Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst features analyses on China's energy interests in Central Asia and Russia's perceptions of the US' role in Afghanistan. Additional articles examine the religious and geopolitical factors of Shi'ism in Central Asia and the concept of relativity in war in the context of Westphalia's legacy. Further, the issue includes field reports on Kyrgyz elections, supply routes to Afghanistan and their danger of boosting drug trafficking, commemoration of Andijan events in Uzbekistan and the troubled Tajik agricultural sector.