CONTENTS
LILIT HARUTYUNYAN
THE NEW IMAGE OF THE BUSINESS ELITE IN LEBANESE POLITICS : RAFIK AND SAAD HARIRI , NAJIB MIKATI AND ISSAM FARES .......................................................................................... 4
YEVA HARUTYUNYAN
JAPAN ’ S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA ........................................................................................................ 25
LILIT MAYILYAN UNDERSTANDING THE UNDERLYING DYNAMICS OF TURKISH- AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS : “ ONE NATION , TWO STATES ?”...... 39
ASTGHIK HAYRAPETYAN MANIFESTATIONS OF NEOCONSERVATISM IN US MIDDLE EAST POLICY DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W . BUSH ( 2001-2009 ) ............................................................................ 68
AUTHORS LIST .................................................................................... 87 ANNEX ................................................................................................... 88
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