Highlights: This Analyst issue features Taleh Ziyadov on the transformation of regional organization in Eurasia; Emil Souleimanov on the Chechen separatist leadership succession; Richard Weitz on the Shanghai SCO summit; and Hooman Peimani On Turkmenistan-EU tensions. Field reports feature articles on the merger of pro-presidential parties in Kazakhstan; local elections in Azerbaijan, Regional developments in Afghanistan and a contested by-election in Kyrgyzstan. Scroll down for full contents and links to articles.
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NOTE: NEW SILK ROAD PAPERS PUBLISHED:
“ISLAMIC RADICALISM IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EU”
By Zeyno Baran, S. Frederick Starr, and Svante E. Cornell, 55pp. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0607Islam.pdf
“CENTRAL ASIA’S ECONOMY: MAPPING FUTURE PROSPECTS TO 2015
By Malcolm Dowling and Ganeshan Wignaraja, 104pp. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0607Wignaraja.pdf
“THE CAUCASUS: A CHALLENGE FOR EUROPE”
By Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, 85pp. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0606Caucasus.pdf
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The 12 July issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is now online at
http://www.cacianalyst.org. The PDF version of the entire issue of the 12 July
CACI Analyst is available at:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/issues/20060712Analyst.pdf
Full contents:
ANALYTICAL ARTICLES:
THE BATTLE OF FORUMS: TRANSFORMATION OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN EURASIA
Taleh Ziyadov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4312
WITH SADULAEV AND BASAYEV KILLED, GENERATION CHANGE IN THE CHECHEN LEADERSHIP
NEARS
Emil Souleimanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4313
READING THE SHANGHAI SCO SUMMIT
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4314
TURKMENISTAN ACCUSES EUROPE OF SUBERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Hooman Peimani
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4315
FIELD REPORTS:
PRO-PRESIDENTIAL FORCES IN KAZAKHSTAN GAIN NEW POSITIONS
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4316
MUNICIPAL RE-ELECTION SHOWS WEAKENED POSITION OF PARTIES IN AZERBAIJAN
Fariz Ismailzade
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4317
PAKISTAN-AFGHAN BORDER INCREASINGLY TURNING INTO CHESSBOARD FOR REGIONAL POWERS
Muhammad Tahir
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4318
KYRGYZ BY-ELECTION FOR PARLIAMENT IN STALEMATE
Nurshat Abubakirov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=4319
NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Center affiliated
with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala University, Sweden.
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and finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
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