Publication

This issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst includes articles on 1) the threat to Kyrgyzstan posed by a combination of Russian destabilization and several ethnic, border, and international crises; 2) Kazakhstan's deepening ties with Europe; 3) the Pakistani military's operations in the semi-autonomous region of North Waziristan; snd 4) the increase in the numbers of North Caucasians in the Russian military. The issue also contains field reports on 1) the disintegration in Georgia's ruling coalition party; 2) Russian concern over Tajik-Afghan border security; 3) the US concerns over the ability of Kyrgyzstan to follow a democratic trajectory in light of increasing ties with the Kremlin; 4) Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union.