Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst includes articles on 1) Armenia’s admittance to the Eurasian Union; 2) attacks by rogue Afghan security personnel on ISAF troops; 3) Tajikistan's exiled opposition groups, the level of support they have in the country and how the state's security services have responded to popular protests; and 4) the Caucasian volunteers fighting on both sides of the 2014 conflict in Ukraine. The issue also contains field reports on 1) the unification of Kyrgyzstan’s political parties, Respublika and Ata-Jurt; 2) a Council of Europe resolution that criticizes the functioning of Georgia's democratic institutions; 3) Tajikistan's preparations for protest following increased internet blocking measures; and 4) constitutional reform in Turkmenistan and the engagement of external actors in the process.