Publication

This issue includes articles on 1) the challenges facing China’s attempts to increase its "Silk Road" commercial trading network into Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Arctic; 2) the problems faced by those living in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone; 3) Pakistan’s military pact with Russia; and 4) the obstacles facing regional integration in Central Asia. The issue also contains field reports on 1) Kyrgyzstan’s newly acquired membership in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU); 2) Georgia’s 2015 political and economic agenda; and 3) Chinese migration to Kazakhstan.