Dear Readers,

Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM), is pleased that our “Eurasian World” journal has entered its second publication year with this issue. Virtually in direct proportion with our anniversary, significant developments have occurred in the Eurasian region during the same period. Foremost among these developments, undoubtedly, was the legal status of the Caspian Sea, which has remained unresolved for twenty years, finally coming to a conclusion. As a matter of fact, the five littoral countries on the coast of the Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan) achieved this by signing an agreement on 12 August 2018 in Aktau. You will find three different articles on our pages that examine this topic from different angles. On the other hand, we have touched upon the remarkable developments in the energy pipelines field which certainly increase the strategic coefficient of Eurasia with several articles we grouped under the same title. In this way, we have continued our tradition of focusing on a special subject in every issue. We hereby present our 3rd issue which covers the analysis and evaluations about the developments in the Eurasian region by Turkish and foreign academicians and experts. While always ready to welcome any opinion and/or contribution from our readers, we extend our thanks for the interest shown for the “Eurasian World”.

Yiğit Alpogan

Editor

“A General Evaluation of Domestic Politics in Central Asia: Opportunities and Challenges”, Prof. Dr. Pınar Köksal

“Hazar’ın Statüsü: Hukuki Sorun, 2018 Hazar Anlaşmasına Varan Süreç ve Yansımaları”, Aslan Yavuz Şir - Büşra Baykal

“Hazar Denizi’nin Hukuki Statüsü Bağlamında Azerbaycan – Türkmenistan Anlaşmazlığı”, Doç. Dr. Ulviyye Aydın

“V. Hazar Zirvesi ve Avrasya Enerji Hattının Geleceği, Türkiye’ye Etkileri”, Halil Ülker

“The BSEC Organization from the Perspectives of Turkey, Russia and Ukraine”, Olena Kryzhanivska

“Kore Yarımadasında Mevcut Durum ve Barış Sürecinde Güncel Gelişmeler”, Mehmet Oğuzhan Tulun

“The Strategic Thinking of China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative (BRI), Middle Corridor and the BRI”, Dr. Shun-Wen Wang”

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Avrasya’da Boru Hatları ve Enerji Politikaları

“Merkezi-Avrasya’da Doğalgaz Boru Hattı Projeleri’nin Ortaya Koyduğu Soru ve Olasılıklar“, Dr. Turgut Kerem Tuncel

“Prospects of Turkmenistan- AfghanistanPakistan- India (TAPI) Pipeline for India”, Assist. Prof. M Reyaz

“Is It Realistic to Create a Eurasian Gas Hub in Turkey?”, Seyit Ali Daştan

Prof. Dr. Pınar Köksal (Chairperson, Eurasian Studies M.S Program, and Faculty Member, Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ))

Aslan Yavuz Şir (Kıdemli Analist, AVİM)

Büşra Baykal (AVİM Uygulamalı Eğitim Programı)

Doç. Dr. Ulviyye Aydın (Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü)

Halil Ülker (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi, Avrasya Araştırmaları Ana Bilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Öğrencisi)

Olena Kryzhanivska (PhD Student, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)

Dr. Turgut Kerem Tuncel (Kıdemli Analist, AVİM)

Dr. M Reyaz (Assistant Professor of Journalism at Aliah University, Kolkata, India)

Seyit Ali Daştan (PhD Student, Middle East Technical University, Ankara)

Mehmet Oğuzhan Tulun (Analist, AVİM)

Dr. Shun-Wen Wang (Asisstant Professor, Department of Public Administration and Managment, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan)