Publication

This report provides an overview of issues facing the Central Asia-Caucasus region, with a particular focus on security-related topics. It examines a burst of militancy amongst Russia's usually complacent Islamic leadership in response to U.S. action in Iraq and explores how Georgia’s alliance with the US in its battle against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq will influence democratic development of Georgian statehood. This is followed by a discussion of the NATO takeover of the peace enforcement operation in Afghanistan and an analysis of the status of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. The report concludes with news bites and field reports from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan.