Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst includes articles on 1) Moscow's security measures ahead of the Sochi Olympics; 2) the President of Tajikistan’s son being appointed the country's Head of Customs; 3) Afghanistan and India deepening their strategic cooperation and 4) US-Iranian rapprochement and its implications for Azerbaijan. The field reports discuss 1) Mayoral elections in Bishkek and Osh in Kyrgyzstan; 2) Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev setting priority goals up to 2050; 3) the continuing depreciation of Georgia’s national currency; and 4) Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharyan's criticism of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s economic policy.