By David Darchiashvili (5/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Georgia has become a focus for U.S. policy in Eurasia not only in terms of spreading the ideals of freedom and democracy, but also in terms of geo-economics and geo-strategy.By Andrew McGregor (5/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On April 3, 2003, the man who claims the leadership of Russia\'s twenty million Muslims brandished a sword at a rally of 4,000 people in Ufa, Bashkortostan, and declared a jihad against U.S. forces and U.By Aftab Kazi (5/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Regional economic and political pressures as well as strategic payoffs by the United States prevented the emergence of the RCI grouping so far. The American-British victory in Iraq and disagreements over the U.S.By Ariel Cohen (5/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: “Friendly interaction and businesslike cooperation are the characteristic features of our relations with Turkmenistan,” Interfax quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin. He probably also referred to a security agreement with Turkmenistan signed on January 2, 2003, in Ashgabat. Geopolitical and economic repercussions of this “deal of the century”, however, are broader than its gargantuan size.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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