Highlights: This Analyst issue features Timur Dadabaev on the Japanese Prime Minister’s Central Asia visit; Kevin Leahy on cracks in the pro-Russian camp in Chechnya; Richard Weitz on the EURASEC summit in Sochi; and Muhammad Tahir on Turkmenistan’ w warming to Iran’s Ahmadinejad. Field reports feature articles
on Central Asian reactions to the war in Lebanon, Ukraine’s President’s visit
to Baku, Chinese-Kazakh relations and the U.S. base in Kyrgyzstan.
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.silkroad studies.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.silkroad studies.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.silkroad studies.org/ new/docs/ Silkroadpapers/ 0606Caucasus. pdf
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The 6 September issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is now online at
http://www.cacianal yst.org. The PDF version of the entire issue of the 6
September CACI Analyst is available at:
http://www.cacianal yst.org/issues/ 20060906Analyst. pdf
Full contents:
Analytical Articles
JAPAN’S CENTRAL ASIAN DIPLOMACY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Timur Dadabaev
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4438
SAID MAGOMED KAKIEV: CHECHNYA’S STRONGMAN IN WAITING?
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4439
SOCHI SUMMIT STRENGTHENS EURASEC
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4440
IRAN AND TURKMENISTAN: WHAT BROUGHT AHMADINEJAD TO ASGHABAT?
Muhammad Tahir
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4441
Field Reports
WAR IN LEBANON STIRS IDENTITY ISSUES IN CENTRAL ASIAN STATES
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4442
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO’S UPCOMING VISIT TO BAKU: PLANS AND IMPLICATIONS
Fariz Ismailzade
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4443
ASTANA SEEKS SOLUTION FOR ITS CHINESE DILEMMA
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4444
THE U.S.-KYRGYZ MILITARY BASE NEGOTIATIONS
Joldosh Osmonov
http://www.cacianal yst.org/view_ article.php? articleid= 4445
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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.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this
moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on development, economics
and finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries
are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell@jhu. edu
with a short description of your article idea. Editorial principles are online
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