this article  studyies political identity of dagestani people in the north caucasus. at the first, i have defined a true theory of political identity, which is compatible with dagestanis. this theory defines political identity in two aspects: grounded aspect, which is geography and history, and the social-environmental aspect, which includes culture (especially religion, costumes and ethnicity)...

preventive diplomacy, a concept promoted more than fifty years ago by dag hammarskjöld, former un secretary general, is now being institutionalized through united nations regional center for preventive diplomacy for central asia (unrcca), which is established for the purpose of peaceful settlements of disputes, and prevention of conflicts by using preventive and early warning mechanisms. the ce...

even though subsequent to the cold war, washington and moscow geostrategic competition came to an end in many parts of the world, a fresh rivalry has been sparked between them in central asia and the caucasus. this rivalry has been developed between regional and transregional powers with the aim of gaining geopolitical advantages, enhancement of security structures, dominance over energy resour...

human trafficking is one form of organized crime with 7 to 10 billion dollars profit next to drug and weapon trades. former soviet republics and eastern europe have become the newest sources of human trafficking, for europe and north america for the purpose of sexual exploitation .this article is a result in causes of human trafficking in central asian republic of the former soviet :union:.

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) was known throughout Eurasia in the second millennium BC in regions with warm, moist summers, where its cultivation reduced agricultural risk. Its cultivation during the warm, but dry months at Kyzyltepa and other Iron Age sites in western Central Asia was probably made possible through irrigation practices that were long known and originally developed in th...

within the framework of international political economy, this article discusses the situation of energy resources, including oil and gas, in central asia and argues that due to abundance of oil and gas resources in such countries as kazakhstan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan, and hefty revenues generated by those resources, statesmen in these countries are planning to turn central asia into a majo...