Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with a feature article on the 2006 Kondopoga riots and ethnic tensions in Russia. Next, it presents three analytical articles on Turkey’s role in Caspian pipeline geopolitics, private investment and security in the North Caucasus, and instability in Kyrgyzstan. It also includes four field reports on presidential elections in Tajikistan, opposition politics in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia, and HIV/AIDS in Kazakhstan. The final pages furnish a news digest on the Central Asia-Caucasus region.