Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with four analytical articles on Japan’s Central Asia diplomacy, pro-Moscow figures in Chechnya, the 2006 Sochi summit of the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘s July 2006 visit to Turkmenistan. It also features four field reports on identity in Central Asia and the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Ukraine-Azerbaijan relations, Sino-Kazakh relations, and US-Kyrgyzstan military base negotiations. The final pages furnish a news digest on the Central Asia-Caucasus region.