ABOUT US
The Caucasian Review of
International Affairs (CRIA) is a Germany-based, quarterly
peer-reviewed free, not-for-profit and online academic journal which
has been published in English since 2006. With its preeminent
International Advisory Board and
Editorial Board representing various academic institutions the
Review is committed to promote a better understanding of regional
affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis,
as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in
particular are concerned. CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented
papers on other countries and regions including especially Turkey,
Iran, Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe as well as on
all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints.
CRIA’s primary goal is to produce an efficient dialogue and exchange
of ideas on the Caucasus and beyond among practitioners, researchers
and theorists from the region itself and abroad.
CRIA publishes research
papers, comments, book reviews and interviews as well as a weekly
analytical piece, the
Caucasus Update. CRIA distinguishes itself as the only quarterly
academic peer-reviewed free online journal covering the topics on
the Caucasus. The Review
is widely distributed free of charge via email to large number
of subscribers, and is available via a range of research networks
and mailing lists to thousands of readers in the region and
worldwide. Readers of CRIA include primarily
international affairs professionals,
think tanks, embassies, policy-makers, parliamentarians,
governmental agencies, journalists, different regional and
international NGOs, and university
libraries from the Caucasus and around the globe.
Additionally, CRIA is
indexed in the following citation indexes and research
databases: Columbia International Affairs Online, ProQuest Research
Library, EBSCOhost Research Database, Directory of Open Access
Journals, Ulrich's Periodicals
Directory,
International Relations and Security Network, World Affairs Online,
Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Osteuropa, Google Scholar, Global
Development Network, Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, Social
Sciences Eastern Europe, Electronic Library Information Navigator –
ELIN@NIAS, Genamics JournalSeek, etc.
Being included in the
electronic journal catalogues of the respective
university libraries CRIA is available to the academic communities
of universities such as Harvard University, Princeton University,
Stanford University, Columbia University, Georgetown University,
Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, George
Washington University, University of California Berkeley, University
of Chicago, University of Toronto, McGill University, Humboldt
University of Berlin, Hamburg University, University of Vienna,
University of Munich, etc.
CRIA has also
established mutually beneficial
partnerships with a number of organizations and publications
such as Caucasus Research Resource Centres, TREND News Agency,
Welttrends Journal, E-Politik.de, etc. and is looking forward to
increase the number of such partnerships in the future. |