Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) is an international online academic journal covering the countries of Caucasus and actual issues of contemporary international relations. CRIA is published four times annually.

Description

The Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA), formerly Caucasian Journal of European Affairs, first began publication in 2006.

The CRIA is a quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the 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.

CRIA is indexed in the following citation indexes and research databases: Columbia International Affairs Online,Directory of Open Access Journals, ProQuest Research Library, EBSCOhost Research Database, International Relations and Security Network, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, World Affairs Online, Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Osteuropa, Google Scholar, Global Development Network, Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, Social Sciences Eastern Europe, etc.