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KYRGYZ PRESIDENT DISMISSES PROSECUTOR GENERAL
By Joldosh Osmonov (4/13/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As the Kyrgyz president dismissed the acting Prosecutor General, the latter decided to raise allegations of corruption against the country’s leadership, which in turn led to broad public debate. Many consider his dismissal as part of a “removal of political undesirables” in light of a serious political struggle related to the upcoming presidential elections.
TAJIK GOVERNMENT PLANS TO INITIATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
By Alexander Sodiqov (4/13/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Tajik government prepares to introduce a constitutional reform process which, according to analysts, will alter the country’s political system, possibly paving the way for President Rahmon’s son to succeed him as the country’s leader in 2020.
SECURITY FORCES LAUNCH AIR ATTACK ON INSURGENT BASE IN INGUSHETIA
By Olof Staaf and Alexandre Autrand (4/13/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On March 28, The Russian Federal and Ingush enforcement units launched an air and ground attack on an insurgent camp in Ingushetia’s Sunzha district, officially killing 17 people. It was part of a large scale counterinsurgency operation in the region and has been qualified by President Medvedev as a “heavy blow” to the insurgents.
IRAN TO BUILD CEMENT PLANTS IN TAJIKISTAN
By Alexander Sodiqov (2/2/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In January 2011, Tehran’s embassy in Dushanbe announced that an Iranian company will invest about US$ 300 million in building two cement plants in Tajikistan. When completed, the new coal-driven plants are expected to produce two million metric tons of cement a year. According to the embassy, Iran is now choosing from four sites with large limestone reserves, which have been proposed by the Tajik government, to decide where to build the plants.
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Analysis Niklas Swanström and Leah Oppenheimer, "Invisible Ink: Looking for the Lost Trade between China, Russia, and Central Asia", ISDP Policy Brief, 13 March 2013. 
New Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr with Adib Farhadi, Finish the Job: Jump-Start the Afghan Economy, December 2012.
Conference Report Cheryl Benard, Eli Sugarman, and Holly Rehm, Cultural Heritage vs. Mining on the New Silk Road? Finding Technical Solutions for Mes Aynak and Beyond (in cooperation with the Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage) December 2012.
Article Svante E. Cornell, "The 'Afghanization of the North Caucasus: Causes and Implications of a Changing Conflict", in Stephen Blank, ed., Russia's Homegrown Insurgency: Jihad in the North Caucasus, Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 2012.