PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 30 May 2007, is online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 30 May 2007, is online

Posted by: Svante Cornell <scornel4@jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>

Highlights: The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website!
The new redesigned website is being perfected at

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. Until technical glitches are
eliminated, the old version of the website is still available.

This Analyst issue features Dmitry Shlapentokh on the Russian-Afghan
rapprochement, Niklas Nilsson on Armenia's parliamentary elections,
Haroun Mir on Turkey's initiative for Pakistani-Afghan relations, and
Fariz Ismailzade on the prospects for the Karabakh conflict. In Field
reports, articles on Nazarbayev's arrest warrant for his son-in-law,
discussions on an ombudsman for Tajikistan, constitutional amendments
in Kazakhstan and the travails of Tajikistan's only airline.

Note: New Silk Road Papers Published:

The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub In European Security
By Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, and Per Haggstrom,
120pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf

The State-Crime Nexus In Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized Crime
And Corruption In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan
By Erica Marat, 138 pages. Download at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0610EMarat.pdf

The 30 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
11) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite. The PDF
version of the entire issue is available at:

http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/files/070530Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles

The Afghanistan-Russia Rapprochement And Its Geopolitical Implications
Dmitry Shlapentokh
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4625

Changes In Armenia's Political Landscape Set Scene For Presidential Elections
Niklas Nilsson
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4624

Turkish Initiative For Pakistani-Afghan Dialogue
Haroun Mir
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4623

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Time-Out Until 2009
Fariz Ismailzade
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4622

Field Reports

Nazarbayev Prevails Over Political Competitors, Family Members
Erica Marat
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4629

An Ombudsman Institution For Tajikistan?
Sergei Medrea
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4628

Constitutional Amendments Bolster Nazarbaeyev's Throne
Marat Yermukanov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4627

Tajikistan's Only Airline Faces Bankruptcy
Maruf Kandikov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4626

NEWS DIGEST:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php

The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint
Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala
University, Sweden.

The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports.
At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on
development, economics and finance matters in Central Asia and the
Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please contact the
Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell@jhu.edu with a short description
of your article idea. Editorial principles are online at

http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2063

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