Publication

17 Sep 2008

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst opens with four analytical articles on ethnic unrest in Xinjiang; Russian great power politics; Japan-Kazakhstan engagement; and identity politics and nationalism in Russia. It also features four field reports on aggression in the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war; the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and its military capabilities; Sino-Turkmenistan relations; and water management in Central Asia. The final pages furnish a news digest on the Central Asia-Caucasus region.

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Author Stephen Blank, Gregory Gleason, Nargis Kassenova, Dmitry Shlapentokh, Niklas Nilsson, Nurshat Ababakirov, Chemen Durdiyeva, Erica Marat
Series CACI-SRSP Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Issue 18
Publisher Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program (CACI-SRSP)
Copyright © 2008 Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program (CACI-SRSP)
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