 250 words and include:
a) title of proposed chapter
b) description of chapter emphasis
c) personal expertise in the field
d) contact information
Please send chapter proposals to
Rosalind Raby Edward Valeau
rabyrlaol.com evaleauhartnell.edu
(818) 882-9931
Because Learning Never Stops
Rosalind Latiner Raby, Ph.D.
Director, California Colleges for International Education
(818) 882-9931 FAX (818) 882-9837
www.ccieworld.org
rabyrlaol.com
PUBL.- Muhib: Kullijot
Posted by: Thomas Loy <t.loyweb.de>
Posted: 24 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Muhib: Kullijot
Muhib: Kullijot (Collected works in 7 Vols.) Jerusalem 2006 (Vol.
I-IV) 2007 (Vol. V-VII).
containing all the works of the famous Bukharan Jewish author in
Tajik/Judeo-Tajik (Cyrillic and Latin script) and a few in Russian.
Note: The collected works will be available probably in early June.
for more information please contact
Thomas Loy <t.loyweb.de>
or visit
http://tibetbook.net/bacaev.htm
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraevipp.kg>
Posted: 24 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (April 11 - April 23, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
- Evaluation of Political Situation after April 19
Round table summary
- "Where We Are?"
Muratbek Imanaliev
- Assessment of Political Situation in Kyrgyzstan (12 April)
Round table summary
- "Opposition demonstrations in Bishkek, 11 April 2007"
Batyr Isakov
All are available at http://www.ipp.kg
Russian version is available at http://www.ipp.kg/ru
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.
PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 2 (44)
Posted by: Murad Esenov <murad.esenovworldmail.se>
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 2 (44)
Please find the contents of no. 2(44), 2007 of the 'Central Asia and
the Caucasus' journal (in English and Russian) below. The issue will
be published in late April.
Central Asia And The Caucasus
Journal of Social and Political Studies
No. 2 (44), 2007
In This Issue:
Power And Society
Farkhad Tolipov. Central Asia: Universal Democracy, National
Democracy, or Enlightened Authoritarianism?
Konstantin Truevtsev. Central Asia: Political Legitimation Models
Valerian Dolidze. The Regime and the "Revolution" in Post-Soviet Georgia
Regional Politics
Shukhratzhon Igitaliev, Albina Karimova. Central Asian and Caucasian
Strategy: Several Models of Interrelations among the U.S., China, and Russia
Marat Nurgaliev. Kazakh-U.S. Military-Political Cooperation in the
Context of U.S. Geopolitical Interests in Central Asia
Rashid Abdullo. Tajikistan and Regional Integration in Central Asia
Fifteen Years Of Independence: The Central Asian And Caucasian Countries Sum
Up The Political And Economic Results Of This Period
Aynura Elebaeva, Margarita Pukhova. Political Transformations in
Kyrgyzstan (1991-2006)
Edik Minasian. Armenia: On the Thorny Path to Independence
Demur Chomakhidze. Georgia's Fuel and Energy Complex after Independence
Lyudmila Baum. Dynamics of Economic Reform in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Selin Zaurbekov. Tajikistan: Economic Development Trends Since Independence
Regional Economies
Artem Dankov. Ferghana Valley: Problems of Maintaining Economic Stability
Haroutiun Khachatrian. Armenia: Economic Challenges during the Change
of Guard
Arsen Tleppaev. Can the Kazakhstan Economy Become Raw-Material Independent
Religion In Society
Vladimir Bobrovnikov. The "Islamic Revival" in Daghestan Twenty Years Later
For Your Information
The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss:
Central Asia and the Caucasus
- China's Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects
- U.S.'s Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects
- Russia's Policy in Central Eurasia: Specifics and Prospects
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-table-eng.shtml
PUBL./CFP- Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
Posted by: Whitney May <Senlse.ac.uk>
Posted: 17 Apr 2007
PUBL./CFP- Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
Studies In Ethnicity And Nationalism
Call For Papers
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a bi-annual, fully-refereed
journal published in the Department of Government at the London School
of Economics, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary
articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related
themes. Examples of these themes include: Nationalism in the Post Cold
War World; Myths, Memories and the Representations of the Past; Ethnic
Relations and Conflicts; Nationalism and Regional Conflicts;
Separatism and Irredentism; Imperialism and Nationalism; Issues of
Minority Rights in Multinational States.
The editors are particularly interested in papers on Asia (East,
Southeast, South and Central Asia broadly defined) for this call,
especially those relating to the following themes:
Ethnic Conflict and Identity Politics
Manifestations of Nationalism
The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as
contributions from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the
early stages of their careers. SEN especially encourages submissions
from advanced PhD candidates and Post Doctoral Fellows. For
submissions to be considered for publication in 2007, please ensure
your paper reaches us by 31 May, 2007 via email (SENlse.ac.uk). The
word limit is 6000 words, including bibliography and references. The
SEN style guide can be found at
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/SEN%20Guidelines.pdf
Submissions that do not conform to the style guide will not be accepted.
For more information, please visit the SEN website:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/
PUBL.- Religion et politique dans le Caucase post-soviétique
Posted by: Hratch Tchilingirian <h.tchilingirianbtinternet.com>
Posted: 16 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Religion et politique dans le Caucase post-soviétique
Religion Et Politique Dans Le Caucase Post-Soviétique
Sous la direction de Bayram Balci& Raoul Motika
Maisonneuve & Larose, February 2007
ISBN : 978-2-7068-1967-4
368 pages
Table of Contents
1 Conflits et territoires dans le Caucase post-soviétique
Jean Radvanyi
2 Moscou face au Caucase : fin de partie ou début d'une "reconquista"
impériale ?
Charles Urjewicz
3 Le Caucase dans la stratégie eurasiatique de l'Iran
Mohammed Reza Djalili
4 Turkish Policy towards the Caucasus
Mustafa Aydin
5 Entre Islam et laïcité : la politique religieuse de la Turquie dans
les républiques turcophones d'Asie centrale et du Caucase
Bayram Balci
6 'Adat against Sharia: Russian Approache towards Daghestani
"Customary Law" in the 19th Century
Michael Kemper
7 L'élan brisé : les intellectuels azéris et l'enseignement islamique
avant la soviétisation
Altay Gíyüshov
8 Islam et politique en Azerbaïdjan
Bayram Balci
9 Nationalisme(s), Islam(s) et politique au Daghestan
Moshe Gammer
10 The Islamic Revival in a Daghestani Kolhkoz : between local
Traditions and external Influences
Vladimir Bobrovnikov
11 L'Islam dans le Caucase du Nord-Ouest
Irina Babich
12 L'Islam en Tchétchénie : sur fond d'aggravation de la situation
politique, analyse et témoignage (1990-2005)
Maïrbek Vatchagaev
13 Le renouveau islamique en Géorgie post-soviétique
Bayram Balci & Raul Motika
14 L'Église orthodoxe géorgienne : un référent identitaire ambigu
Silvia Serrano
15 In Search of Relevance : Church and Religion in Armenia since Independence
Hratch Tchilingirian
16 Les Juifs des montagnes : un groupe ethnique et confessionnel stable
Vladimir A. Dmitriev
17 Les Yézidis du Sud Caucase une communauté religieuse face ses incertitudes
Lucine Japharova
18 Les Molokanes d'Azerbaïdjan : rencontre et observation d'une
sous-minorité russe
Adeline Braux
19 Les Baha'i du Caucase : b.a.-ba d'une communauté méconnue
Azer Jafarov & Bayram Balci
To order, contact:
Maisonneuve & Larose / Servedit
15 rue Victor Cousin, 75 005 Paris
servedit1wanadoo.fr
Tél. 01 44 41 49 30/ Fax. 01 43 25 77 41
Au carrefour des mondes turc, iranien et russe qui l'ont façonné
travers les siècles, le Caucase resurgit sur la scène internationale
et focalise les attentions bien des égards depuis que la dernière
puissance impériale qui l'a dominé, l'Union soviétique, s'est effacée.
L'objectif du présent ouvrage collectif est d'explorer les facteurs
d'analyse des renouveaux religieux, chrétien et musulman mais aussi
juif, yezidi, molokane ou bahai dans l'ensemble de la Transcaucasie et
du Nord Caucase.
Ces renouveaux religieux sont analysés dans leurs principales
composantes et leurs sources locales la lumière des influences
extérieures et nombreuses interactions multiformes qui lient les deux
phénomènes. Il s'agit aussi d'observer comment le politique, héritier
souvent laïque d'un ancien régime athéiste, se positionne en matière
religieuse pour comprendre les nouvelles politiques identitaires
nationales.
PUBL./CFP- Asian Affairs: An American Review
Posted by: Jen Maceyko <jmaceykoheldref.org>
Posted: 13 Apr 2007
PUBL./CFP- Asian Affairs: An American Review
Asian Affairs: An American Review
Call for Papers
Asian Affairs: An American Review, a quarterly journal focusing on
U.S. policy in Asia and the contemporary politics, economics,
security, and international relations of the region, invites
submissions of original research papers of between 5,000 to 7,000 words.
Asian Affairs seeks to present in-depth, well-argued theses relevant
for policymakers in both the United States and the greater Asian
region. Articles should contribute to an ongoing debate or bring to
light new questions and responses to contemporary issues pertaining to
the East, Southeast, South, and Central Asian regions. All
perspectives are of interest. Submissions will be double-blind peer
reviewed. The journal has no op-ed section and does not publish opinion essays.
Please submit all papers by email to aaheldref.org, including a cover
letter stating that the manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere.
Documentation should adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th
edition. Asian Affairs uses endnotes, not footnotes. The editors
reserve the right to make editorial changes necessary for space
requirements and journal standards.
Contributors of published papers will receive two complimentary copies
of the issue containing their articles. Authors will be able to obtain
online access of their article by logging on to
http://heldref.metapress.com and creating a user name and password.
Authors will then receive a MetaPress ID. After doing this, authors
should send their user name and MetaPress ID via e-mail to the
marketing and communications associate, Christine Polcino, at
cpolcinoheldref.org; she will then arrange access to the article for
the author.
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 4 April 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornelleurasia.uu.se>
Posted: 12 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 4 April 2007, is online
Highlights: The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website!
The new redesigned website is being perfected at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. Until technical glitches are
eliminated,the old version of the website is still available.
This Analyst issue features Erica Marat on Chinese-Russian military
exercises in Central Asia; Kevin Leahy on Chechnya's President
Kadyrov; Stephen Blank on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline; and
Richard Weitz on WMD smuggling in the Caucasus. In Field reports,
articles on energy issues in Tajikistan and Georgia, a Chechen-Kazakh
brawl, and the new Kyrgyz Prime Minister.
Note: New Silk Road Papers Published:
"The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub In European Security"
By Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, and Per Haggstrom,
120pages.
Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf
"The State-Crime Nexus In Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized
Crime And Corruption In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan"
By Erica Marat, 138 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0610EMarat.pdf
The 4 April issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
7) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070404Analyst_0.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles
Russia And China Unite Forces In "Peace Mission - 2007"
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4586
Chechnya's New President: Rational Actor Or Ideological Zealot?
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4585
The Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline And Its Implications
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4584
Nuclear Smuggling Case Deepens Georgian-Russian Tensions
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4583
Field Reports
Can Somebody Turn The Lights On In Tajikistan?
Firuza Ganieva
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4590
Georgian Energy Conference Held
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4589
Ethnic Chechens Blame Kazakh Authorities And Police For Complacency
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4588
Opposition Leader Appointed Prime Minister In Kyrgyzstan
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4587
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraevipp.kg>
Posted: 9 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (March 20 - April 5, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
"Feliks Kulov's Conditions"
Batyr Isakov
"We need a temporary consensus-based governance agency"
Interview with Muratbek Imanaliev
"OSCE will always be ready to provide a neutral platform for dialogue"
Interview with the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek
"Current Political Situation and Possible Scenarios"
Round table summary
"Challenges of developing effective state policy on water resources management"
Round table summary
"Spring 2007: The Dynamics of Political Struggle and Possible
Scenarios of Political Developments in Kyrgyzstan"
Round table summary
"What Hampers Economic Growth in the Kyrgyz Republic?"
Rafkat Khasanov
"Geopolitical Aspects of the Problem of Regional Integration in Central Asia"
Farkhod Tolipov
Ambassador Grewlich on new EU strategy towards Central Asian states
Summary of the meeting with the German Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic
All are available at http://www.ipp.kg
Russian version is available at http://www.ipp.kg/ru
Note: Those who subscribed to the IPP update at www.ipp.kg before 23
February, please enter your email again. Due to technical problem,
those email addresses were lost.
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.
PUBL./CFP- International Journal of Russian Studies
Posted by: Ayse Dietrich <dietrichayseyahoo.com>
Posted: 9 Apr 2007
PUBL./CFP- International Journal of Russian Studies
The International Journal of Russian Studies will accept articles to
be considered for publication in its first edition up to 25 December
2007. Articles can be on any aspect of Russia - its history, culture
(language, literature, linguistics, art etc.), religion, politics, or
peoples - from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Articles
submitted should adhere to the guidelines found on our website at www.radtr.net
Prof.Dr. Ayse Dietrich (Editor)
Ankara University
Faculty of Letters
Department of Russian Language&Literature
06100 Sihhiye
Ankara/TURKEY
E-mail: editorradtr.net
PUBL.- The Voice of the Shaman (in French), Jean During and Sultonali Khudoberdiev
Posted by: Jean During <duringjyahoo.com>
Posted: 6 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Voice of the Shaman (in French), Jean During and Sultonali Khudoberdiev
La voix du chamane: Étude sur les baxshi Tadjiks et Ouzbeks
Jean During and Sultonali Khudoberdiev
Les études et les documents sur les pratiques des chamanes (baxshi)
d'Asie centrale, quoique peu abondants, permettent de se faire une
idée globale de leur tradition. Ils laissent cependant dans l'ombre de
nombreuses questions : le contenu de l'expérience chamanique, ce que
vivent les acteurs dans un rituel, comment l'on en arrive à s'en
remettre à ces thérapies, comment agit le traitement et quels en sont
les effets à long terme.
Cette étude répond en partie à ce questionnement, en approchant le
sujet de façon phénomologique, en éclairant le rituel des baxshi de
l'intérieur, en faisant parler les participants, en décryptant les
hymnes chamaniques avec toutes les ressources de la philologie et de
l'exégèse, en le mettant en perspective avec un ensemble de pratiques
de guérison qui ne convoquent pas nécessairement les esprits. Enfin,
en confrontant l'art des chamanes musulmans à l'exorcisme coranique,
elle fait apparaître l'antique conflit entre la parole du Dieu et la
voix des esprits.
Jean DURING est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages sur les cultures
musicales de l'Asie intérieure en particulier dans leur rapport avec
la société, la pensée et la mystique musulmane.
Sultonali KHUDOBERDIEV, est passé de la pratique de la musique
tadjik-ouzbek, à l'ethnomusicologie, et de là à l'ethnologie, mû par
son intérêt personnel pour l'univers des chamanes.
Price: 22 euro
PUBL.- Social Research Center, AUCA
Posted by: Social Research Center <srcmail.auca.kg>
Posted: 4 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Social Research Center, AUCA
Publications and summaries of recent events from Social Research
Center (SRC) at American University of Central Asia (AUCA)
http://www.src.auca.kg
Articles Of Src Visiting Research Fellows
Group Identities and Political Conflict in Kyrgyzstan: Findings From the Field
By Alexander Wolters
For Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia in general, scholars usually refer to
clans, regional identity groups or, recently, local groupings, as the
main participants in struggles over political resources. Alexander
Wolter's article discusses these theoretical approaches and questions
their potential to explain current developments in Kyrgyzstan. This
report also presents empirical material that underlines his
hypotheses, which are: group identities have weakened in the course of
the last 15 years. Soviet mechanisms for reproducing group identity
ceased to exist and were not replaced by new ones (1). Less group
identities, but more (formal) institutional arrangements have an
impact on the development of conflicts (2). What we see today in
Kyrgyzstan is a process of the atomization of society, and this
probably holds true for some other Central Asian republics as well (3).
Full report in English can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/report_alexander_wolters_group
_identities_eng.pdf
Muslim Life in Central Asia 1943 - 1985
By Eren Tasar
The period from World War II to the rise of Gorbachev saw important
changes in the realms of Islamic practice, education, and social and
moral norms in the Soviet Central Asia. In particular, the
establishment of four geographic "spiritual administrations" to
oversee and manage Muslim religious life in the Soviet Union in 1943,
the foundation of a special state committee to oversee the affairs of
non-Orthodox faiths in 1944, and the opening of the country's only
legal madrasah in 1945 (in Bukhara, Uzbekistan) inaugurated a new
chapter in the history of Islam in the Soviet Union. Subsequent
decades saw the professionalization of a legally registered,
ecclesiastical Islamic hierarchy affiliated with the party-state, as
well as the growth of unregistered networks of Islamic teachers and
prayer leaders. On a broader societal level, the increased prosperity
of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years (1953-1982) witnessed important
social developments such as a sharp decrease in public observance of
Islamic rituals and strictures (the prohibition of pork and alcohol
consumption, for instance) and, in urban areas, a rise in interfaith marriage.
Full report in English can be found by the following link:
http://www.src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/report_eren_tasar_final_paper.pdf
Research Projects
MONOGRAPH: Review of the History of Rise and Development of the NGO
Sector in Kyrgyzstan
In spite of an over decade of rapid development of the NGO sector in
Kyrgyzstan, no consistent analysis or study of its development
environment, main stakeholders, or the factors affecting both external
and internal development environment ever took place. As of today,
there is little research available that gives comprehensive
description of the historic context for the development of the NGO
sector in the country. This study focuses on the history of NGO
development with an attempt to reveal better knowledge of the
fundamental aspects of the non-for-profit development in Kyrgyzstan.
Full report in English can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/monography1_eng.pdf
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/monography1_rus.pdf
Rountables, Presentations And Lectures
PRESENTATION OF SURVEY RESULTS: Kyrgyz Universities: Some Elements of
Corruption.
Consulting Company "DialectICON" of Bishkek presented the results of
survey "Kyrgyz Universities: Some Elements of Corruption". The survey
covered five large universities in Bishkek and aimed at determining
the level, scope and causes of bribery in these universities. Detailed
information on research methodology was provided, in addition.
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Survey%20Report%20final%2021%20Nov%2
02006.pdf
LECTURE: External and Internal Migration Processes in Kyrgyzstan: What
Are the Last Year Trends?
Bermet Moldobaeva, IOM/Kyrgyzstan Officer, in her lecture, focused on
how geopolitical location impacted internal migration processes in
Kyrgyzstan. She also described how unstable political situations in
neighboring countries, military campaigns in the south of the country,
ecological disasters and widespread unemployment inside the country
determines the priorities for the regulation of migration in
Kyrgyzstan. According to Ms. Moldobaeva, regulation of migration
processes is one of the most important challenges for the national
policy-making. She examined the prevailing trends observed in
migration in Kyrgyzstan over the last year.
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/public_ss_bermet_moldobaeva_rus.pdf
LECTURE: Constitutional Reform in Kyrgyzstan: What Its Rapidity Can
Cause For the Country?
In the light of new amendments made to the constitution, Gulnara
Iskakova, Constitutional Law Expert, delivered a lecture on the
background of recent processes in designing revisions to the national
constitution. It was broadly viewed that the constitutional changes
made are the new source of controversy and conflicts in maintaining
the power sharing in Kyrgyzstan. Therefore, Gulnara Iskakova
questioned the legitimacy of major constitutional amendments adopted
and commented on possible impacts of these revisions on "check and
balance" system in the country in the short and long run.
Full report in English can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Constitutional_reform_in_KR_eng.pdf
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/constitutional_reforms_rus.pdf
ROUNDTABLE: "Idea of Sovereign Democracy: To What Extent It Can Become
a Foundation for a State Ideology in Some Post-Soviet Countries?"
Roundtable aimed to discuss a recently published article by Vladislav
Surkov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation and
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.
The roundtable was focused on whether Surkov's ideas can become a
viable version of "national idea of the Russian Federation" and if
"sovereign democracy" can be a viable alternative to the Western-style
liberal democracy in some post-Soviet countries. The roundtable
participants also debated over the relevance of Surkov's ideas for
Central Asian countries.
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/Roundtable_6_03_07_Surkov.pdf
ROUNDTABLE: Islam and Politics
Local scholars in the field of Islam, representatives of religious
bodies and government institutions debated over the positions of
government agencies and some politicians towards Islam, the impact of
Islam on the formation of internal and external policies in Kyrgyzstan
as well as interrelationship of secular and religious education in the country.
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/roundtable_report_islam_politics.pdf
ROUNDTABLE: Symbols and Images of Kyrgyzstan
The roundtable entitled "Symbols and Images of Kyrgyzstan" pursued
the goal to examine the contemporary images of Kyrgyzstan by
identifying existing symbols (historical, literary, political, visual,
etc.), which are created and utilized by local elites and/or other
groups. The roundtable participants debated how these symbols are
perceived and interpreted by the general public. In particular, the
roundtable participants discussed the following issues: how the Kyrgyz
people comprehend and position themselves regionally and globally in
terms of social development; how other Central Asian countries and
other post-Soviet countries view Kyrgyzstan; whether the creation of
new symbols are necessary and why; and how we can build our future
path through the invented images.
Full report in English can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/symbols_and_images_eng.pdf
Full report in Russian can be found by the following link:
http://src.auca.kg/images/stories/files/roundtable_simbols_kyrgyzstan_rus.pdf
Upcoming Events
In this section we inform you about our upcoming events. Some events
do not have details, but, please be posted by visiting our website on
regular basis. If you would like to attend any of the events, please
feel free to contact our staff at srcmail.auca.kg or call by: 663309 ext 276
APRIL 13, LECTURE:
New Tax Code in Kyrgyz Republic, Ministry of Finance
APRIL 27, ROUNDTABLE:
Secular and Religious Education in Kyrgyzstan: Problems and Prospects
PUBL.- Empire, Islam, and Politics in Central Eurasia
Posted by: Uyama Tomohiko <uyamaslav.hokudai.ac.jp>
Posted: 4 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Empire, Islam, and Politics in Central Eurasia
The Slavic Research Center of Hokkaido University, Japan, announces
the publication of a new book:
Empire, Islam, and Politics in Central Eurasia (Slavic Eurasian
Studies, no.14) / edited by Uyama Tomohiko
Sapporo: Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 2007, ix + 376
p. Includes index.
Contents
Part One: The Russian Empire and Central Eurasia
1. Dar al-Islam under Russian Rule As Understood by Turkestani Muslim
Intellectuals (Komatsu Hisao)
2. A Particularist Empire: The Russian Policies of Christianization
and Military Conscription in Central Asia (Uyama Tomohiko)
3. Maktab or School? Introduction of Universal Primary Education among
the Volga-Ural Muslims (Naganawa Norihiro)
4. Central Asia in Early Photographs: Russian Colonial Attitudes and
Visual Culture (Margaret Dikovitskaya)
Part Two: The Revolution and Intellectuals
5. The Fascination of Revolution: Central Asian Intellectuals,
1917-1927 (Adeeb Khalid)
6. The Alash Movement and the Soviet Government: A Difference of
Positions (Mambet Koigeldiev)
Part Three: Mass Deportations under the Soviet Regime
7. Deportation of the Kalmyks (1943-1956): Stigmatized Ethnicity
(Elza-Bair Guchinova)
8. Nationalities Policy in the Brezhnev Era: The Case of Deported
Nations (Hanya Shiro)
Part Four: Local and Global Aspects of Islamic Revival
9. Fundamentalist Challenges to Local Islamic Traditions in Soviet and
Post-Soviet Central Asia (Ashirbek Muminov)
10. Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Caucasian Region: "Global" and
"Local" Islam in the Pankisi Gorge (George Sanikidze)
Part Five: Post-Soviet Political Developments
11. An Analysis of the Internal Structure of Kazakhstan's Political
Elite and an Assessment of Political Risk Levels (Dosym Satpaev)
12. Regime Formation and Development in Armenia (Alexander Markarov)
Part Six: State Borders and Minorities
13. Drug-Trafficking through the Russia-Kazakhstan Border: Challenge
and Responses (Sergey Golunov)
14. Transnationalism As a Threat to State Security? Case Studies on
Uighurs and Uzbeks in Kazakhstan (Oka Natsuko)
[Note: Japanese names are written with the family name first]
There are two ways to obtain this volume:
1. You can receive a free copy by filling in the following blank and
sending it to Professor Uyama <uyamaslav.hokudai.ac.jp>:
Request form for the book "Empire, Islam, and Politics in Central Eurasia"
Name:
Affiliation and Status:
Field of Specialization:
Post Address:
2. You can download the PDF files of all the chapters at
<http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/publish/no14_ses/contents.html>.
PUBL.- Central Asian Program Newsletter, Tsukuba Univ., Japan
Posted by: Timur Dadabaev <dadabaevchiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp>
Posted: 3 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Central Asian Program Newsletter, Tsukuba Univ., Japan
PUBL: The Graduate School of Area Studies, Tsukuba University, Japan:
Central Asian Program Newsletter
The Graduate School of Area Studies, the University of Tsukuba,
Tsukuba, Japan is pleased to announce the publication of the first
issue of the newsletter issued by its Central Asian Program. To view
or download the PDF versions in English and Japanese languages please
refer to the links below:
For English language version:
http://thais.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/Members/dadabaev/tcacnews200703english.pdf
For Japanese language version:
http://thais.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/Members/dadabaev/japanese.pdf
You can also access the Newletter through the following link:
http://thais.chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp/
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 21 March 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornelleurasia.uu.se>
Posted: 3 Apr 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 21 March 2007, is online
Highlights: The CACI Analyst is launching its new, redesigned website.
The new redesigned website is being perfected at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. While the site migrates to the new
system, some problems may occur. The old version of the website is
still available. We strongly recommend use of the PDF version for the
next two weeks.
This Analyst issue features Steven Blank on Kazakhstan's foreign
policy; Harutioun Khachatrian on Armenia's national security strategy,
Dmitry Shlapentokh on post-Soviet extremism; and Kevin Leahy on
conscription in Chechnya. In Field reports, articles on Novruz
celebrations, a fistfight in the Azerbaijani parliament, the lingering
memory of the Aksy killings in Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan-Georgia relations.
NOTE: JOB OPENING
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Seeks a Program Office Manager.
See advertisement for details.
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/employment/index.htm
NOTE: NEW ISSUE OF CHINA AND EURASIA FORUM QUARTERLY
The February 2007 issue, Guest Edited by Erica Marat with a focus on
military institutions, is now online. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007.pdf
The 21 March issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
6) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070321Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles
Kazakhstan Steps Out To The World
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4740
Armenia Adopts A National Security Strategy
Harutioun Khachatrian
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4741
Post-Soviet Radicals And Spread Of Terrorism
Dmitry Shlapentokh
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4742
The Threat Of Conscription: A New Sabre For Umarov To Rattle?
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4743
Field Reports
Celebrating Novruz In Central Asia
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4744
Fistfight In Azerbaijani Parliament Indicates Controversy Within Ruling Block
Azer Kerimov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4745
Aksy Events Still Torment Kyrgyz Government
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4746
Kazakhstan Extends Helping Hand To Georgia
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4747
NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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 China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly, February 2007
Posted by: Christopher Len <clensilkroadstudies.org>
Posted: 23 Mar 2007
PUBL.- The China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly, February 2007
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program is
pleased to announce the release of the first guest-edited issue of the
China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly. The February 2007 issue of the CEF
Quarterly is guest-edited by Dr. Erica Marat and is devoted to the
special topic of Military Institutions in Eurasia.
The issue is online at the following link:
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
The PDF-version of the entire issue is available at:
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007.pdf
Contributions to this issue include:
1. Kazakhstan's Partnership with NATO: Strengths, Limits and Prognosis, p.7
Roger N. McDermott
Roger N. McDermott is Senior Fellow in Eurasian Military Studies,
Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC & Honorary Senior Research Fellow,
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent
at Canterbury, UK.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/McDermott.pdf
2. The Modernization Drive of the PLA and the New Defense White Paper, p.21
Jagannath P. Panda
Jagannath P. Panda is a research faculty member at the Institute for
Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi, India.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Panda.pdf
3. China's Relations with Azerbaijan, p.29
Fariz Ismailzade
Fariz Ismailzade is Lecturer at Western University in Baku,
Azerbaijan. He is also a regular contributor on the South Caucasus for
the Eurasia
Daily Monitor and Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Ismailzade.pdf
4. Post-Soviet Military-Political Integration: The Collective Security
Treaty Organization and its Relations with the EU and NATO, p.35
Alexander I. Nikitin
Alexander I. Nikitin is Professor and Director of the Center for
Euro-Atlantic Security of the Moscow State Institute of International
Relations (MGIMO), Russia. He is also President of the Russian
Political Science Association, as well as a member of the Russian
Academy of Military Sciences.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Nikitin.pdf
5. Russia's Opposition to Georgia's Quest for NATO Membership, p.45
Kakha Jibladze
Kakha Jibladze is a freelance reporter and translator based in
Tbilisi, Georgia.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Jibladze.pdf
6. Civil-Military Relations and the 2007 Elections in Pakistan: Impact
on the Regional Security Environment, p.53
Talat Masood
Talat Masood served in the Pakistani Army for 39 years, retiring in
1990 as Secretary for Defense Production in the Ministry of Defense.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Masood.pdf
7. International Factors Stopping Security Sector Reform: The Uzbek Case, p.61
Peter K. Forster
Peter K. Forster teaches political science at Penn State University in
the U.S. and helps coordinate the University's homeland security initiatives.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Forster.pdf
8. Changes in Uzbekistan's Military Policy after the Andijan Events, p.67
Rustam Burnashev and Irina Chernykh
Rustam Burnashev is Professor at the Kazakh-German University in
Almaty, Kazakhstan. Irina Chernykh is Professor at Al-Farbi University
in Almaty.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Burnashev
_Chernykh.pdf
9. The Russian Defense Reform, p.75
Irina Isakova
Irina Isakova is Associate Fellow at RUSI, London, UK. She works as a
freelance analyst and is author of Russian DefenseReform: Current
Trends (Strategic Studies Institute: US Army War College, November 2006)
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Isakova.pdf
10. Soviet Military Legacy and Regional Security Cooperation in
Central Asia, p.83
Erica Marat
Erica Marat is Research Fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
& Silk Road Studies Program at the School of Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University and the Department of Eurasian
Studies, Uppsala University.
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Marat.pdf
11. Nationalists, Muslim Warlords, and the "Great Northwestern
Development" in Pre-Communist China, p.115
Hsiao-ting Lin
Hsiao-ting Lin is W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National
Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, C, U.S..
www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/February_2007/Lin.pdf
The next issue will be out in May 2007 (deadline April 1). Authors are
encouraged to submit interesting and thought-provoking articles for
review to the Editor Dr Niklas Swanstrom: nswanstromsilkroadstudies.org.
PUBL./CFP - Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasian Studie
Posted by: Karuna Jha <karunaincentgoa.com>
Posted: 21 Mar 2007
PUBL./CFP - Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasian Studies
Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasian Studies (JCACS) is a
refereed journal and published twice (Spring and Autumn) a year by
USAK (International Strategic Research Organization), Ankara. JCACS
publishes scholarly articles in Turkish and English from all over the
world. The Editorial Office of the JCACS is in the International
Strategic Research Organisation (ISRO) central building in Ankara,
Turkey. However the journal is an independent publication in terms of
scientific research and the editors decide its publication policy.
More on www.centralasia-southcaucasus.com
PUBL.- Turkestan Struggle Abroad
Posted by: Mehmet Tutuncu <m.tutuncuquicknet.nl>
Posted: 21 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Turkestan Struggle Abroad
New Publication:
Turkestan Struggle Abroad
(From Jadidism to Independence)
A. Ahat ANDICAN
Haarlem, SOTA, p 776, Hardcover
ISBN: 90-807403-6-5
The Book is in English
For a picture of the cover and more information how to order please
visit next home page of the book:
http://www.turkistan.org/jadidism.htm
Introduction
Wars and revolutions have characterized the 20th century. In the
course of the past two world wars, and the ideological Cold War that
followed the Second World War, millions perished and millions were
displaced. The Soviet Union, in particular, was the vista of the
gravest tragedy in history.
The Tsarist regime had turned Turkestan to a Russian colony. The
Soviet regime went further and removed the concept of Turkestan by
delimitating the territory of Turkestan and inventing nations out of
the Turkic tribes. The communist regime wanted to make "the present" a
slave for a "utopian future". In the process, those who submissively
obeyed the communist regime survived while those who opposed it perished.
The Jadids and Basmachis of Turkestan resisted to this process.
However they had little chance of success against communism, the most
tyrannical ideology the world had ever experienced. They were
defeated, and dispersed outside their homeland. Ever since they had
only one motive left: to sustain abroad their struggle for independent
Turkestan.
But they did not know sufferings they would endure while pursuing this
sacred objective. They learned it the hard way through very bitter
experiences, including being used as "pawns" on the international
chessboard of the major powers.
They died on the banks of Amu Darya and at the skirts of the Pamir
highlands in the period of Sovietization, and along the German and
Russian front lines in the Second World War. They endured political
pressure and were made "scapegoat" for expedience in the countries
they had sought asylum; at times were imprisoned or expelled.
Notwithstanding all the difficulties, their determination did not
waver. They sustained the struggle almost 70 years, over a wide
geography including Afghanistan, Iran, India, Arabic countries,
Turkey, Europe, and the USA.
Most of them were not fortunate enough to witness collapse of the
Soviet Union and birth of the New Turkic Republics in Turkestan.
Before the close of the twentieth century their dream realized, their
homeland once again shoved up on the stage of history.
The present book is a narration of the story of the émigré groups
(politicians, intellectuals, Basmachis and ordinary people) from West
Turkestan who were dispersed in foreign lands and put up
uncompromising struggle against the Soviet Union in pursuit of their
ideal of an independent Turkestan for over 70 years. More precisely,
it is a narration of the struggle abroad for the liberation of Turkestan.
In the first part of the book, author discusses the roots of Turkestan
National Movement such as Jadidism, political movements in Russia,
February and October Revolutions, the khanates of Turkestan,
autonomous governments in the Turkic areas of Soviet Union, the
influences coming from Ottoman Empire, the activities of Enver Pasha
and other former Ottoman officers in Turkestan, the emergence of
Turkestan Revolutionary Society, Basmachi movement, and the waves of
emigrations from Turkestan.
The second part covers the events regarding Turkestanis taken place in
Afghanistan in 1920s, the activities of Turkestani political
immigrants in Europe, and the story of Turkestani students sent abroad
by People's Republic of Bukhara and Turkestan Socialist Republics. A
special section is devoted to Promethe Movement which was formed by
Polish Leaders (Josef Pilsudski) with the participation of non-Russian
political immigrants from Soviet Union. In the section on the
political center Turkey, Dr. Andican explains how Turkey was used as a
shelter by Outside Turks, what kind of activities were performed by
Turkestan National Movement and the fluctuating nature of the
relations between Turkey and Outside Turkic groups in 1920s and 1930s.
The secret activities of Turkestan National Movement in eastern
countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, India and Arab countries, and the
developments related emigrant political groups in Europe prior to the
Second World War are the subject of the other two sections.
Third part of the book has three sections which are fully devoted to
the events taken place during the Second World War. In the first
section with the title of "Pawns in the War of the Giants", the author
narrates the story of Turkestani POWs in Germany; the formation and
activities of Turkestan National Unity Committee and Turkestan Legion;
and German policy on national legions. Turkey's attitude towards
Turkic POWs and German occupied territories and the policies put into
practice by Turkish government against Turkist groups during Second
World War is the subject of the second section. The last section of
this part is about the developments related Turkestani groups and the
activities of German intelligence in Afghanistan in the war period.
In the part of "Cold War years" Dr. Andican discusses the
international situation which leads to the Cold War, US project about
the formation of an anti-Bolshevik front using political emigrant
groups from Soviet Union, and disagreements among these emigrant
groups. In the rest of this part, the author narrates activities of
Turkestan National Unity Committee in Germany, Turkey and other
eastern countries, and Soviet policies against Turkestani emigrants.
The last part of the book covers the developments before the collapse
of the Soviet Union, the emergence of Central Asian Republics,
formations and activities of Turkestan associations in Turkey, Germany
and US; and also the role of Turkestani groups in the war of Afghanistan.
The book ends with a question regarding the destiny of the republics
of Central Asia. Dr. Andican's question is, would these republics
brace the pressure of neighboring big powers (i.e., Russian federation
and China) single handedly and remain a backyard of the said powers,
or would they be able to pool their political and economic resources
and form a commonwealth of republics of Turkestan. According to Mr.
Andican, the response to this question will determine whether or not
the struggle abroad for Turkestan would be sustained.
The present book depicts the long and arduous struggle that so little
has been written about, in all its dimensions. Dr. Andican's work,
compiled with an approach of an impartial specialist and based
original documents and firsthand sources, presents to the judgment of
history the process of struggle for Turkestan abroad, which had been
shrouded in secrecy till now. While the book is full of details that
would interest a wide range of readers for many different reasons,
academic historians would perhaps find secretly sustained activities
of Turkestani groups in the different countries throughout 20th
century and original documents and information about these events most
interesting.
Price: euro; 65 + postage
Publisher: SOTA,
2003 LP Haarlem, Netherlands
Postbus 9642
Tel / fax: + 31 23 529 28 83
E-mail: sotawanadoo.nl
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <s.juraevipp.kg>
Posted: 19 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (February 20 - March 19, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
"We overworked the Constitution so that none of the Constitutions in
Kyrgyzstan get public legitimization."
Interview with Muratbek Imanaliev
"Kyrgyzstan in Search of a Recipe for Competitiveness"
Anar Musabaeva
"Kyrgyzstan: Democratic Success or Threat to Stability?"
Valentin Bogatyrev
"Central Asia in 2007: Dynamics of Change and Development"
Conference summary
"Authorities-Opposition" Tandem in 2007"
Bakyt Beshimov
"State Construction and Romanticism of Nationalism"
Muratbek Imanaliev
"Constitutional Reform and Powers of the Highest Government Bodies in
Kyrgyzstan: A New Balance?"
Gulnara Iskakova
"Kyrgyz Foreign Policy Priorities in 2007"
Round table summary
IPP news:
On 23 March 2007, at 11:00-12:30 Dr. Klaus Grewlich, German Ambassador
to the Kyrgyz Republic, will speak on the EU strategy for Central Asia
at the Institute for Public Policy. Chair: Muratbek Imanaliev,
President of the Institute for Public Policy.
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PUBL.- India and Central Asia
Posted by: Scott Levi <scott.levilouisville.edu>
Posted: 15 Mar 2007
PUBL.- India and Central Asia
New Publication
Scott C. Levi, ed., India and Central Asia: Commerce and Culture,
1500-1800 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007). ISBN:
0195686470. (The volume is currently available from OUP India, and it
will soon be available from OUP in Europe and North America as well.)
Most scholarly works and textbooks characterize the medieval
Indo-Central Asian relationship as more or less unidirectional and
violent, defined by successive waves of aggressive Turko-Afghan
Islamic invasions of a passive Hindu India. They also tend to overlook
the peaceful exchange of people, ideas, and material goods. Departing
from the traditional scholarship, this reader, the eighth in the
Debates in Indian History and Society series, provides new insights
into India's relations with Central Asia between the sixteenth and
nineteenth centuries.
Did India's relationship with Central Asia grow during the period
under consideration or falter? Were cultural or commercial connections
more significant? India and Central Asia raises some important
questions. In an incisive introduction, Scott Levi examines the key
contours of various debates and the changing historiographical
perspectives. He also investigates areas where new issues have
emerged, and others that await further investigation.
The book is divided into two parts. The first section on commercial
relations deals with Mughal-Uzbek relations, trade patterns,
commercial structures, merchant networks, and the Indian diaspora. It
conclusively questions the notion that Indo-Central Asian trade in
this period suffered a general decline. Highlighting active
socio-religious connections, the second part discusses the Central
Asian heritage of the Mughal rulers, Fargana's contacts with India,
and the impact of Central Asian Sufism on Islam in India. It also
explores Perso-Islamic cultural exchanges and cross-fertilization in
the field of literature, painting, religion, and astronomy.
Including contributions from Muzaffar Alam, Stephen Dale, Claude
Markovits, Jo-Ann Gross, Richard Foltz, and Jos Gommans among other,
this reader presents the most ambitious and influential studies on an
emerging subject. It will be a significant reader for students,
scholars, and teachers of Medieval Indian history, particularly for
courses that engage Central Asia, the Mughals and Sufism.
Scott C. Levi is Assistant Professor of Central Asian and Islamic
World History, University of Louisville, USA.
Contents
Introduction - Scott Levi
I. Commercial Connections
1. Mughal India and Central Asia in the Eighteenth Century: an
Introduction to a Wider Perspective - Jos Gommans
2. Trade, State Policy and Regional Change: Aspects of Mughal-Uzbek
Commercial Relations, c.1550-1750 - Muzaffar Alam
3. India, Russia and the Eighteenth-Century Transformation of the
Central Asian Caravan Trade - Scott Levi
4. Indian Merchant Communities in Central Asia - Claude Markovits
II. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS
5. Cultural Contacts Between Central Asia and Mughal India - Richard Foltz
6. The Legacy of the Timurids - Stephen Dale
7. The Ahrari Waqf in Kabul in the Year 1546 and the Mughul
Naqshbandiyyah - Stephen Dale and Alam Payind
8. The Naqshband_ya Connection: from Central Asia to India and Back
(16th-19th Centuries) - Jo-Ann Gross
9. Farghana's Contacts with India in the 18th and 19th Centuries
(According to the Khokhand Chronicles) - T. K. Beisembiev
Contributors
Muzaffar Alam is Professor, South Asian Languages and Civilizations at
the University of Chicago.
Timur K. Beisembiev is Senior Research Associate, Institute of
Oriental Studies, Almaty.
Stephen F. Dale is Professor of History at Ohio State University.
Richard Foltz is Associate Professor of Religion at Concordia
University, Montreal.
Jos Gommans is Senior Lecturer, History of South Asia at Leiden University.
Jo-Ann Gross is Professor of History at The College of New Jersey.
Scott C. Levi is Assistant Professor of History at University of
Louisville, Kentucky.
Claude Markovits is Director of Research at Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
Alam Payind is Director, Middle East Studies Center at Ohio State University.
PUBL.- India-Kazakhstan Perspectives: Regional and International Interactions
Posted by: Dr Ramakant Dwivedi <ramakantdwivedigmail.com>
Posted: 13 Mar 2007
PUBL.- India-Kazakhstan Perspectives: Regional and International Interactions
PUBLICATION - India - Kazakhstan Perspectives: Regional and
International Interactions
India - Kazakhstan Perspectives: Regional and International Interactions
Editors:
K Santhanam
President
India - Central Asia Foundation
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 67, India
Kuralay Baizakova
Dean, Faculty of International Relations
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Ramakant Dwivedi
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Block No. 3, Old JNU Campus
New Delhi - 110 067, India
ISBN 13 978-81-88342-16-7 /© 2007 / Hb. / 5.5" x 8.5" / 500 gm/ xxii +
270 pp. / Rs. 675.00
This book is joint research product of scholars from India and
Kazakhstan and focuses on current trends in relations between the two
countries. It contains a detailed examination of the cultural,
historical, political, diplomatic and economic aspects of India -
Kazakhstan cooperation at the bilateral, regional and international
levels. Both countries are poised to play significant roles in
international affairs and the book advances knowledge in understanding
how and why these developments have occurred. This compendium provides
valuable and timely insights into the contours of their foreign
policies and emerging trends of importance to students and scholars of
regional and international affairs around the world. The book pays
special attention to the multi-dimensional nature of cooperation
between India and Kazakhstan while surveying each other's
international relations with major powers and addressing regional
security issues. The book aims at enabling a better understanding of
Indo-Kazakh relations through scholarly exchanges and sharing of
perceptions in the gamut of politico-economic-nation building matters
faced in the region. The book contains 20 articles from distinguished
scholars from India and Kazakhstan. It is the first of its kind.
ICAF and DIR of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University hope that
this book would contribute towards a greater and enlightened
appreciation of Indo-Kazakh relations and advance common interests in
Central Asia and other regions. Both believe that this book would be
of use at the Track I and Track II levels of engagement. It is likely
to be of direct interest to scholars, policy makers, diplomats,
entrepreneurs, academics and decision makers in both countries as well
as those with a general interest in Central Asia - a region which has
assumed a higher importance in recent times.
K Santhanam is presently President of The India-Central Asia
Foundation (ICAF). He was Director General, Institute for Defence
Studies Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi till July 31 2004 and earlier was
Chief Adviser (Technology) in the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO). He has worked for about 43 years in the area of
science, technology and security and contributed to the evolution of
India's positions on disarmament and arms control. He has served as
India member in the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts set up by
the UN Secretary General (1978-80) on verification of arms control
treaties, has been Scientific Adviser in the Ministry of External
affairs (1984-86) and a member of the National Security Advisory
Board. He was conferred the Padma Bhushan award in recognition of his
contributions to the Shakti-98 series of nuclear tests conducted in
May 1998. He was the editor, Strategic Analysis (New Delhi). His
recent published works include co-authorship of Jihadis in Jammu and
Kashmir: A Portrait Gallery (Sage Publications, New Delhi 2003); Iraq
War 2003: Rise of the New 'Unilateralism' (Ane Books, New Delhi 2003)
; Asian Security and China 2000-2010 (Shipra Publications, New Delhi
2004) and India And Central Asia: Advancing the Common Interest
(IDSA and Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2004), India And Kazakhstan
Relations: Enhancing the Partnership (KazISS, Almaty and Anamaya
Publishers, New Delhi, 2006) and India-Tajikistan Cooperation:
Perspectives and Prospects (ICAF & Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi,
2007), India- Kazakhstan Perspectives: Regional and International
Interactions (ICAF & Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2007).
Prof Kuralai Baizakova has done D.Litt in History and currently Dean
of the Faculty of International Relations of Al-Farabi Kazakh National
University. She has published more than 100 research papers and 10
monographs on integration processes in the European Union, Central
Asia, on questions of national and regional security. Some of the
publications are: Formation and development of the system of European
Security and defence, Almaty, 2002; Evolution of the constitutional
doctrine of holism: political and foreign policy aspects, Almaty,
2004; Formation of competitiveness of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 2006. She
delivered lectures on the role of Central Asia in international
relations in the Robert Schuman University, Strasburg (France). She
attended G. Marshal Centre (Germany) for higher training. He has
presented papers in international conferences in France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Spain, Russia, India, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan etc.
Dr. Ramakant Dwivedi is Associate Fellow at Institute for Defence
Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. He has a PhD from the Central
Asian Studies Division of the School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Dwivedi was a Visiting
Research Fellow at the Al-Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies,
Tashkent (1998-2001). His major areas of research are security,
foreign policy, ethnic issues and religious extremism in Eurasian
region (Russia, Caucasus and Central Asian countries). He holds a
Diploma in the Russian Language from the University of World Economy
and Diplomacy, Tashkent and a Diploma in the Uzbek Language from the
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan. He has
widely travelled in the Eurasian region. His published works include
25 research papers in national/international journals, edited books
and co-authorship of India and Central Asia: Advancing the Common
Interest (IDSA & Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2004),
India-Tajikistan Cooperation: Perspectives and Prospects (ICAF &
Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2007) and India- Kazakhstan
Perspectives: Regional and International Interactions (ICAF & Anamaya
Publishers, New Delhi, 2007).
Contents:
India-Kazakhstan Relations: Overview and Future Prospects
India And Kazakhstan Relations: The Cultural Dimension - B. B. Kumar
The Growth Of Diplomatic Relation Between Kazakhstan And India - A R Utegenova
The Dynamic Economic Growth Of Kazakhstan And Economic Relations With
India - R.G.Gidadhubli
Kazakhstan And India: Trade And Econmic Relations Y. K Bek-Ali
India And Kazakhstan: Building Energy Bridges - Sudha Mahalingam
On Enhancing India - Kazakhstan Science And Technology Cooperation -
K Santhanam
India And Kazakhstan: Towards A Common, Multilateral Approach To
Conflict Resolution - Anita Sengupta
Regional Security Issues: Kazakhstan And Indian Approaches - Kuralay Baizakova
Kazakhstan and its Neighbours
Kazakhstan And The Central Asian Republics - M.Sh.Gubalidullina
Regional Economic Cooperation And Integration In Central Asia -
Gulshan Sachdeva
Trade And Economic Relations Between Kazakhstan And Arab Countries - K.A.Zhunis
The Role Of Turkey In Central Asia - Nirmala Joshi
Kazakhstan and the Major Powers
Kazakhstan-Russia Relations - I. A. Chernykh
Kazakhstan-China Relations - M.Sh.Gubaidullina
Kazakhstan-U. S. Relations - Fatima Kukeyeva
Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan & International Organisations
Conceptual Foundations Of The Foreign Policy Of The Republic Of
Kazakhstan - M.Sh.Gubaidullina
Basic Features Of The Foreign Policy Of Kazakhstan - I.A.Chernykh
Role Of The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation In Regional Cooperation
- Ramakant Dwivedi
Kazakhstan And International Organizations - A.R.Utegenova
Kazakhstan - European Union Cooperation - Kuralay Baizakova
Expert's Comments
This impressive collection of well-researched articles by Indian and
Kazakh scholars provides a comprehensive overview of the foreign
policy priorities of a key Central Asian state that is playing an
increasingly important regional and global role. The detailed
treatment of Kazakhstan's relations with India and other major powers
provides valuable insights. Scholars, foreign policy analysts and all
those interested in understanding the dynamics of a strategically
important region will find this book very useful. A much-needed book.
Rajiv Sikri
Former Indian ambassador to Kazakhstan
This book is a result of joint research work by scholars of Kazakhstan
and India. It is the first work devoted to a scholarly analysis of the
development of relations between India and Kazakhstan. It addresses
all major points relating to the growth of cooperation between India
and Kazakhstan in bilateral and multilateral formats. It would be of
direct interest and benefit to governments and academic institutions.
Prof. Murat T. Laumulin
Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS)
under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
This timely work places the burgeoning relationship between India and
Kazakhstan in context. Contributions from leading Indian and Kazakh
scholars provide a comprehensive overview of the multi-dimensional
linkages between the two countries, including such issues as common
approaches to security and conflict resolution. Sections on Kazakh
foreign policy map out the broader regional and international
framework. Bilateral and multilateral relations are examined in depth,
giving an important insight into the dynamics of emerging global alignments.
Dr Shirin Akiner, Lecturer in Central Asian Studies,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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PUBL.- Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, James Millward
Posted by: James A. Millward <millwarjgeorgetown.edu>
Posted: 13 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, James Millward
Columbia University Press announces the publication of
Eurasian Crossroads
A History of Xinjiang
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/978023113/9780231139243.HTM
James Millward
"/Eurasian Crossroads/ is a superbly written history of a region
little known to American readers. James Millward introduces many
fascinating, diverse actors into the story of Xinjiang and makes
excellent use of existing monographs and primary source material.
There is no comparable study in the field."
-Peter C. Perdue, T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian
Civilizations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"/Eurasian Crossroads/ is a highly readable history of this vast and
crucial region, where China's high-speed development drive collides
with the aspirations of Muslim communities for national identity and
cultural preservation. James Millward skillfully weaves all the
different strands of Xinjiang's complex history into the colorful
tapestry of his book, which is set to become the definitive reference
on Xinjiang for laymen and scholars alike."
-Rob Gifford, former China correspondent for National Public Radio
/Eurasian Crossroads/ is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang,
the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia.
Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang
stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and
Russia and has, since the Bronze Age, played a pivotal role in the
social, cultural, and political development of Asia and the world.
Xinjiang was once the hub of the Silk Road and the conduit through
which Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam entered China. It was also
the point at which the Chinese, Turkic, Tibetan, and Mongolian
empires communicated and struggled with one another. Xinjiang's
population comprises Kazakhs, Kirghiz, and Uighurs, all Turkic Muslim
peoples, as well as Han Chinese, and competing Chinese and Turkic
nationalist visions continue to threaten the region's political and
economic stability. Besides separatist concerns, Xinjiang's energy
resources, strategic position, and rapid development have gained it
international attention in recent decades.
Drawing on primary sources in several Asian and European languages,
James Millward presents a thorough study of Xinjiang's history and
people from antiquity to the present and takes a balanced look at the
position of Turkic Muslims within the PRC today. While offering fresh
material and perspectives for specialists, this engaging survey of
Xinjiang's rich environmental, cultural, and ethno-political heritage
is also written for travelers, students, and anyone eager to learn
about this vital connector between East and West.
About the Author
James Millward is associate professor of intersocietal history at the
Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He
specializes in the modern history of China and Inner Asia, including
Mongolia and Tibet, as well as Xinjiang. He lives in Washington, D.C.,
with his wife-a journalist-and two daughters.
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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 7 March 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornelleurasia.uu.se>
Posted: 12 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 7 March 2007, is online
Highlights: The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website!
The new redesigned website is being perfected at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. Until technical glitches are
eliminated, the old version of the website is still available.
This Analyst issue features Diana Janse on the resurgent Taliban in
Afghanistan;
Devdariani & Hancilova on Europe's possible interest in peacekeeping
in Georgia;
Steven Blank on Iran's interests in Turkmenistan; and Andrew McGregor
on Chinese counter/terrorism in Xinjiang.
In Field reports, articles on the possible legalization of polygamy in
Kyrgyzstan;
Kazakhstan's military reform;
improving Georgian-NATO relations;
and Felix Kulov's allegations of government corruption in Kyrgyzstan.
Note: New Silk Road Papers Published:
"The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub In European Security"
By Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, and Per Haggstrom,
120pages.
Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf
"The State-Crime Nexus In Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized Crime And
Corruption In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan"
By Erica Marat, 138 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0610EMarat.pdf
The 7 March issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
5) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070307Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles
As Snow Melts, Afghanistan Braces For Taliban Resurgence
Diana Janse
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/87
Eu Broaches Peacekeeping Possibility In Georgia
Jaba Devdariani and Blanka Hancilova
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/86
Iran's Equities In The Turkmen Succession
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/85
Chinese Counter-Terrorist Strike In Xinjiang
Andrew McGregor
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/84
Field Reports
Kyrgyz Ministry Of Justice, Parliament Want To Legalize Polygamy
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/91
Kazakhstan Seeks Russian Assistance To Modernize Its Army
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/90
Georgian-Nato Relations Receive Boost From Brussels
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/89
Kulov Cites Graft In Government And Parliament
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/88
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2006, No. 4
Posted by: Sergei Panarin <sergpanarmtu-net.ru>
Posted: 12 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2006, No. 4
Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica is a multidisciplinary journal with
the major part of its annual volume reserved for articles based on
original empirical research. It aims at encouraging scholarly inquiry
and exposition in the fields of geography, demography, economics,
history, sociology and social anthropology, political science, with an
emphasis on historical and contemporary everyday life in Eurasia
We resume posting of announcements about contents of the journal
issues, that had to be interrupted at the end of 2005, beginning No. 4, 2005.
Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, Independent Academic Journal, 2006, No.4
Table of Contents:
Thematic Issue:
The Caucasus, Central Asia and Adjoining Regions of Russia: People and
Institutions
Communication
Anatoly Remnev
Tatars as rivals and companions-in-arms of the Russian Empire in the
Kazakh steppe
People
Elena Larina, Olga Naumova
Migration of Kazakhs within the western section of Russia's Kazakhstan frontier
Peoples
Andrzei Wierzbicki
The people of Kazakhstan: Prospects for formation
Sofiya Kasymova
The Tajik tradition of having many children maternity in the context
of gender and time
Institutions
Elena Larina, Olga Naumova
The Kazakh people's self-government in Orenburg oblast
Sofiya Kasymova
Tradition and practice of polygamy in the Tajik society
Regions
Andrei Syzranov
Islam in Astrakhan land: past and present
Stereoscope
Kimitaka Matsuzato
Patronal presidentialism and identity policy in unrecognized Abkhazia
Lively voice
The Muslim "clergy" in Uzbekistan in 1927 (as judged by a
plenipotentiary representative of OGPU for Central Asia). Published,
introduced and annotated by Yurii Arapov
Guide
Ekaterina Borisova
Death of Saparmurat Niyazov (a mass media survey)
The Cambridge History of Russia and a current debate about empires in
historiography. Vladimir Bobrovnikov
Contents for 2006
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PUBL./CFP- Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
Posted by: Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski <kozlowskclub-internet.fr>
Posted: 7 Mar 2007
PUBL./CFP- Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies #7, December 2007
An electronic journal of social sciences
www.pipss.org
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: "The Political and Social Role of Veterans in
Russia, the Soviet-Union and Post-Soviet States: a Sociology of War Veterans"
This issue will focus on the veterans of Russian, Soviet, and
Post-Soviet wars from a comparative as well as multidisciplinary perspective.
We are interested in different levels of analysis: macro (the state
and national public policies), meso (social and political
organisations) and micro (on the individual level).
Few approaches to war pay much attention to ex-servicemen and to the
emergence of these new players: most often, veterans are perceived in
terms of the well-known triptych "disarmament, demobilisation,
reintegration", or from the anthropologists' point of view- the cult
of heroes and martyrs. Although we will include these approaches in
our issue, we hope to explore new angles of thought, such as the
institutional and social dimensions inherent in the aftermaths of war,
and to study the legal, social, political and symbolic markers of the
war veteran population.
Thus, the emergence of ex-combatants as a distinct social group and
the political and social role they play will be understood thanks to a
study of how various political actors (the state and the security
apparatuses in particular) contribute to the perpetuation of this
group, but also to the group's own formulation of its interests and
how it sees itself.
We will study veteran populations from the federal armed forces as
well as from the many armies attached to the Russian and Post-Soviet
power ministries and secret service agencies.
The periods of time and geographic areas covered are: World War II,
Afghanistan, the two Chechen wars, Tajikistan, Abkhazia, and the
Karabakh war. The comparison will be extended to Africa, Kurdistan,
the Balkans, etc.
1 - The State and Public Policy Concerning Veterans
In Russia, social policy for veterans depends on how the state defines
the war. The visibility of veterans therefore depends on the image of
the war - a glorious war or not. Because if the state refuses to call
it a "war", the war doesn't exist! Therefore, when we set about
studying state policy towards veterans, we must first examine the
status of the various wars under consideration - is it a war or a
military operation?
For many years, the status of war veteran was granted only to fighters
in the Great Patriot War. The cases of the war in Afghanistan - a
shameful war - and the war in Chechnya -a war that isn't a war - are
particularly striking in this regard and at the core of this study:
measures in favour of social coverage for Russian veterans of local
wars was introduced very late - only in 2003 was an amendment to the
"law on veterans" passed, giving veteran status to ex-combatants in
Chechnya and other local wars, such as that of Abkhazia.
In actual fact however, veterans remain in search of recognition. They
are often led to prosecuting the Defence Minister in order to gain
economic and political recognition of their veteran status. Thus in
2005, the regional court of the province of Orel, dismissed the case
of a Chechen war veteran who had demanded compensation for having been
wounded during the fighting, claiming that there were no grounds on
which the state could be considered responsible for his wounds. The
plaintiff was advised to appeal to the Chechen rebels for compensation.
The following themes will therefore be explored: the bases of social
policy towards veterans; the construction of state aid to veterans;
modes and criteria for state coverage/compensation (Who grants the
status of war veteran? the associations themselves, unions? other?);
war compensation and preferential measures in favour of veterans:
- the repertory of advantages put in place for veterans, their
disappearance and its consequences on the structuring of the
veterans network,
- Preferential measures for war veterans (tax-free alcohol or petrol
for veterans associations, etc.). For example, the preferential
measures granted to veterans by the Russian government in 1991 (tax
reductions, licence for the tax-free import of alcohol and tobacco,
etc.) gave rise to the criminal activities and enrichment of small groups
- Reintegration - preferential employment: In Abkhazia, for example,
on government orders, preferential jobs (particularly in Customs) were
offered to this category of the population. In Russia, at first it was
the local police that wanted to take on Chechnya war veterans. Today,
it seems that a large number of veterans integrate the various Russian
armed forces on a contract basis. Is there a deliberate policy on the
part of the Russian state in favour of reintegrating veterans in the
force structures? Or are veterans' employment choices structure
(police, army contracts, etc.) clearly determined by their military
training and the internalisation of the military function?
We will discuss the fact that war seems to remain an activity that the
veterans of the Afghanistan and Chechnya wars identify with after the
war. It is obvious that ex-combatants rarely devote themselves to
anti-war activities or to any activity preventive of war. Rather, the
prevailing idea is to be "ready in case of war". Afghanistan veterans
in particular broadly identified with army reserves, defining their
military-patriotic work with young people as their mission. Many
veterans of the Chechnya wars opted for the private security market.
Some set up military vacation camps for businessmen and adolescents,
though this has not yet developed to any great extent.
Putin's mobilisation of Chechnya veterans, but also of Afghanistan
veterans, in the context of the national patriotic project defined up
to 2011 - the enrolment of veterans for territorial defence, for the
promotion of military service, for military education in schools,
patriotic clubs, the production of patriotic films and songs- seems to
indicate a similarity between the expectations of this population and
the societal project such as the Russian president has defined it.
- We will discuss the return to civil life of ex-combatants and the
risk of a "brutalisation" of society (in particular the consequences
of the cooptation of veterans in the police, in the security
services, etc.)
2 - The constitution of associations and groups of veterans
A - The constitution of new social groups based on the common
experience of violence
We will first focus on what constitutes fighters as a group, on
fighters as a "community of experience", on the need to structure and
create a specific, homogeneous image of the experience of war.
We would be interested in an analysis of the "combat brotherhood"
discourse and its role in the aftermath of war.
B - Ex-servicemen's movements
For this issue, we would be interested in studies of veterans'
organisations on the following themes: The creation and development of
associations of ex-combatants; The role of the Komsomol in the
creation of associations of Afghanistan veterans; The composition of
veterans movements; A comparative study of associations of
Afghanistan and Chechnyan veterans; The ideology of these movements;
Repertory of the collective actions of these movements; The relative
weight of veterans associations and associations of civil victims;
The place of servicewomen in veterans associations
C - From association to politics: veterans and politics
Did the veterans of the Soviet Union, or later on, Russian veterans,
constitute a pressure group? Do they now constitute a pressure group?
Although they took part in demands for social benefits during
perestroika, Afghanistan veterans have never constituted a pressure
group. What about today's Chechnya veterans? Since 2003, regional
governments have had the right to pass their own laws on the
compensation of veterans of local wars. Have these prerogatives
favoured the appearance of a pressure group that lobbies regional
authorities? What is the actual political importance of the veterans
of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia legally (as a parliamentary group)
and/or illegally (constitution of private armies)
The personalities of veterans' movements and their role in state institutions.
3 - Individuals seeking a place in society
A - The psychological consequences of the war experience
After a war, what is the effect on ex-servicemen of the experience of
war, the experience of the use of violence, fighting, the danger of
death and killing others?
The psychological rehabilitation of veterans
Access to care
B - Memorials, folklore and songs: study of the symbolic markers of
the veteran population
a - Monuments and memorials: the treatment of various wars - Analysis
of war memorials policy - The role of associations of Afghanistan
veterans in the commemoration of the Chechnya conflicts
b- Folklore, songs and literary works - Analysis of the folklore,
musical and literary production of Soviet, Post-Soviet and Russian war veterans
c - Analysis of the cinematographic representation of regional wars.
Guidelines for article submission
The journal will be published in four languages (French, English,
Russian, and German with a 100-word abstract in English) thanks to
which most authors will be able to write in their mother tongue. This
will ensure greater 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 reach an audience as broad
as possible.
The articles submitted to pipss.org for publication should be original
contributions and should not be under consideration for any other
publication at the same time. Manuscripts should be attached as
Microsoft Word format. References should be given in footnotes. (For
more details about the guidelines for article submission please check
www.pipss.org or contact the Editorial Board). There should be a
cover page stating the author's background and affiliation, full address.
If you wish to submit an article, please first contact the editorial
board and send an 100-word abstract in English. The deadline for
article submission is September 10, 2007, with publication in
December. Final decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial Board.
Please send your contributions or inquiries to:
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PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2006, No. 3
Posted by: Sergei Panarin <sergpanarmtu-net.ru>
Posted: 5 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2006, No. 3
Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica is a multidisciplinary journal with
the major part of its annual volume reserved for articles based on
original empirical research. It aims at encouraging scholarly inquiry
and exposition in the fields of geography, demography, economics,
history, sociology and social anthropology, political science, with an
emphasis on historical and contemporary everyday life in Eurasia
We resume posting of announcements about contents of the journal
issues, that had to be interrupted at the end of 2005, beginning No. 4, 2005.
Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, Independent Academic Journal, 2006, No.3
Table of Contents:
Thematic Issue:
Youth Number
Editorial introduction
Communication
Olesya Davidenko
A theatrical and play-making component of the culture in the Siver Age
Education
Anna Buyanova
Ulan-Ude: Rural youth adaptation to the urban and educational environment
People
Vladimir Titov
A personifier of Thaw: Frida Vigdorova
Tatyana LIdzar, Evgeniya Fetisova
Small business: Economic relations and gender strategies
Peoples
Irina Artyomova
The Russians in Khakasia: Characteristic features of religiosity
Security
Ramil Khanipov
Teenage delinquency in the cities of Tatarstan: Data from a survey and
interviews
Lively Voice
Anna Polukhina
Career-making in the post-Soviet Russia: My personal experience
Guide
Shokhrat Kadyrov
The conference "Stability Models in the Caucasus-Black Sea Region":
Rapporteur's report
Repercussions
Two letters about abreks
Nurbulat Edigeyevich Masanov
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Please send
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PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2006, No. 2
Posted by: Sergei Panarin <sergpanarmtu-net.ru>
Posted: 5 Mar 2007
PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2006, No. 2
Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica is a multidisciplinary journal with
the major part of its annual volume reserved for articles based on
original empirical research. It aims at encouraging scholarly inquiry
and exposition in the fields of geography, demography, economics,
history, sociology and social anthropology, political science, with an
emphasis on historical and contemporary everyday life in Eurasia
We resume posting of announcements about contents of the journal
issues, that had to be interrupted at the end of 2005, beginning No. 4, 2005.
Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, Independent Academic Journal, 2006, No.2
Table of Contents:
Thematic Issue:
Youth Number
Territories
Nadezhda Zamyatina
Images-employing relief of Russia at the official web-sites of
regional administrations
Communication
Yulia Kuznetsova
New ways to promote consumer goods: Modern models of marketing
communications in Russia
Education
Erzhena Guntypova, Raisa Shulunova
Migration and higher education: Results of survey in the Buryat
Agricultural Academy
People
Anatolii Breslavskii
Ininerary drivers in Barguzin: People, relations, practices
Institutions
Sergei Lyubichankovskii
Administration in the Urals guberniyas of Russia in 1895 - 1913: A
social and cultural aspect
Irina Krivtsova
Gender contract in the families of servicemen in the Far East Military District
Security
Anzhelika Mamytova
Threats to security in 21th century: How they are viewed in Russia
Andrei Devyatkov
Trans-Dnistrien conflict: prospects of settlement
Regions
Elena Tsumarova
Image of Karelia: The ratio of main constituents
Lively Voice
Tatyana Krupina
Country without guide-book: Notes by grateful traveller
Minsk in March, 2006: Three testimonies
Guide
Andrei Belyakov
Nogmanov A. The MIddle Volga and Cis-Urals Tatars under Russian
legislation (from the second half of 16th till the end of 18th)
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PUBL.- Promoting Human Security, UNESCO
Posted by: Anara Tabyshalieva <ortosayyahoo.com>
Posted: 28 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Promoting Human Security, UNESCO
UNESCO released the paper "Promoting Human Security: Ethical,
Normative and Educational Frameworks in Central Asia."
The Internet publication of the paper is available
at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001493/149376E.pdf
PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica, 2005, No. 4
Posted by: Sergei Panarin <sergpanarmtu-net.ru>
Posted: 28 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi /Acta Eurasica, 2005, No. 4
Vestnik Yevraziyi /Acta Eurasica is a multidisciplinary journal with
the major part of its annual volume reserved for articles based on
original empirical research. It aims at encouraging scholarly inquiry
and exposition in the fields of geography, demography, economics,
history, sociology and social anthropology, political science, with an
emphasis on historical and contemporary everyday life in Eurasia
We resume posting of announcements about contents of the journal
issues, that had to be interrupted at the end of 2005, beginning No. 4, 2005.
Vestnik Yevraziyi /Acta Eurasica, Independent Academic Journal, 2005, No.4
Table of Contents:
Thematic Issue:
Our People: Family Archives and Recollections
Articles:
Communication
Nina Dyatlova
Village diary (published, introduced and annotated by Viktor Dyatlov)
People
Viktor Nemchinov, Sergei Panarin, Natalia Panarina
The engineer, magnesite and Victory
Nona Shakhnazaryan
Femina Sovetica or the Routine of survival in a Caucasian way
Lively Voice
Nadezhda Lipatova
Lessons of memory
Galiimaa Nyamaa
A good thing development is, my dear daughter... Be grateful to your mum
Continuing the Theme...
Institutions
Shokhrat Kadyrov
Political technologies in use in the Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia
Security
Shirin Akiner
Violence in Andijan, 13 May 2005
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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 21 February 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornelleurasia.uu.se>
Posted: 26 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 21 February 2007, is online
Highlights: The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website!
The new redesigned website is being perfected at
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. Until technical glitches are
eliminated, the old version of the website is still available.
This Analyst issue features Osmonaliev & Engvall on the failing
political will to fight organized crime in Kyrgyzstan; Saulesh
Yessenova on a worker's riot at Tengiz oilfield; Devdariani &
Hancilova on regional cooperation in the South Caucasus; and Rafis
Abazov on Berdymukhamedov's prospects in Turkmenistan. In Field
reports, articles Felix Kulov joining the opposition; the booming IT
sector in Azerbaijan; Kazakh folk satire; and property rights row in Georgia.
Note: New Silk Road Papers Published:
"The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub In European Security"
By Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, and Per Haggstrom,
120pages.
Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf
"The State-Crime Nexus In Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized Crime And
Corruption In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan"
By Erica Marat, 138 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0610EMarat.pdf
The 21 February issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9,
no. 4) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070221Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles
The Dismissal Of Minister Suvanaliev And The Struggle Against
Organized Crime In Kyrgyzstan
Kairat Osmonaliev & Johan Engvall
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/71
Worker Riot At The Tengiz Oilfield: Who Is To Blame?
Saulesh Yessenova
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/70
Oil Money Fuels Regional Ties In The South Caucasus
Jaba Devdariani and Blanka Hancilova
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/69
Will Berdymukhamedov Be A Gorbachev Or An Ahmadinejad?
Rafis Abazov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/68
Field Reports
Felix Kulov Joins The Kyrgyz Opposition
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/75
Azerbaijan's New Economic Icon: The It Sector
Fariz Ismailzade
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/74
Kazakh Folk Poetry Slams Corrupt Establishment
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/73
Property Rights Row Tarnishes Georgian Government's Image
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/72
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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 Silk Road, Vol. 4, no. 2, Winter 2006-2007 Available
Posted by: Daniel Waugh<dwaughu.washington.edu>
Posted: 23 Feb 2007
PUBL.- The Silk Road, Vol. 4, no. 2, Winter 2006-2007 Available
I am pleased to announce the Internet publication of the new issue
(Vol. 4, no. 2, Winter 2006-2007) of The Silk Road, the journal of the
Silkroad Foundation. The approximately 10 MB pdf file is available at
<http://silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol4num2/>.
This issue contains:
- News from Ancient Afghanistan, by Nicholas Sims-Williams
- Bamiyan 2006: The Fifth Excavation Campaign of Prof. Tarzi's
Mission, by Zemaryalai Tarzi
- Balkh and the Plains of Turkestan, by Frank Harold, with
photographs by Ruth Harold
- Further Evidence for the Interpretation of the Indian Scene in the
Pre-Islamic Paintings at Afrasiab (Samarkand), by Matteo Compareti
- Mapping Early Buddhist Sites in Western Tibet: Recent Findings from
Tsamda County, China, by Karl E. Ryavec
- Han Lacquerware and the Wine Cups of Noin Ula, by Francois Louis
- Trade and Commerce on the Silk Road after the End of Mongol Rule in
China, Seen from Chinese Texts, by Ralph Kauz
- Hunting Hounds along the Silk Road -- Which Way Did They Go?, by Sir
Terence Clark
- A Thousand Years on the Silk Road: Epic Poetry and Music from the
Kyrgyz Republic, an interview by Helen Faller with Rysbai Isakov and
Akylbek Kasabolotov.
We have also just posted retrospectively in pdf format (as an
alternative to the existing html files), Vol. 3, No. 2 of the journal.
Please contact me if you might have an interest in contributing an
article to a future number of this semi-annual journal. The summer
2007 issue will have a focus on food along the Silk Roads.
Daniel Waugh
Editor, The Silk Road
dwaughu.washington.edu
PUBL.- Separatism and Islamism (in Finnish)
Posted by: Anssi Kullberg <anssikullbergyahoo.com>
Posted: 23 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Separatism and Islamism (in Finnish)
A new book was published in November 2006, so far only available in
Finnish language. I list the titles of chapters translated into
English here for those possibly interested. There are plans to
translate the book (with updates) into English, but no time schedule
for this yet.
Separatismi ja islamismi
- Kansallismieliset ja islamistiset liikkeet Euraasian konflikteissa
Anssi Kullberg & Christian Jokinen
Kustannus Oy Suomen Mies, ISBN 952-9872-44-5
Gummerus, Jyvaskyla, 2006
462 pages.
(Separatism and Islamism: Nationalist and Islamist movements in
Eurasian conflicts)
Available, for example, through the publisher's representative:
kim.vinarisuomensotilas.fi
English
reviews can be found in the Valahian Journal of Historical Studies,
University of Targoviste (Romania) by Dr Silviu Miloiu, and in the OSCE
Review Vol. 14, European Security, 4/2006, published by the Finnish
Committee for European Security (STETE).
List of contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Ideology and politics of the movements
I.1. Separatism
I.1.1. The double-edged sword of nationalism
I.1.1.1. Civic nation, ethnic nation and religious community
I.1.1.2. Empires
I.1.1.3. "Official nationalism" and imperialism
I.1.1.4. How nationalism changed Europe's map
I.1.1.5. Four nation-reforming programs in Asia
I.1.2. How new states gain independence
I.1.2.1. Separatist struggle for independence
I.1.2.2. Aspirations of the empires
I.1.2.3. The disintegration of Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Turkish empires
I.1.2.4. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
I.1.2.5. The dilemma of independence and status quo
I.2. Islamism
I.2.1. On terminology
I.2.1.1. Radicalism-conservatism; fundamentalism-Islamism
I.2.1.2. Dar al-islam and dar al-harb
I.2.2. Radical Islam
I.2.2.1. The Sufis
I.2.2.2. The Wahhabis
I.2.2.3. The Salafis
I.2.3. Islamism: a modern ideology
I.2.3.1. The diversity of Islamism
I.2.3.2. The Muslim Brotherhood
I.2.4. Islamic Revolution
I.2.4.1. 1960s to 1970s: Arab socialist radicalism
I.2.4.2. The Islamic Revolution of Iran
I.2.4.3. 1980s: how Islamism replaces Marxism
I.2.5. Jihadism
I.2.5.1. The disappointment to Islamic revolutions
I.2.5.2. Jihadism: internal and external jihad
I.2.5.3. "The Base" and the hijacking of jihad
I.2.5.4. The Sudan years
I.2.5.5. Return to Kandahar
I.2.5.6. On the unterritorial character of jihadism
I.2.5.7. Escapist jihadism: the war of an individual
Part II: Case studies
II.1. Kosovo
II.1.1. Historical background
II.1.1.1. History of the Balkans and the Albanians
II.1.1.2. Albanian independence from Turkish power
II.1.1.3. Serbian power
II.1.2. End of Yugoslavia
II.1.2.1. The independence movement of Kosovo
II.1.2.2. UCK: turning to armed struggle
II.1.2.3. Terror and intervention
II.1.2.4. The failure of Islamists
II.1.2.5. Waiting and frustrated Kosovo
II.1.3. Conclusions
II.2. The Crimea
II.2.1. Historical background
II.2.1.1. The Crimean Khanate
II.2.1.2. The ethnic cleansing
II.2.1.3. The nationalist movement
II.2.2. The Soviet period
II.2.2.1. Genocide and exile
II.2.2.2. The Crimean Tatar movement in the Soviet period
II.2.3. Crimean Tatars in independent Ukraine
II.2.3.1. Repatriation, organization and goals of the Crimean Tatars
II.2.3.2. Situation between the ethnic groups in the Crimea
II.2.3.3. External factors
II.2.3.4. The threat of Russian ultra-nationalists
II.2.3.5. Revival of Islam in the Crimea
II.2.4. Conclusions
II.3. The North Caucasus
II.3.1. Historical background
II.3.1.1. An introduction to the geopolitics of mountain nation
II.3.1.2. Chechen nation and society
II.3.2. The roots of national independence movement
II.3.2.1. Sufi resistance
II.3.2.2. Roots of the secular independence movement
II.3.2.3. The genocide
II.3.2.4. National revival and Dudayev's nationalism
II.3.2.5. Islamic Renaissance Party: Soviet Islamism
II.3.3. Internal power struggle: from guerrilla raids to terrorism
II.3.3.1. Islamists against nationalists
II.3.3.2. Tensions in Chechnya
II.3.3.3. Budyonnovsk, Kizlyar, Pervomaiskoye
II.3.3.4. The peace between: tensions grow
II.3.3.5. The Dagestan provocation of summer 1999
II.3.3.6. The theatre hostage-taking and "black widows": terrorism around war
II.3.4. The Caucasus now: two paths of resistance
II.3.4.1. The vassals: puppet government and the Kadyrovtsy
II.3.4.2. Ingushetian guerrilla operation in summer 2004
II.3.4.3. The Beslan school hostage-taking
II.3.4.4. Maskhadov's line
II.3.4.5. The independence movement's line after Maskhadov
II.3.4.6. Basayev and jihadism in Chechnya
II.3.5. The expansion of the conflict into the rest of North Caucasus
II.3.5.1. Dagestan
II.3.5.2. Northwestern Caucasus
II.3.5.3. Kabarda-Balkaria
II.3.5.4. Karachay-Circassia
II.3.6. Conclusions
II.4. South Asia
II.4.1. Afghanistan
II.4.1.1. Teaching lessons to empires
II.4.1.2. Afghanistan from the 1950s to the Soviet occupation
II.4.1.3. The Bear Trap [American aspirations]
II.4.1.4. The Shield of Hindukush [Pakistani aspirations]
II.4.1.5. The Lion of Panjshir
II.4.1.6. The civil war
II.4.1.7. The Taliban
II.4.1.8. Why was the Taliban supported?
II.4.1.9. Democratic Afghanistan
II.4.1.10. Neo-Taliban, Hekmatyar and subversive violence
II.4.1.11. The new surge of Taliban violence
II.4.1.12. Afghanistan's uncertain future
II.4.2. Pakistan
II.4.2.1. A conglomerate of peoples and administrations
II.4.2.2. The triangle of conservatives, socialists and Islamists
II.4.2.3. Musharraf: reformist and nationalist
II.4.2.4. The struggle against extremists
II.4.2.5. Waziristan
II.4.2.6. Baluchistan
II.4.3. Kashmir
II.4.3.1. Kashmir in the crossfire of empires
II.4.3.2. The anti-colonial roots of the independence movement
II.4.3.3. The Kashmir conflict during the Cold War
II.4.3.4. The uprising since 1988
II.4.3.5. Kashmir independence movement in 2000s
II.4.3.6. Jihadists and the escalation of violence
II.4.3.7. The Kashmir powder keg and detente
II.4.4. Conclusions
II.5. South-east Asia
II.5.1. Introduction
II.5.2. Thailand
II.5.2.1. The Muslims of Pattani
II.5.2.2. The policy of national unity
II.5.2.3. Pattani resistance
II.5.2.4. Jihadist radicalization
II.5.2.5. Education system targeted by Islamists
II.5.2.6. Development scenarios of the conflict
II.5.3. Indonesia
II.5.3.1. Indonesia: the largest Muslim nation in the world
II.5.3.2. Radical Islam in Indonesia
II.5.3.3. The Darul Islam rebellion: struggle of the direction of Islam
II.5.3.4. Nationalism, Islamism and terrorism in Islam's name
II.5.3.5. Jihadism and unterritoriality: Jemaah Islamiyah
II.5.4. Aceh
II.5.4.1. The ideology of Aceh's separatists
II.5.4.2. The armed struggle of Aceh's guerrillas
II.5.4.3. Islamist attempts to exploit the Aceh conflict
II.5.4.4. The peace treaty
II.5.5. Malaysia
II.5.5.1. Islamism as state nationalism
II.5.5.2. Islam in party politics
II.5.5.3. Crisis of Islamism
II.5.6. Conclusions
II.6. Sudan
II.6.1. Colonial Sudan
II.6.1.1. Islam in Sudan
II.6.1.2. Sufi and Mahdist resistance
II.6.2. Internal power struggle in Sudan
II.6.2.1. The restless independence
II.6.2.2. Hasan at-Turabi
II.6.2.3. After the Islamic Revolution
II.6.3. Darfur
II.6.3.1. The parties of the Darfur conflict
II.6.3.2. "The riding devils": roots of Janjawid militantism in Darfur
II.6.3.3. Towards internationalization?
II.6.4. Conclusions
Part III: Grand conclusions
List of sources
List of references
PUBL.- Pasto Verbal Conjugation, Dunwoody Press
Posted by: Cybil Harris <charrismcneiltech.com>
Posted: 23 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Pasto Verbal Conjugation, Dunwoody Press
Dunwoody Press has just published: A Handbook of Pashto Verbal
Conjugation, by Naseer Hoonar Pashtoon and Zeeya A. Pashtoon.
This book contains conjugations of 300 common Pashto verbs conjugated
in twenty major categories. A brief description of the Pashto
conjugation system is included (625 pages).
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
Posted by: Shairbek Juraev <shairbekipp.kg>
Posted: 23 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Articles Analyzing Politics in Kyrgyzstan, Institute for Public Policy
The following are the latest articles of the Institute for Public
Policy, Kyrgyzstan (January 24 - February 20, 2007), appearing on the
Institute's website:
"Language, Politics and State"
Muratbek Imanaliev
""Technical" Cabinet: A Trap for the President of Kyrgyzstan?"
Nur Omarov
"Some Political Outcomes of 2006"
Valentin Bogatyrev
"SCO Summit 2007: Opportunities for Kyrgyzstan"
Roundtable summary
"Foreign Policy of Kyrgyzstan for Oct-Dec 2006"
IPP Quarterly Report
"Central Asia and the World"
Muratbek Imanaliev
IPP news:
On 2 March 2007 the Institute for Public Policy, with support of the
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, will be
hosting a conference titled "Central Asia in 2007: Dynamics of Change
and Development." The conference aims to gather Central Asian
experts/analysts to discuss political, cultural, economic and
geopolitical processes taking place in Central Asia and tendencies for
2007. Limited seats are available. Please contact Shairbek Juraev at
s.juraevipp.kg
On March 3-4 the Institute for Public Policy, with support of the OSCE
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, will organize a
2-day training workshop for policy centers of Central Asia. Those
interested, please write to Shairbek Juraev at s.juraevipp.kg.
All are available at http://www.ipp.kg
Russian version is available at http://www.ipp.kg/ru
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is a Bishkek-based independent,
non-partisan research and policy institution. IPP's scope is to study
and analyze relevant issues in the domains of politics, economy
foreign relations and other areas. The Institute is committed to
promote participatory approach in establishing public policy; to
strengthen expert analysis in order to achieve effective
decision-making in matters of public policy and to create an
independent platform for dialogue on public policy issues.
PUBL.- Turkish And Ottoman Studies, Volume: IV
Posted by: Ruben Safrastyan <rsafrastyansci.am>
Posted: 20 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Turkish And Ottoman Studies, Volume: IV
Turkish And Ottoman Studies, Volume: IV, Editor: Ruben Safrastyan,
Yerevan: Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences
of Armenia, 2006, 292p.
Contents:
OTTOMANICA:
Alexander Safaryan
Ziya Gőkalp on the Turkish women rights (in Armenian) - p.13
Fuat Dündar (Turkey-France)
The "Union and Progress" party ethnographic studies (in Armenian) - p.38
Sergey Murtuzaliyev (Russia)
Russian literary thought and the 15-17th centuries centres of
information on the history of the Ottoman Empire (in Russian) - p.58
TURCICA:
Artak Shakaryan
Meskhetian Turks: a geopolitical factor in the region (in Russian) - p.73
Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
The Kemalist discourse in Turkey between 1960 and 1980: Challenging
the Republican ideology? (in English) - p.85
Arthur Dumanyan
The main phases of activities of the National Action Party (Grey
wolves) in Turkey in the 1960-70s (in Armenian) - p. 103
Levon Hovsepyan
Turkey's National Security Council in the context of the recent
reforms (in Armenian) - p.114
Anush Hovhannisyan
Genocide denial and ethics (Examining in the light of some problems of
formation of the Turkish nation-state) (in Armenian) - p.124
Rem Khazandjian
Once more discussing the question of signing by Russia the
Russian-Turkish treaty of 1921 (under the light of former secret
documents from Moscow archives) (in Russian) - p.130
Sahak Aslanyan
The international-legal assessment of the Moscow and Kars treaties of
1921 (in Armenian) - p.147
Ruben Karapetyan
New developments in the Turkish-Syrian relations (in Armenian) - p.155
Ani Avetisyan
Orhan Pamuk and his "Black book" (in Armenian) - p.166
Levon Amirkhanyan
>From the history of studying of the modern Turkish gerunds (in
Armenian) - p.184
ARMENO-TURCICA:
Ruben Safrastyan
Armenians and Turks: contacts in history from Seldjukides times up to
the end of the 19th century (in English) - p.197
Lusine Sahakyan
The political repercussions of the forced Islamization of Hamshen
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (in Armenian) - p.207
Arman Kirakosyan
1896 Armenian mission of the American Red Cross (in Armenian) - p.229
Armine Hakobyan
Matheus Archbishop Izmirlyan's second patriarchate (1908-1909) (in
Armenian) - p.240
Arsen Avagyan
>From the preparation period of the 1915 Genocide: Behaeddin
Şakir's visit to the Eastern vilayets (in Armenian) - p.245
Kristine Melkonyan
The Armenian question and the Armenian diaspora in 1944-1945 (in
Armenian) - p.252
Gnel Ghlechyan
The problems of the Ottoman History in the works of Ghukas Inchichyan
(in Armenian) - p. 261
Ruben Safrastyan
The problems of historiography of the "Kuleli event": Incorporating
Armenian press reports (in Armenian) - p.270
BOOK REVIEWS:
Hasmik Stepanyan
A unique and exceptional book about the Armenian painters (in Armenian) - p.278
Artak Shakaryan
One more shocking testimony for the genocide of Armenians (in Armenian) - p.283
Ashot Soghomonyan
The bibliography of a Turkish historian Erdal İlter on the
Turkish-Armenian relations (in Armenian) - p.287
TURKISH AND OTTOMAN STUDIES (TOS) welcomes submissions of articles and
book reviews. Please contact the Editor, Ruben Safrastyan, at
rsafrastyansci.am.
Dr. Ruben Safrastyan
Director of Institute of Oriental Studies,
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
PUBL.- Europe-Asia Studies, Volume 59 Issue 1
Posted by: Serguei Alex. Oushakine <oushakinPrinceton.EDU>
Posted: 15 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Europe-Asia Studies, Volume 59 Issue 1
Europe-Asia Studies: Volume 59 Issue 1
This new issue contains the following articles:
China in the Russian mind today: Ambivalence and defeatism p. 1
Authors: Vladimir Shlapentokh
The Baltic states and Moscow's 9 May commemoration: Analysing memory
politics in Europe p. 23
Authors: Eva-Clarita Onken
Conflicting patterns of thought in the Russian debate on transition:
1992 - 2002 p. 47
Authors: Joachim Zweynert
Extricating the state: The move to competitive capture in
post-communist Bulgaria p. 71
Authors: Andrew Barnes
The differential impact of state finance on the Romanian party system p. 97
Authors: Steven D. Roper
The structure and evolution of trade in Central and Eastern Europe in
the 1990s p. 111
Authors: Manuel Palazuelos-Martinez
The Folklore of Finland's Eastern Trade p. 137
Authors: Pekka Sutela
Chechnya: Russia's 'war on terror' or 'war of terror'? p. 163
Authors: John Russell
Reviews p. 169
Books received p. 185
List of contributors p. 187
Acknowledgement of reviewers p. 189
PUBL.- The Turkic Speaking People by Ergun Cagatay and Dogan Kuban
Posted by: Tugrul Keskin <tugrulkvt.edu>
Posted: 12 Feb 2007
PUBL.- The Turkic Speaking People by Ergun Cagatay and Dogan Kuban
The Turkic Speaking Peoples: 1,500 Years of Art And Culture from Inner
Asia to the Balkans
Egun Cagatay and Dogan Kuban, editors
Prestel Publishing
2006.
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 7 February 2007, is online
Posted by: Svante Cornell <svante.cornelleurasia.uu.se>
Posted: 12 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 7 February 2007, is online
Highlights: This Analyst issue's feature article by Richard Pomfret
examines the process of rebuilding Kazakhstan's agriculture.
Analytical articles include Kevin Leahy on Kadyrov's stance on the
Putin succession; Dmitry Shlapentokh on Moscow's responses to growing
Russian nationalism and implications for the Caucasus; and Nurshat
Ababakirov on the breakup of the Kyrgyz ruling tandem. In Field
reports, articles on Newmont mining's troubles in Uzbekistan,
controversies over debt reduction in Kyrgyzstan, violence in South
Ossetia and Kyrgyzstan's new prime minister.
Note: New Silk Road Papers Published:
"The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub In European Security"
By Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, and Per Haggstrom,
120pages.
Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf
"The State-Crime Nexus In Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized
Crime And Corruption In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan"
By Erica Marat, 138 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0610EMarat.pdf
"Minorities And The State In The South Caucasus: Assessing The
Protection Of National Minorities In Georgia And Azerbaijan"
By Johanna Popjanevski, 85 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0609Popjanevski.pdf
The 7 February issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9,
no. 3) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org. The PDF version of
the entire issue is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20070207Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
Feature Article
Rebuilding Kazakhstan's Agriculture
Richard Pomfret
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4688
Analytical Articles
Preserving The Status Quo: Kadyrov's Stake In "Operation Successor"
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4689
Kondopoga, "Russian March" And After: The Russian Authorities'
Response To The Rise Of Russian Nationalism
Dmitry Shlapentokh
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4690
The Story Goes On: Kyrgyz Tandem Breaks Up, Kulov Out Of Power
Nurshat Ababakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4691
Field Reports
Newmont Mining - 0, Uzbekistan - 1
Benjamin Abner
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4692
Hipc In Kyrgyzstan Is Doomed To Fail
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4693
New Wave Of Violence In South Ossetia
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4694
New Prime Minister Chosen In Kyrgyzstan
Joldosh Osmonov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4695
News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, 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.- Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923
Posted by: Jeff Sahadeo <jsahadeoconnect.carleton.ca>
Posted: 6 Feb 2007
PUBL.- Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923
Indiana University Press is pleased to announce the recent publication of:
Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923
Jeff Sahadeo
This intensively researched urban study dissects Russian Imperial and
early Soviet rule and colonial society in Islamic Central Asia from
the diverse viewpoints of tsarist functionaries, soviet bureaucrats,
Russian workers, and lower-class women as well as Muslim notables and
Central Asian traders. Jeff Sahadeo's stimulating analysis reveals how
political, social, cultural, and demographic shifts altered the nature
of this colonial community from the tsarist conquest of 1865 to 1923,
when Bolshevik authorities subjected Tashkent to strict Soviet rule.
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=26156
336 pages, 17 b&w photos
978-0-253-34820-3, cloth $45.00
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