Publication

This issue includes analytical articles and field reports on various themes in the Central Asia-Caucasus region in August 2004. The articles analyze Kazakhstan's credit upgrades, China's military footprint in Central Asia, Georgia's call for European help to pull back its troops from South Ossetia, and EU energy policy in South Caucasus. The field reports cover CSTO's antiterrorist exercises, the clash of political cultures in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan's difficult foreign policy choices, and the high-profile arrest of Tajik drug control agency director.