In addition to the recent violent ethnic conflict in Kyrgyzstan, some of the other events attracting attention to politics in Central Asia are the Georgian-Russian war, the Color Revolutions, the Andijan events in Uzbekistan, ...

For the countries in the Caspian region, whether they have been endowed with large resources of oil and natural gas or not, the energy politics and energy security has been at the heart of their efforts to build sovereign ...

This paper provides an analysis of increasing geopolitical competition over energy rich Central Asia and Caucasus by key actors such as the U.S.A., Russia and China. In addition to an evaluation of the region’s future as ...

Bu çalışmanın amacı 2007’de ilan edilen Kafkasya Emirliği ile birlikte Kuzey Kafkasya’da aşırı İslamcılığın yükselişinin sosyal hareketler çalışmalarından esinlenerek sosyal-ekonomik göstergeler, siyasi gelişim ve kimliğe ...

Religious extremism is regarded as a major threat to the stability and security of the international community. Particularly cases of Islamic extremism such as the Iranian Revolution, attacks on Western embassies, hostage ...

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