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I. PUBL. - Caucaz.com Special Report on Baltic-Caucasian Cooperation

Posted by: Lili Di Puppo <lilidipuppo at yahoo.de>

The weekly online magazine Caucaz.com has published a special report
on Baltic-Caucasian cooperation:

http://www.caucaz.com/home_eng/breve_contenu.php?id=239

SPECIAL REPORT- These Baltic states who want to export their model of
integration into the West to the East

There are six of them. The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
and the South Caucasus States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) are
small, often ignored, and share a common Soviet past as well as an
attachment to western values. Lately, they have been multiplying
exchanges. Whereas the Baltic States are concerned about the East and
about security and stability from the enlarged Europe to the edge of
Russia, the South Caucasians' expectations turn to the West, towards
the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance. The result is a
multiplication of disparate interests leading towards a common
cooperation, based on the implacable logic of supply and demand. The
Baltic States that wish to export to the East their model of
integration into the West, have found in the South Caucasus a
well-informed elite who balks at their reforms and at their process
of democratic transition.

Contents

Report coordinated by Célia CHAUFFOUR and Lili DI PUPPO

  * Editorial - By Célia CHAUFFOUR and Lili DI PUPPO

Exporting the Baltic experience of Euro-Atlantic integration

  * Interview with Mr. Vytautas Landsbergis - By Lili DI PUPPO
  * Interview with Mr. A.Valionis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
    Lithuania - By Célia CHAUFFOUR
  * Interview with Mr. Giorgi Baramidze, Georgian State Minister of
    Euro-Atlantic integration - By Célia CHAUFFOUR
  * What's behind the interest of the Baltic States in the Caucasus -
    By Igor TORBAKOV
  * Behind Estonian-Georgian cooperation - By Heiko PÄÄBO
  * Interview with Mr. Uldis Kinis, Chairman of the Kuldiga district
    court of Latvia and former rule of law expert in the EUJUST Themis
    mission to Georgia - By Lili DI PUPPO

At the heart of preoccupations, the security question

  * Interview with Mr. Atis Lejins, head of the Latvian Institute of
    International Affairs - By Célia CHAUFFOUR
  * Lithuania supports the defence reforms implemented in Georgia - By
    Célia CHAUFFOUR and Nicolas LANDRU

Two regions geographically distant but linked by history

  * South Caucasus, Baltic states: the history behind the geopolitics -
    By Yves PLASSERAUD
  * How to catch a Georgian mouse; or the good relationship between
    Lithuanians and Georgians - By Marielle VITUREAU

Caucaz.com is a Tbilisi-based weekly online magazine. This independent
media was created in October 2004 by European and South-Caucasian
journalists, thus breathing life into the first European media
covering the South Caucasus. The South Caucasus editors are based in
Tbilisi, with correspondents in Yerevan and Baku. European editors are
based in both Paris and Brussels.

More information on Caucaz.com is available under this link:

http://www.caucaz.com/home_eng/caucase.php

The Caucaz.com redaction welcomes contributions from researchers,
journalists and PhD students on the Caucasus and its neighbouring
regions. Caucaz.com is also looking for English speakers to translate
(mostly from French into English) and proofread articles in English on
a voluntary basis.

Please contact: redaction at caucaz.com

Lili Di Puppo
European Union Editor Caucaz.com

Email: lili.dipuppo at caucaz.com
Tel (home): + 44 (0)2 08 56 31 291
Tel (mobile): + 44 (0)7 96 12 05 654
Web: www.caucaz.com

II. PUBL.- Bibliography on the Study of Languages of Azerbaijan (On-line)

Posted by: Farid Guliyev <fareedaz at yahoo.com>

Complete index of SIL publications on Azerbaijan
[some available free on-line -- check the web-page for availability]

Founded over 70 years ago, SIL International is a faith-based
organization that studies, documents, and assists in developing the
world's lesser-known languages.

Ethnologue report for Azerbaijan is available at
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AZ

See language map for Azerbaijan:
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_map.asp?name=AZ&seq=10

Discourse analysis
Kirk, Peter. 2002. "Discourse analysis of 'Zarafat' 'Joke'."

Ethnography
Clifton, John M., editor. 2002. Studies in languages of Azerbaijan,
vol. 1.

Javadov, Gamarshah and Rauf Huseinov. 2002. "The Udis:
historico-ethnographic research."
Javadov, Gamarshah. 2002. "Living antiquity of the Caucasus."

Ethnology
Arzumanli, Vagif. 2002. "National policy and ethnic minorities in the
Republic of Azerbaijan."

Arzumanli, Vagif. 2002. "The study and scientific analysis of issues
concerning the minority peoples of the Azerbaijani Republic and its
national policy."

Language policy
Arzumanli, Vagif. 2002. "National policy and ethnic minorities in the
Republic of Azerbaijan."

Arzumanli, Vagif. 2002. "The study and scientific analysis of issues
concerning the minority peoples of the Azerbaijani Republic and its
national policy."

Language shift
Clifton, John M. and others. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Budukh in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Budukh in Azerbaijan."

Language surveys and sociolinguistics
Clifton, John and others. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of the
Inghiloi of Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Budukh in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Khinalug in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Kryz in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Lezgi in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Udi of Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Avar in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Talysh in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Tat and Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2003. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "Sociolinguistic situation of the
Talysh in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "Sociolinguistic situation of the
Tat and Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Avar in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Budukh in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Inghiloi of Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Khinalug in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Kryz in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Lezgi in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M. and others. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of
the Udi in Azerbaijan."

Clifton, John M., editor. 2002. Studies in languages of Azerbaijan, vol. 1.

URL:
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country_bibl.asp?name=AZ

Bibliography database last modified: April 2006

Farid Guliyev
Founder
The Azerbaijani_Studies List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Azerbaijani_Studies/

III. PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 17 May 2006 Issue Online

From: Svante Cornell <svante.cornell at eurasia.uu.se>

NOTE: TWO CONFERENCE REPORTS PUBLISHED:

1) "Turkey in Europe: Changes and Challenges"
By Per Häggström, summarizing the conference organized on May 5in
Stockholm, by the Joint Center in cooperation with the Policy Analysis
Office of the Swedish Foreign Ministry.
Download at: www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/publications/0605Turkey.pdf

2) "First Kabul Conference on Partnership, Trade and Development in
Greater Central Asia"
By Nicklas Norling, summarizing the findings of the conference organized
on April 1-2 in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the Joint Center in cooperation
with the First Kazakhstan President Foundation.
Download at: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/0604Kabul.pdf

The 17 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org.

Highlights: This issue's CACI Analyst features Stephen Blank on
America's new steps to retake the initiative in the region; Kevin Leahy
on Chechen leader Kadyrov's relationship with the Russian government;
Rahimullah Yusufzai on the uneasy state of Pakistani-Afghan relations;
and Alman Mir-Ismail on the changing character of Azerbaijan's
elections, as evidenced by the May 13 rerun elections to parliament.
Field reports feature two dramatic events in Central Asia: the
assassination of Rysbek Akmatbayev and the violent incidents blamed
on the IMU at Tajik and Kyrgyz border posts. The religious situation in
northern Azerbaijan and the opening of a new military base at Senaki in
western Georgia are also featured.

The PDF version of the entire issue of the 17 May CACI Analyst is
available at:

http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20060517Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles:

America Strikes Back? Geopolitical Rivalry in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4233

Kadyrov's Bluff': Why Chechnya's Strongman Continues to Test His
Political Boundaries
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4234

Pakistan-Afghan Relations: Hostage to the Past
Rahimullah Yusufzai
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4235

The Changing Nature of Azerbaijani Elections
Alman Mir-Ismail
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4236

FIELD REPORTS:

Religious Questions in Azerbaijan's North
Gulnara Ismailova
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=42337

Known Mafia Boss Murdered in Kyrgyzstan
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4238

IMU Accused of Attack on Tajik, Kyrgyz Border Posts
Zoya Pylenko
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4239

Georgian Military Base in Senaki Opened
Kakha Jibladze
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4240

NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php

The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.

The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At
this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on economics
and finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all
inquiries are welcome.

Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell at jhu.edu with a
short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are online
at http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063

IV. PUBL.- Mind and Vision: Perceptions of Reform in Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan

Mind and Vision: Perceptions of Reform in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Author:
Suchandana Chatterjee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Institute of Asian Studies
Kolkata, India
e-mail: suchandanachatterjee at hotmail.com

Bookwell Publishers, New Delhi, 2006
ISBN: 81-89640-03-8

Summary

Like other post-Soviet Central Asian republics, Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan have had priorities of reform. There have been varied
attitudes to reform. On the one hand, there is an appraisal of early
achievements in the realm of politics and economy. On the other hand,
there is a tendency to highlight internal contradictions like ethnic
divergence and clan difference. The inabilities of the authorities to
control internal fragmentation in these two republics have also been
studied by scholars. The aspect of social transformation is reflected
in people's reactions to reform. There are indications that the people
of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were sensitized to a whole range of
issues like 'ethnic social distance', education, media, migration and
diasporas, social security, environment, etc.

The present study tries to shed the myopic view of Central Asia's
limitations and takes into consideration the factors that have shaped
state-society relations. The themes of study are diversity and
divergence and their representations in Central Asia. The purpose is
to highlight the metamorphosis of Kyrgyz and Kazakh societies that
otherwise seem to be riddled by contradictions like tribal and clan
divisions, ethnic tension, regional disparities, urban-rural
differences, social inequalities etc. The 'permissive environment' in
these two republics has also been studied. The study analyzes the
debatable issue of ethnicity and the feeling of cooperation in
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan that cuts across ethnic categories.

There is also an attempt to study Xinjiang as a Central Asian
borderland and the cultural space that it shares with the Kazakhs,
Kyrgyz and the Mongols. The generations of closeness between
Xinjiang's non-Han population and their ethnic brethren in Central
Asia have also been taken into account. This aspect is relevant
because there is a revival of interest in the role of Xinjiang in
Central Asia's 'future'.

Contents

1)  Preface
2)  Chapter One- Divergence in Central Asia
3)  Chapter Two- Diversity in Central Asia
4)  Chapter Three- Review of Change: Hope and Despair
5)  Chapter Four- Xinjiang in the Central Asian Region: Connecting the
     past and the present
6)  Conclusion
7)  Bibliography
8)  Appendix I- China's Minority Nationalities
9)  Appendix II- Composition of Nationalities in Kazakhstan
10) Index

Bookwell Publishers
bkwell at nde.vsnl.net.in and bookwell at vsnl.net

Suchandana Chatterjee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
5, Ashraf Mistry Lane
Kolkata 700019
India

V. PUBL.- On the Religious Frontier: Russia & Islam in the Caucasus, F.
Mostashari

Posted by: Firouzeh Mostashari <mostashari at gmail.com>

On the Religious Frontier: Tsarist Russia and Islam in the Caucasus
Firouzeh Mostashari

ISBN 1 85043 771 8 hardback £45.00
256 pages September 2005
International Library of Historical Studies, vol. 32
I. B. Tauris

On The Religious Frontier examines the history of Muslim Azerbaijan
under Christian Orthodox Russian imperial rule and the attempts of the
Russian administrators of the Caucasus to integrate the region into the
empire. Firouzeh Mostashari presents the formation of a Russian colonial
administration in the Muslim Caucasus; subsequent social, political and
economic development and the local response to conquest, military rule
and Russification. Central to the study is the concept of a religious
and cultural frontier separating Orthodox Russia and Muslim Azerbaijan.
  On The Religious Frontier is based on original archival research from
the Russian and Azerbaijani State Historical Archives and offers a
fascinating insight into how the seeds of conflict in today's Caucasus
were sown during Tsarist Russia.

Firouzeh Mostashari is Associate Professor of History at Regis
College, Massachusetts.

I. B. Tauris Publishers
http://www.ibtauris.com

VI. PUBL.- The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1800-17, Alex Marshall

Posted by: Alex Marshall <alex.marshall3 at btopenworld.com>

The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1800-1917
Alex Marshall

ISBN: 0415355613
Hardback 264 pages (May 4, 2006)
Routledge Curzon, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
http://www.routledgecurzon.com/

This new book examines the role of the Tsarist General Staff in studying
and administering Russia's Asian borderlands. It considers the nature of
the Imperial Russian state, the institutional characteristics of the
General Staff, and Russia's relationship with Asia. During the
nineteenth century, Russia was an important player in the so-called
'Great Game' in Central Asia. Between 1800 and 1917, officers of the
Russian General Staff travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire,
Central Asia and the Far East, gathering intelligence that assisted in
the formation of future war plans. Across this same time period, the
combined shock of the Russo-Japanese War and the perceived threat of
'Pan-Islamism' led to major reassessments and changes within the
contemporary Russian intelligence community. This work considers the
tactics of imperial expansion, and the role of military intelligence and
war planning with respect to important regions including the Caucasus,
Central Asia and the Far East. In the light of detailed archival
research, it investigates objectively questions such as the possibility
of Russia seizing the Bosphorus Straits, Russian assessment of
Afghanistan, and the probability of an expedition to India. Overall,
this book provides a comprehensive account of the Russian General Staff,
its role in Asia, and of Russian military planning with respect to a
region that remains highly strategically significant today.

Dr Alex Marshall is a lecturer at the Defence Studies Department of
King's College London

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