Publications

This report features a series of brief analytical articles and field reports on current issues facing Central Asia and the Caucasus. It covers Russian strategic moves in the region; the aftermath of t...chevron_right

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with four analytical articles on deteriorating Kazakhstan-Georgia economic relations; Russia and Turkey and the Montreux Convention; the negotiati...chevron_right

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst addresses the political and economic developments in the region. Specifically, it considers presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Russia’s role in CI...chevron_right

This paper examines the uneasy compromise between religious conservatism and secularism in Turkish democracy. These forces, combined with those of republican nationalism and ethnic separatism, pull th...chevron_right

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with four analytical articles on ethnic unrest in Xinjiang; Russian great power politics; Japan-Kazakhstan engagement; and identity politics and n...chevron_right

This paper examines the war between Russia and Georgia. It includes a chronology of events before, during and immediately after the war. Further, it proposes some initial conclusions that could be dra...chevron_right

This issue addresses the political developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus Region following the 2008 Georgian war. It examines the effects of the armed conflict in South Ossetia and draws attent...chevron_right

This publication focuses on a number of problems in Central Asia, including the following: China's reaction to the Russian invasion of Georgia; water and energy crisis and management in Central Aisa;...chevron_right

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst addresses the political and economic developments in the region. Specifically, it considers Kazakhstan's expansion of the trans-Caspian oil exports and ...chevron_right

This publication discusses the foreign policy of Kazakhstan within its geopolitical parameters. The author emphasizes that Kazakhstan’s tremendous economic growth, which was fueled by the oil boom, la...chevron_right

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst focuses on Russia, including articles about its strategic interests in the Eurasian region, Moscow’s intentions after the Georgian crisis and the Jewish...chevron_right

This paper addresses differences in international reactions to the political situation in Myanmar. Specifically, it considers the ways China and ASEAN deal with Myanmar and shows different norms of re...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the parliamentary elections of 2008 in Georgia. It examines the political context of the elections and looks at campaigns, government-opposition dialogue and contested issues. Subs...chevron_right

This paper examines the relationship between Kazakhstan's dominant Nur-Otan governing party, and the somewhat weaker opposition parties. It is argued that developments in the region have seen a slight...chevron_right

This issue discusses China's strategic plans and its foreign policy towards its eastern neighbors since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Topics such as the great game for hegemony in the region...chevron_right