Region Volume 5 No.1
Politics in Central Asia
Andrew Wachtel
A Tale of Two Heroes: Kyrgyzstan in Search of National Role Models 1
Zharmukhamed Zardykhan
Ethnic Kazakh Repatriation and Kazakh Nation-Building:
The Awaited Savior or the Prodigal Son? 17
Charles J. Sullivan
Halk, Watan, Berdymukhammedov! Political Transition and
Regime Continuity in Turkmenistan 35
Articles
Kirill V. Istomin and Yuri P. Shabaev
Izhma Komi and Komi-Permiak: Linguistic Barriers to
Geographic and Ethnic Identity 53
Robert W. Orttung and Andreas Wenger
Explaining Cooperation and Conflict in Marine Boundary Disputes Involving Energy Deposits 75
Book Reviews
Mark T. Kettler
Jesse Kauffman. Elusive Alliance: The German Occupation of
Poland in World War I 97
Brigid O’Keeffe
Stephen Lovell. Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919–1970 101
Notes on the Contributors 105
Style Sheet and Submissions Guidelines 109