Publication

This journal contains articles on 1) what the South Caucasus can learn from the Maidan protests in Ukraine, 2) how Azerbaijan’s investment in gas pipelines is leading to a growing strategic role for the country 3) Kyrgyzstan’s increasing vulnerability to militant Islamism, and 4) Kazakhstan’s revised national development strategy. The journal also contains field reports discussing 1) the proceedings of a roundtable discussion that examined the possibility of a Maidan style protest occurring in Kyrgystan, 2) the Georgian Prime Minister’s meeting with US President Barack Obama in February 2014, 3) Tajikistan’s blocking of the Radio Ozodi website, and 4) Khadija Ismayilova, an Azerbaijani journalist charged with spying for the US.