LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
(Slavomír Horák)
(last update January 14, 2011)
MONOGRAPHS AND PAPERS
Horák, Slavomír – Šír, Jan: Dismantling Totalitarianism? Turkmenistan under
Berdymuhammedov. Silk Road Studies Paper. Central Asia and The Caucasus Institute
– Silk Road Studies Program, Washington – Stockholm, March 2009, 96 pp. ISBN: 978-91
85937-17-2.
Russia and Central Asia after 1991. Karolinum, Prague, 2008 , 230 pp. ISBN 978-80246-14724. (Czech)
Afghan Conflict. Public History, Prague, 2005. 180 pp., ISBN 80-86445-17-8. (Czech)
Central Asia between East and West. Karolinum, Prague, 2005, 260 pp., ISBN 80-2460906-1. (Czech)
IMPACT FACTOR JOURNALS
In Search of the History of Tajikistan. What Are Tajik and Uzbek historians
arguing about? Russian Politics and Law. Vol. 48, No. 5, September-October 2010, s. 6577. IF 0,014
REVIEWED JOURNALS ARTICLES
The Dynamics of Turkmen post-Soviet Elites. China Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 8,
No. 3, November 2010, p. 27-46. ISSN 1653-4212.
The Ideology of the Leader in Post-Soviet Tajikistan. Central Asia and the Caucasus,
Vol. 10, č. 6 (60), 2009, Lulea (Sweden), p. 108-119. ISSN 1404-6091.
In search of Tajik history: What do Tajik and Uzbek historians quarrel about?
Neprikosnovennyi zapas, No. 4, 2009, Moscow, p. 55-69. ISSN 0869-6365. (Russian)
An Invasion of China to Central Asia? The Chances and Limits of Mutual Relations.
International Relations (Quarterly journal of The Institute of International Relationships
in Prague), Vol. 44 (2009), č. 3, p. 33-52. ISSN 0323-1844. (Czech)
“The Great Renaissance“: The continuity of the ideological traditions in
Turkmenistan. Politeks, No. 3, 2009, St. Peterburg, p. 100-115. ISSN 1818-4499
(Russian)
The Vicious Circles of Afghanistan. Defence and Strategy, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2008, Brno,
p. 5-18. ISSN 1214-6463. (Czech).
Horák, Slavomír – Šír, Jan: China as an emerging Superpower in Central Asia: the
View from Ashkhabad. China Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 2008, p. 7588. ISSN 1653-4212.
Turkmenistan after Turkmenbashi. The case of personal regimes transformation.
Politeks, No. 1, 2008, St. Peterburg, p. 63-79. ISSN 1818-4499 (Russian)
Russia – Central Asia relationships in gas industry. The implications for energy
security of Europe. International Relations (Quarterly journal of The Institute of
International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 43, No. 1, p. 39-61. ISSN 0323-1844. (Czech)
The Dynamics of Russian-Kyrgyz Relations: From the Center-Periphery to
Unilateral Dependence? Central Asia and The Caucasus, Vol. 8, No. 5 (47), 2007, Lulea,
p. 75-84. ISSN 1404-6091.
The Portrait of President Turkmenbashi as the basis of Turkmen Regime. Vestnik
Evrazii - Acta Eurasica, Issue 2, 2007, Moscow, p. 139-165. ISSN 1727-1770. (Russian)
The Hybrid between Tradition and Moderness – Informal Structures in Central
Asian Countries (The Case of Turkmenistan). Slovanské historické studie (Slavic
Historical Studies), special issue. Historický ústav AV ČR, Prague – Brno, 2006, p. 199225, ISSN 0081-007X, ISBN 80-7286-101-8. (Czech)
Ryazanova, S.- Horak, S.: Mythological and Religious Features in the Ideology of
Post-Soviet Turkmenistan. Politeks, No. 2, 2006, St. Peterburg, p. 323-331. ISSN 18184499. (Russian)
Russia in Central Asia. Return or Continuity? (Case of Tajikistan). International
Relations (Quarterly journal of Institute of International Relationships in Prague), Vol.
40, Issue 3, 2005, pp. 83-111, ISSN 0323-1844. (Czech)
The Ideology of the Turkmenbashy Regime. Perspectives on European Politics &
Society, August 2005, Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 305-320, ISSN 1568-0258.
Great Turkmenbashy Myths. Vestnik Evrazii - Acta Eurasica, Issue 2(28), 2005,
Moscow, pp. 105-133. ISSN 1727-1770 (Russian)
CHAPTER IN MONOGRAPHS
Central Asia as conflict point in mutual Russian-China relationships? In: Horák,
Slavomír – Kulhánek, Jakub – Litera, Bohuslav - Karásková, Ivana: Dynamics of RussianChinese Relations in 21st century. Karolinum, Praha, 2011 (forthcoming). (Czech)
The Central Asian Integration. Under the power influence only? In: Regional
Integration Processes (ed. Waisová, Š.). Aleš Čeněk, Plzeň, 2009, p. 154-182. ISBN 97880-7380-232-5 (Czech)
REVIEWED VOLUMES
Dependent Independence of Central Asia. In: Russia a Its Neighbours (ed. Švec, L.).
Acta Universalis Carolina. Studia Territorialia. Karolinum, Praha, 2008, p. 155-172. ISSN
1213-4449 (Czech)
Integration and Disintegration in Post-Soviet Central Asia. In: Russia and PostSoviet states (ed. Souleimanov, E.), Eurolex Bohemia, Praha, 2007, p. 262-292. ISBN 8086861-95-3. (Czech)
Horák, S. – Souleimanov, E.: Islamic Radicals in Northern Caucasus and Central
Asia. OSCE Yearbook 2006 (ed. Schlichting, U.). Institute for Peace Research and Security
Policy, University of Hamburg/Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2007, p. 271-287. ISBN 978-38329-2564-2. (also German edition).
Political Islam in Central Asia. Radical Islamists or Suppressed Muslims? In:
Political Power contra Religious Authority in Asia (eds. Slobodnik, M. - Kovacs, A.).
Chronos, Bratislava, 2006, p. 85-107. (Czech)
CONFERENCE VOLUMES
Turkmen opposition – possible change for Turkmenistan? 13th International
Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus. Teheran, 7.-8.11.2005.
The Role of History in Ideologies of Central Asian Regimes. In: Rozvoj české
společnosti v Evropské unii [Development of Czech Society in the EU]. 3. díl (Jakub
Končelík, Barbara Köpplová, Irena Prázová, Jiří Vykoukal, eds.), Matfyzpress, Prague,
2004, pp. 231-239. ISBN 80-86732-35-5. (Czech)
Central Asia: Problems and Perspectives of International Tourism. In: Travel Trade,
Regional Development and Education, 9th International Conference, Tábor, 19-20 May
2004, pp. 54-59. ISBN 80-7040-690-9.
Ideology of Turkmenbasy's regime. In: Interaction of Political Sciences and Power
structures in Political Building Processes in Russian Federation and New Independent
States Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural department of Russian Academy of Science,
Yekaterinburg, 2004. pp. 5-19. ISBN 5-7691-1518-1. (Russian)
GRANT OUTPUTS
The Impact of potential Turkish-Iranian Energy Partnership for EU Energy Policy.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic, 2010 (grant leader, about 50% share).
The Mythology of Central Asian Regimes. Grant Agency of Czech Academy of Sciences,
2009-2011 (grant leader, 100% share).
The Dynamics of Russia-China Relations in 21st Century. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Czech Republic, 2009 (co-author, about 20% share). (Czech)
The Analysis of Security Threats and Energy Cooperation Perspectives in Central
Asian States with Regard to Czech Republic EU Presidency in 2009 (The Case of
Turkmenistan). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic, 2007 (grant leader, about
80% share). (Czech).
Manifestation of International Terrorism in Central Asia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Czech Republic, 2005 (grant leader, about 80% share). (Czech, English summary)
Political, Economical, Cultural and Linguistic Relations of Central Asian States and
Russia and their Integration/Disintegration Development in Recent Years.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic, 2004 (co-author, about 60% share).
(Czech)
Social and Political Development in Post-Soviet states of Central Asian in 90s.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic, 2002 (co-author, about 35% share).
(Czech)
OTHER JOURNAL ARTICLES
Election autumn in Kyrgyzstan. Trapped between the triumph of democracy and
failed state. International Politics (Monthly journal of The Institute of International
Relationships in Prague), Vol. 35, No. 1 (January 2011), p. 28-32. ISSN 0543-7962.
(Czech)
The last stage on the road to failed state in Kyrgyzstan? International Politics
(Monthly journal of The Institute of International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 34, No. 8
(August 2010), p. 41-43. ISSN 0543-7962 (Czech)
Central Asian metamorphosis. Geographical perspectives, Vol. 17, No. 5 (May 2010), p.
9-11. ISSN 1210-3004 (Czech)
The Narcotic Silk Road. International Politics (Monthly journal of The Institute of
International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 34, No. 1 (January 2010), p. 10-13. ISSN
0543-7962 (Czech)
Turkmen reshuffles. Central Asia and The Caucasus Analyst, Vol. 11, No. 12, June, 17,
2009, p. 6-8.
The Constitutional reform in Turkmenistan. International Politics (Monthly journal
of The Institute of International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 32, No. 12 (December
2008), p. 26-28. ISSN 0543-7962.
Georgian – Ossetian Conflict. New War or New Round? The Bulletin of Czech
Republic Parliament, Vol. 12, No. 9, 2008, p. 58-59. ISSN 1211-037X.
Turkmenistan after Niyazov. Shift from totalitarian ideal? International Politics
(Monthly journal of Institute of International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 31, No. 2
(February 2007), pp. 32-35, ISSN 0543-7962. (Czech)
Welcome to Berdymuhammedov’s world. Central Asia and The Caucasus Analyst, Vol.
9, No. 1, January 10, 2007, pp. 3-5.
Ideology of Ashgabat Architecture. Nový Orient [New Orient – Quarterly scientificpopular journal of The Oriental Institute in Prague], Vol. 61, Issue 4, 2006, pp. 2-5.
ISSN 0029-5302. (Czech)
Rumbles in the Turkmen Elite. Central Asia and The Caucasus Analyst, Vol. 8, No. 9,
May 3, 2006. pp. 7-8.
Dependences and independences around Transnistria. International Politics
(Monthly journal of The Institute of International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 30,
January 2006, pp. 6-9, ISSN 0543-7962. (Czech)
Gagauzs in Moldova. Nový Orient [New Orient – Quarterly scientific-popular journal of
Oriental Institute in Prague], Vol. 60, Issue 2, 2005, pp. 27-30. ISSN 0029-5302. (Czech)
Election Marathon in Central Asia. International Politics (Monthly journal of Institute
of International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 29, February 2005, pp. 16-19, ISSN 05437962. (Czech)
Afghanistan one year later. International Politics (Monthly journal of Institute of
International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 26, November 2002, pp. 27-28, ISSN 05437962. (Czech)
Hot Tajikistan on hot soil. International Politics (Monthly journal of Institute of
International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 25, May 2001, pp. 14-16, ISSN 0543-7962.
(Czech)
The Geopolitics of Central Asia. International Politics (Monthly journal of Institute of
International Relationships in Prague), Vol. 25, May 2001, pp. 4-6, ISSN 0543-7962.
(Czech)
Conflict Zones in Central Asia. International Politics (Monthly journal of Institute of
International Relationships in Prague) Vol. 24, September 2000, pp. 16-18, ISSN 05437962. (Czech)