When and why does ethnicity matter in international relations? When do states founded on a
preexisting cultural community act to protect the interests of co-ethnic populations living …

Civil society in Central Asia/S. Frederick Starr--The legal regulation of NGOs: Central Asia at
a crossroads/Scott Horton and Alla Kazakina--Freedom of association and the question of its …

This article sketches out a conceptual framework for exploring the diasporic politics of the
Russians in the post-Soviet borderlands. Specific consideration is given to the Russians …

Greek word,“diaspora” literally means “spread out” or “dispersed'. It indicates that the group
in question has left its original homeland and dispersed to all points of the compass. In an …

Central Asia has been a land of transition that has acted as a conduit between the East and
the West; hence, there have been numerous geopolitical struggles over this region. The …