Central Asian Survey is an academic journal first published in 1982 concerning Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

 and Central Asian studies

Central Asian studies

Central Asian studies is the discipline of studying the culture, history, and languages of Central Asia. The roots of Central Asian studies as a social science discipline goes to 19th century Anglo-Russian Great Game...

. It is currently published by Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom which publishes books and academic journals. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.- Overview :...

, and has four issues a year.

According to the editorial staff, "The central aim of the journal is to reflect and promote advances in area-based scholarship in the social sciences and humanities and enhance understanding of processes of local and regional change that make Central Asia and the Caucasus an area of significant contemporary interest."

The current editor is Deniz Kandiyoti

Deniz Kandiyoti

Deniz Kandiyoti is an author and an academic of research in the fields of gender relations and developmental politics in the Middle East, specifically Turkey. She holds a PhD from London School of Economics....

. Other scholars serving on the editorial board include Touraj Atabaki, Sally Cummings, Bhavna Dave, and Olivier Roy, among others. The journal's international advisory board also includes Roy Allison, Adeeb Khalid, Yacov Ro'i, Nazif Shahrani

Nazif Shahrani

M. Nazif Shahrani is a professor of anthropology and of Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is an ethnic Uzbek from northern Afghanistan and is an American citizen.-Life:...

, Ronald Suny

Ronald Grigor Suny

Ronald Grigor Suny is currently director of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies and the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History at the University of Michigan, as well as Emeritus Professor of political science and history at the University of Chicago...

, and author Ahmed Rashid

Ahmed Rashid

Ahmed Rashid is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.-Biography:...

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Several members of the editorial and international advisory boards are also members of the Central Eurasian Studies Society

Central Eurasian Studies Society

The Central Eurasian Studies Society is a North American-based society for scholars concerned with the Central Eurasian region. The society seeks to "promote high standards of research and teaching, and to foster communication among scholars through meetings and publications", and to "facilitate...

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