‍Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal

The Impact of Turkmenistan's Foreign Policy on Its Economy

ali omidi; ehsan fallahi; zahra Agha Mohammadi

Volume 21, Issue 91 , October 2016, Pages 1-36

Abstract

Since 2001 Ashgabat lunched more normal pattern of neutrality. In 2006, with the arrival of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow as new leader, The process of ... Read More

Geopolitics Changes of Caucasus and its Effects on National Security of Islamic Republic of Iran

hamid hakim; Asghar Jafari Valdani

Volume 21, Issue 91 , October 2016, Pages 37-64

Abstract

The Caucasus always has enjoyed a unique geopolitical importance. The fall of the Soviet Union and its geopolitical aftermath were the factors which dramatically enhanced the significance ... Read More

Russia and United Nations Security Council with Focus upon Voting Mechanism

Vahid Zolfaghari

Volume 21, Issue 91 , October 2016, Pages 65-92

Abstract

The hypothesis of this paper is that due to impotency of understanding the changing concept of ‘Geopolitics’ in Russian foreign policy and its shifting strategic choice, ... Read More

Radical Salafism in the North Caucasus; with Emphasis on Historical, Cultural and Political Factors

Mehdi Hosseini Taghiabad; Ali Kalirad

Volume 21, Issue 91 , October 2016, Pages 93-133

Abstract

Salafism as a relatively new phenomenon has obtained an active and growing role in Islamic affairs of the Russian Federation especially in the Northern Caucasus, in various dimensions.The ... Read More Salafism as a relatively new phenomenon has obtained an active and growing role in Islamic affairs of the Russian Federation especially in the Northern Caucasus, in various dimensions.The realization of radical salafis’ endeavors in separatist militants’ activities, either in the framework of al-Qaeda linked Emirate of the Caucasus or in IS Caucasus Province are not the whole story. Another aspect of this phenomenon is the efforts of moderate salafis to increasingly open up the areas for public and official activities in the religious sphere of Northern Caucasus republics. There is so much evidence to indicate salafism as the fastest growing Islamic sect in the Northern Caucasus, which given especial Importance to this phenomenon. According to the internal dynamics of the region, continuation of insecurity in the North Caucasus and the failure of the Russian government to implement its stated policy to eradication of separatist and extremist movements in the region, this phenomenon has been emerged as a crucial problem with national dimension in Russia. In the current situation, there is no doubt about ties between radical salafism in Northern Caucasus and sponsors of radical salafism in regional and international level. The main problem of this paper is about the historical, cultural and political factors which have been playing role in the emergence and development of salafism in the Northern Caucasus. The problem of the paper has been explained and analyzed by descriptive – analytical method. To answer the problem of the paper, a series of historical, cultural and political factors of the Northern Caucasus, including the background, and the political - defiant characteristics of Islam in the region, weakening of Islam during soviet period, post – Soviet sphere and the transformation of the roles of religious actors, rejection of Sufi Islam by the salafists, the lack of a coherent and coordinated policy towards Salafism in the North Caucasus, counterproductive rivalry between Muslim scholars of Russia, counterproductive ethnic rivalry in the region, the consequences of Chechnya wars, assassination of scholars and thinkers of traditional Islam and de-Iranization of the Northern Caucasus have been introduced and surveyed as the hypothesis of the paper.

The Process of Modernization in Russia: A Powerful State and the Nature of Development

Jahangir Karami; Rughie Keramati Nia

Volume 21, Issue 91 , October 2016, Pages 135-163

Abstract

Modernization for long time has been the main concern of many developing countries. In Russia also this process, began in earnest from ... Read More

America's Missile Defense and the Security of Russia Region

Seyed Mehdi Moradi; moslem goleestan; Rahim Noruozi

Volume 21, Issue 91 , October 2016, Pages 165-197

Abstract

American missile defense shield defines from cold war in context of "Star Wars", "global protection against limited attacks", "National Missile Defense" and most recently "comparative ... Read More

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Volume & Issue: Volume 21, Issue 91, October 2016

The Impact of Turkmenistan's Foreign Policy on Its Economy

Abstract

Geopolitics Changes of Caucasus and its Effects on National Security of Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

Russia and United Nations Security Council with Focus upon Voting Mechanism

Abstract

Radical Salafism in the North Caucasus; with Emphasis on Historical, Cultural and Political Factors

Abstract

The Process of Modernization in Russia: A Powerful State and the Nature of Development

Abstract

America's Missile Defense and the Security of Russia Region

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