Table of Contents

The making of new foreign policies and the role of international organizations: the OSCE strategy in Central Asia - rationale and limits, Victor-Yves Ghebali; new foreign policies for new states, Mohammad-Reza Djalili; the People's Republic of China and the new Central Asia, Thierry Kellner. Nation-building: nation-building in post-Soviet Central Asia, Shirin Akiner; Russian policy towards Georgia - assertiveness and strategic retreat, Per Normark; nation-building in the post-Soviet South Caucasus, Alexander Rondeli. Economic aspects of transition: Caspian oil - did America really win? John Gault; oil diplomacy in the Caspian - the rift between Iran and Azerbaijan in summer 2001, Farian Sabahi; is the OSCE's economic and environmental dimension relevant in Central Asia? Gael Raballand. Humanitarian crises in post-Soviet Eurasia: the OSCE mission to Georgia - mandate and activities, Jean-Michel Lacombe; human security for Central Asia, Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh.