:: Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States :: Johnson's Russia List :: <CFINCLUDE TEMPLATE="jrl-template-2-topic-archive.php"> <p><span class="topic"><em><span style="float:right; padding-left:5px;"><img src="cis.gif" alt="Map of CIS" width="104" height="79" /></span></em>Commonwealth of Independent States</em></em></span><span class="topic-archive-header-2"> - Excerpts 2007-09 </span>- <a href="default.php" title="JRL Home" class="byline">JRL Home</a><br /> <span class="gold-colons-big">::<a href="russia-valdai-club-website-175.php" title="Valdai Club launches new website"></a></span><a href="russia-valdai-club-website-175.php" title="Valdai Club launches new website" class="headline-big"> </a><a href="russia-new-issue-eurasia-islam-islamism-176.php" title="New issue of Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER)" class="headline-big">New issue of Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER)</a><br /> Announcement from Editor Gordon Hahn about new issue, including table of contents; IIPER welcomes submissions of 1,500-6,000 words on any aspect of Islamic politics in Eurasia and financial contributions to support the project ... <span class="byline"> Gordon Hahn</span><span class="byline"></span><span style="top:-5px; bottom:-5px;"><span class="byline">; JRL 2011-119, July 6, 2011</span></span><span style="top:-5px; bottom:-5px;"><span class="byline"></span></span></p> <p><img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" height="1" width="500" alt="-" /></p> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p> <p> <img src="pale-blue-gray.gif" height="1" width="500" alt="-" /></p> <p><span class="gold-colons"></span><span class="gold-colons">::</span> <a href="russia-cis-kazakhstan-poll-dec-540.php" title="Russians see Kazakhstan as most reliable CIS partner - poll" class="headline">Russians see Kazakhstan as most reliable CIS partner - poll</a><br /> <span class="publication">Interfax</span>; 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