Publication

This issue of Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst contains articles on: 1) Armenia’s increasing dependence on Russia; 2) the death of the North Caucasus Insurgency’s leader Doku Umarov; 3) the Kremlin’s fears of Russian national jihadists returning home; and 4) the Afghan elections. It also contains field reports discussing 1) Tajikistan’s priorities for 2014; 2) the accusation of an Azerbaijani journalist of spying for Armenia; 3) Russia’s distribution of passports in Georgia; and 4) the visit of Kyrgyzstan’s new Prime-Minister Djoomart Otorbaev to Moscow.