Regional Security Issues (2008)

Edited by Dr. Gayane Novikova Co-Edited by Sergey Sargsyan Translated by Ashot Melyan

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Contents
Preface			9
Gayane Novikova	Shifts in Security in the South Caucasus: Summing up of 2008		10
Tedo Japaridze	Dilemmas of Security and the Risks in the Black Sea/ Caspian Zone. The Exploded Region or Comeback to Realpolitik?		20
Yaşar Yakiş	Black Sea, Caucasus and the Georgian Crisis		31
George Tarkhan-Mouravi	2008 in Georgia and Some Implications for Its Future		42
Sergey Markedonov	“The Five-Day War:” the Results and Consequences for Russia		58
Oleksandr Sushko	Regional Security and the Ukrainian Strategic Interests in the Black Sea Region		75
Mohammad Hassan Khani	Concerns and Policies of Big Players in the Caucasus: an Iranian Perspective		83
Tadeusz Swiętochowski	Islamic Trends in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan		90
Sayfullo Safarov	Enlargement of the SCO as a Factor of Strengthening its Impact on Ensuring Security in Central Asia		98
Sergey Sargsyan	Turkmenistan: the Policy of Multi-   Vector Promises		107
Tatul Manaseryan	Demographic Security: Global Concerns and Local Implications		118
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