This insider perspective examines the main sources of security threat and political instability in the Caucasus states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.


* Biographies of all major Azeri, Armenian, and Georgian leaders

* Key documents such as the constitutions of all three Caucasus republics and the Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire Agreement

* A chronology of major political events in each Caucasus republic from independence to the present

* Tables and graphs of trade patterns

* Maps and photographs

* A glossary of hundreds of key terms such as "glasnost," "near abroad," and "sufism"