Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with four analytical articles on Iran’s energy dealings with Turkey and Azerbaijan, Japan’s interests in Central Asia, emerging Kazakhstan-China security ties and an assessment of Ramzan Kadyrov’s pro-Moscow administration in Chechnya. It also features four field reports on Kazakhstan’s political prospects following the August 2007 presidential election, governance shortfalls in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan-Uzbekistan water management disputes and the environmental concerns of Uzbek President Karimov. The final pages furnish a news digest on the Central Asia-Caucasus region.