PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 31 October 2007, Is Online

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PUBL.- Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 31 October 2007, Is Online

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

Welcome to the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, the biweekly journal of
the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint
Center. This issue features analytical articles on former President
Ter-Petrosyan's return to Armenian politics; an emerging Chinese energy
strategy in Eurasia; the appointment of a new head of Russia's southern
federal district; and the recent summit of Caspian states. In field
reports, articles on the real estate market in Tashkent, a new incident
in Georgia's conflict zones, Uzbek-Turkmen cooperation, and cotton
harvesting woes in Tajikistan.

Note: New Publications:

"The August 6 Bombing Incident in Georgia: Implications for the
Euro-Atlantic Region"
By Svante E. Cornell, David J. Smith, and S. Frederick Starr. Download
at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0710Georgia.pdf

"The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia"
Edited By S. Frederick Starr, 510 pages. Download chapters at:
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/GCA.html

The 31 October issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no.
21) 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/071031Analyst.pdf

Full contents:

Analytical Articles

Ter-Petrosyan Challenges Armenia's Karabakh Elite
Blanka Hancilova and Olga Azatyan
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4727

China's Recent Energy Gains in Central Asia: What Do They Portend?
Stephen Blank
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4726

The Political Considerations Behind Grigori Rapota's Appointment
Kevin Daniel Leahy
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4725

Second Caspian Summit Fails to Resolve Contentious Issues
Richard Weitz
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4724

Field Reports

Tashkent Real Estate Boom No Longer in Local Hands
Benjamin Abner
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4731

New Incident in Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict Zone Strains Russian-Georgian
Relations Further
Johanna Popjanevski
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4730

Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan: Latest Sign of Growing Regional Cooperation in
Central Asia
Erkin Akhmadov
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4729

The Battle for Tajikistan's White Gold
Sergey Medrea
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4728

News Digest:
http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4733

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 the Institute
for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm.

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/newsite/?q=node/59

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