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Studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus was established as the official publication of ASIAC, the Italian Association for Studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus, which has become a landmark organisation for area studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus in Italy and beyond. The aim of the journal is to contribute to the international academic literature and main research trends developed by international scholars interested in these areas, as well as to become a reference publication for the academic debate on the two regions. The journal is also the first academic journal in Italy specifically dedicated to studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus. 




Chief Editor
Prof. Aldo Ferrari, Ca' Foscari University, Venezia, Italy
Department of Asian and North African Studies 
ISSN: 3035-0484 | Studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus 

Current IssueVol 2 (2025)

Published November 10, 2025

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Table of Contents

Articles

The Politics of the Past: Reconsidering the Socio-Political Tensions of 1950s-1970s Baku
Heather D. Dehaan, Shalala Mammadova
5-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3478
The Breakup of Civil Society in Post–War Azerbaijan
Cesare Figari Barberis, Mirkamran Huseynli
25-43
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3466
Becoming a Memory Activist: The Encounters with the Documents at the KGB MIA Archive in Tbilisi, Georgia
Laura Mafizzoli
45-62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3762
Terra, acqua, oro: interazioni economiche e culturali tra nomadi e sedentari nel bacino del Kuban tra VII e V sec. a.C.
Manuel Castelluccia
63-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3480
The Evolving Integration of Environmental, Traditional, and Moral Themes in Three Works by Chingiz Aitmatov
Paul Woods
91-109
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3477
Pursuing Accountability for Crimes against Humanity in Tajikistan: International Criminal Court and Germany’s National Courts
Steve Swerdlow, Andre Ferreira, Thomas Callahan
111-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3465
Natural Resource Fund (NRF) in a Developing Society: Insights from the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ)
Teymur Khalafov
139-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/asiac-3645
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