Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with four analytical articles on banking in Kazakhstan, NATO’s involvement in Afghanistan, changing state-crime relations in Kyrgyzstan, and Russia-West relations in the context of Muslim immigration into Russia. It also features four field reports on Azeri public opinion on the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, energy shortages and humanitarian circumstances in Tajikistan, government meddling in private bank accounts in Uzbekistan and increasing petrol prices in Turkmenistan. The final pages furnish a news digest on the Central Asia-Caucasus region.