Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst includes articles on 1) the implications of the Biryulevo riots in Russia; 2) the US-Azerbaijan relations after the Azerbaijani presidential elections; 3) Kazakhstan's concerns over the Eurasian economic union; and 4) the prospects for a new silk road through the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan railroad project. The field reports discuss 1) Azerbaijan's new minister of defense; 2) the political and economic uncertainties facing the Georgian government; 3) the Russia-Kazakhstan alliance; and 4) corruption in Kyrgyzstan.