Publication

This issue contains articles on 1) judicial targeting of former government officials in Georgia; 2) the influence of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine on negotiations between Moscow and South Ossetian officials; 3) Turkey’s interest in joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; and 4) the expansion of Uighur attacks from Xinjiang to other regions in China. It also contains field reports discussing 1) changes introduced by Turkmenistan’s president in the country’s energy sector; 2) the legal action initiated by Tajikistan’s anti-corruption agency against Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash; 3) warnings against destabilizing protests in Georgia; and 4) rallies by the National Opposition Movement in Kyrgyzstan.