Editor-in-chief: Jayhun Mollazade 
Associate Editor: Kenan Aliev 
Assistant Editor: Asoka Ranaweera 
Editor: David Nissman 

Editorial Board: Bulent Aliriza, Audrey Alstadt, Ariel Cohen, Robert Ebel, Tom Farer, Paul Goble, Mark Katz , David Nissman, Sherif Mardin, Martha Brill Olcott 

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ISSN: 1091-4900

Articles: 

1. Pipelines and Pipe dreams: The Geo-Politics of the Transcaucasus by Paul A. Goble
2. Overview of the Turkish Pipeline Route Alternative by Bulent Aliriza
3. The History and Politics of Chechen Oil by Robert E. Ebel
4. President Clinton's Iran Option by S. Rob Sobhani
5. Growing Attraction of the Georgian Alternative by Mikheil Saakashvili
6. A "Peace Pipeline" to end the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by John J. Maresca
7. Competition for Pipeline Route Heats Up by David Nissman
8. Oil and Politics in Kazakhstan by Martha Brill Olcott
9. Turkmenistan: Pipelines Dreams II by Michael Ochs
10. Uzbekistan: Does the Government want a Dialogue with the Opposition? by Abdumannob Polat
11. Interview with Glen Rase Director of International Energy Policy, US State Department

Articles: 

1. From White Oil to Black Caviar: Baku Commerce Through the Ages by Audrey L.Altstadt
2. The Caspian Oil Regime: Military Dimensions by Robert V.Barylski
3. Georgia: The Caucasian Context by Stephen F. Jones
4. Iran, Russia, and the New Muslim States by Kenneth Katzman
5. Culture in Geopolitics by Serif Mardin
6. The Two Azerbaijans: A Common Past and a Common Future by David Nissman
7. Kazakhstan's Political Crisis by Martha Brill Olcott
8. The State of Affairs in the Transcaucasus. Interview with the Honorable James Baker, former US Secretary of State
9. A Historian View of Azerbaijan Today Interview with Tadeusz Swietochowski.

Articles: 

1. Ownership of Seabed and Subsoil Resources in the Caspian Sea Under the Rules of International Law by B. M. Clagett
2. Azerbaijan: Laws Concerning Privatization and Foreign Investment by Shirin O. Entezari & Aleen Rothschild-Seidel
3. The New Uzbekistan:Taking Stronger Economic and Legal Measures to Attract Foreign Investment and Privatize its Industries by Tamineh Roshanian
4. Open for Business: The Legislative Framework of Republic of Kazakhstan by Daniel K. Stone, Esq. & John M. Lain, Esq.
5. Georgia: Improving its Investment Climate by George Makharadze
6. Which Way will Azerbaijan's Oil Flow? The Pipeline Debate Continues  by Laurent Ruseckas
7. Recent Memoirs: An Interview with Former National Security Adviser Zbignew Brzezinski by Jayhun Mollazade.

Articles: 

1. Caspian Sea or Lake: What Difference Does It Make? by Bernard H. Oxman
2. Azerbaijan's Parliamentary Elections by Michael Ochs
3. Georgian Elections by Darrel Slider
4. Russian Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Kozyrev Legacy by Robert O. Freedman
5. An Emerging Russian-Iranian Alliance? by Mark Katz
6. Religion and Social-Political Developments in the Post Soviet Caucasus by E. Kurbanov
7. Spotlight on Turkmenistan: An Interview with Turkmen Ambassador Halil Ugur by Jayhun Mollazade and Joanne Neuber

Articles: 

1. Azerbaijani-American Relations From 1918-1920: A Page in Their History by Jamil Hassanov
2. Georgia: The Lessons of the Past by Giuli Alasaniya
3. The 'New Great Game': Pipeline Politics in Eurasia by Ariel Cohen
4. The Dual Pipeline: Cooperation Versus Competition by Ali Gungor and Ersel Aydinly
5. Investment Laws Promote Trade in Uzbekistan by Ulugbek Shermukhamedov
6. Uzbekistan: Repaving the Ancient Silk Road. Interview with Uzbek Ambassador Fatikh Teshabaev

Articles: 

1. Language and the Search for Identity by Rakhman Badalov.
2. Russia in the Transcaucasus or Democracy in a State of Emergency by Hikmet Hadji-zade.
3. Iran and the Transcaucasus by David Nissman.
4. All Rails Lead to Turkmenistan: the Development of Rail Lines in Central Asia by Abbas Shermukhamedov.
5. The Impact of Migration in Georgia by Tamaz Zubiashvili and Mirian Tukhashvili.
6. The Ethnopolitical Situation in the Caucasus and the Problem of Oil Transportation by Zurab Davitashvili.
7. Interview with Ambassador Japaridze, Ambassador of Georgia to the US.

Articles: 

1. American Middle East Policy: the Need for New Thinking by Paul Henze

and Enders Wimbush. 
2. Russia's "Kurdish Card" in Turkish-Russian Rivalry by Ersel Aidynli.
3. Is There a Future for Reform in the Caspian Basin? by Joseph Hulings.
4. The UN, the OSCE and the Southern Caucasus by Neil MacFarlane.
5. Privatization Process in Kyrgyzstan by Mehrdad Haghayeghi.
6. The Oil Issue in the Policy of Azerbaijan's Government in 1918-1920 by Nigyar Maxwell.
7. Interview with Greg Rich of Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC)

Articles: 

1. Russia and Azerbaijan: Are Relations Beginning to Improve? by Robert Freedman.
2. The Ethnic Threats to the Casucasian Pipelines by John Colarusso.
3. Tajikistan and Russia: Sources of Instability in Central Asiaby Mark Katz.
4. At the Crossroads by Oleg Kalugin.
5. The Economic Cooperation Organization: Regional Forum or Irrelevant Talking Shop? by Richard Pomfret.
6. The Struggle for Azerbaijani Oil at the End of World War I by Jamil Hassanov.

Articles: 

1. US Policy Toward Central Asia and the Transcaucasus by William Odom.
2. Boundaries and Ethnic Groups in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Cause of Conflict and Change? by Paul Henze.
3. Ukraine as a Transportation Corridor for Caspian Sea Oil to Europe by Bohdan Klid.
4. A Strategy for Cooperative Energy Security in the Caucasus by Robert Cutler.
5. From Myths to Maps: American Interests in the Countries of Central Asia and

the Caucasus by Paul Goble.

Articles: 

1. U.S. Economic and Strategic Interests in the Caspian Sea Region: Policies and Implications by Senator Sam Brownback
2. Geopolitcal Dynamics of the Caspian Region by Graham Fuller
3. Caspian Oil Transportation: Insights from a Commercial Perspective by Laurent Ruseckas
4. Growing Instability in the North Caucasus:  A Major Threat to Russian Regional  Security by Larisa Ruban
5. Oil, Guns, and Empire: Russia, Turkey, Caspian "New Oil" and the Montreaux Convention  by John Daly

Articles: 

1.  Editorial
2.  The Caspian Sea Littoral States: The Object of a New Great Game? by  William Odom
3.  US Congress and the Caspian  by F. Wallace Hays
4.  Azeri Question in Iran: A Crucial Issue for the Iranian Future by Nasib Nasibli (Nasibzade)
5.  The Impact of the Instability  in  Chechnya on Daghestan by  Anna Matveeva
6.  Rising Asian Oil  Demand and  Caspian Reserves  by Plamen Tonchev
7.  Japan’s ‘Caspian Direction’ and the Caucasus by David Nissman

Articles: 

1. Azerbaijani Presidential Elections by Joanna Levison
2. The Karabakh Knot: Mediators Try to Balance Justice and a Violent Force  by Mirza Abdul
3. Was Georgia Ready for Independence? by Paul B. Henze
4. Transit through Georgia: Potential for the Future by Mamuka Tsereteli
5. Azerbaijan’s First and Second Republics: The Problem of National Consciousness

by Audrey L. Altstadt 
6. Regional Economic Developments in The Middle East and Central Asia

by Dr. Shirin O. Entezari and Babak Bagheri

Articles: 

1. OSCE Criticizes Azerbaijan’s Presidential Elections: Government Launches Post-Election Crackdown by Michael Ochs
2. Ukraine’s Plan to Transport Caspian Sea and Middle East Oil to Europe: Pipe Dream or One Step from Reality? by Bohdan Klid
3. The Turkish-Georgian Relationship and the Transportatoin of Azerbaijani Oil by Manos Karagiannis
4. Intellectual Property Protection in the Republic of Georgia by Bruce A. McDonald
5. Parliament of Azerbaijan (1918-20) by Latifa Mamedova

Articles: 

• Islam Karimov Survives Assassination Attempt as Regional and Western Leaders Breath in a Collective Sigh of Relief  by Roxana Miller Pierce
• Issues of International Law and Politics in the Caspian in the Context of of the Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Discussion by Yagmur Kochumov
• Border Games in the Caspian Sea: Newly Independent States Vs. Russia and Iran Co. by Gorkhmaz Askarov
• Foreign Participation in the Azerbaijani Banking Sector by Mikayil Jabbarov and Scott Horton
• What Ataturk Did Not Do by Paul Henze
• Security in the Caucasus: An Interview with Lt. General Odom
• The Political-Ideological Doctrine of the Musavat Party in the Early Twentieth Century by Aydin Balayev

Articles: 

• Latest Events in the Region 
• Azerbaijan’s Road to NATO by Glen E. Howard 
• Ownership Challenges in Azerbaijan by Ferhad Abasov 
• What’s hidden behind the war of ambitions? by Mikhail Ustiugov 
• Ethnic issues in Iran-Azerbaijan relations by Dr. A. William Samii 
• Interview with Shevket Bulent Yahnici, a member of the Turkish Parliament