Caucasian Review of International Affairs
Dear Atlantic Community Members,
The Caucasian
Review of International Affairs (CRIA) announces a Call for Papers for its Winter 08/09 issue to be published at the end of January 2009.
Deadline for submissions is December 31, 2008.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://cria-online.org/Submit_a_Paper.html .
CRIA
is particularly interested in papers on the following topics:
- Prospects of the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict after the recent developments in the region;
- Refugee issues due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict;
- Recent attempts of rapprochement in Turkish-Armenian
relations and their prospects;
- Did Kosovo establish precedent for the conflicts in
the Caucasus?
- GUAM and its role in the security of the member-states;
- European Union and the conflict resolution in the South
Caucasus;
- What should the West do in Georgia?
What roles for the EU?
- Western energy interests in the South
Caucasus and Central
Asia;
- Islam in the Caucasus;
- Iranian nuclear program and its implications for the South
Caucasus ;
- Germany and Caucasus;
- Russian policy towards the South
Caucasus;
- Georgia and its NATO-membership aspirations;
- Integration of the South
Caucasus to the Euro-Atlantic
structures;
- Prospects of the South Caucasian Regional Security;
- Global financial crisis and the South
Caucasus;
- Azerbaijan ‘s relations with the Moslem world;
- Foreign Policy of the new Armenian Government;
- Iran-Armenia relations;
- Azerbaijani community of Iran;
- Legal status of the Caspian
Sea;
- China in Central Asia ;
- Foreign Policy of Turkmenistan under the new government;
- Turkey and PKK;
- Realist view on Turkey ‘s accession to the EU;
- Iran-Turkey relations;
- Ukraine ‘s foreign policy - NATO and EU versus Russia;
- Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US - its influence over US foreign policy;
- The American Elections and it’s possible impact on Eurasia
- Obama’s foreign policy towards Turkey - he issues of Cyprus and “Armenian Genocide”;
- New administration in Washington and its possible Caucasus policy;
- Interests of the US policy in the South
Caucasus.
This is a preliminary
list. Please feel free to offer
alternative topics, including book reviews to the Editor.
The
CRIA is a Germany-registered quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit and
online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding
of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and
analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in
particular are concerned. The CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers
on all aspects of international affairs, from all political
viewpoints. The last issue of the Review can be viewed at www.cria-online.org.
Best regards,
Jan Künzl
Editorial Assistant
Caucasian Review of International
Affairs
www.cria-online.org
ISSN:
18656773
