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Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst February 3, 2010, is online. Click here for entire issue in PDF format.

The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, no. 3, 2009, is online, exploring the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan; the stabilization of Afghanistan; various perspectives on the SCO; the regional interests of Iran and India; female suicide in Tajikistan; and Russia's strategic goals in Central Asia.

Turkey Analyst February 1, 2010, issue is online. Click here for entire issue in PDF format.

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ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell, "'Moderate Islam' in Turkey," in SAISPHERE 2009-10: Religion's Grasp on World Affairs, p. 16-19.

ARTICLE Sebastien Peyrouse & Marlène Laruelle “The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Successes and Challenges”, The Journal of Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University, vol. 28 no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-14.

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "Europe Exposes Russia's Guilt in Georgia", Wall Street Journal, 1 October 2009.

ANALYSIS Svante E. Cornell, "EU Inquiry Rejects Russia's Justification for Georgia War", Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 30 September 2009.

ANALYSIS Svante E. Cornell, "Obama's Eastern European Problem", Realclearworld.com, 24 September 2009.

ARTICLE Erica Marat, "Nation Branding in Central Asia: A New Campaign to Present Ideas about the State and the Nation", Europe-Asia Studies, September 2009.

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell and Niklas Nilsson, "Georgian Politics since the August 2008 War", Demokratizatsiya, vol. 17 no. 3, Summer 2009.

ARTICLE S. Frederick Starr, "Rediscovering Central Asia," Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2009. (PDF Version)

ARTICLE Marlène Laruelle and Sébastien Peyrouse, "The Militarization of the Caspian Sea: 'Great Games' and 'Small Games' over the Caspian Fleets," China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, vol. 7 no. 2, 2009.

BOOK Erica Marat, The Military and the State in Central Asia: From Red Army to Independence, Routledge, 2009.

SILK ROAD PAPER Gareth Jenkins, Between Fact and Fantasy: Turkey's Ergenekon Investigation, August 2009.

OP-ED Erica Marat, "The Paradox of an Educated Russian," Moscow Times, 20 July 2009.

ANALYSIS Svante E. Cornell, "Finishing the Job: Russia Tightens Its Grip on Georgia's Breakaway Regions", Foreign Policy, July 2009.

ANALYSIS Nicklas Norling, "Is Russia Stirring Unrest in Central Asia?" CACI Analyst, July 1 2009.

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "Russia Shuts Out the International Community," Daily Telegraph, 16 June 2009.

OP-ED Nicklas Norling, "Don't Put Afghanistan in 'Reset' with Russia," Real Clear World, 6 June 2009.

SILK ROAD PAPER Erica Marat, Labor Migration in Central Asia: Implications of the Global Economic Crisis, May 2009.

BOOK Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, eds., The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2009. Click for book flyer and Order form.

OP-ED Slawomir Debski and Svante E. Cornell, ”Najwyższy czas na Partnerstwo Wschodnie [Now Is the Time For Eastern Partnership]”, Gazeta Wyborcza (Warsaw), 6 May 2009; also as “Nesmíme lámat hůl nad Východem [We Should Not Give Up On the East]”, Hospodarske Noviny (Prague), 6 May 2009; "Ha Llegado la Asociacíon Oriental", El Mundo, 7 May 2009; "Найкращий час для «Східного партнерства»", Den (Kiyiv), 13 May 2009.

BOOK Marlène Laruelle, Russian Nationalism and the National Reassertion of Russia, Routledge, April 2009.

REPORT S. Frederick Starr et.al., Finland's Development Cooperation in Central Asia and South Caucasus, Evaluation Report 2009:1, Helsinki: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

BOOK Marlene Laruelle, Sebastien Peyrouse, China as a Neighbor: Central Asian Perspectives and Strategies, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, 2009.

OP-ED Halil M. Karaveli, "Obama Tackles Islam's Role in Society", Real Clear World, 10 April 2009/ Jerusalem Post, 19 April 2009

OP-ED Halil M. Karaveli, "Obama Tackles Islam's Role in Society", Real Clear World, 10 April 2009.

ANALYSIS Svante E. Cornell, "Erdogan, Azerbaijan and the Armenian Question", Turkey Analyst, 10 April 2009.

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "Why a Russian 'Reset' Won't Work", Real Clear World, 3 April 2009.

SILK ROAD PAPER Slavomir Horak, Jan Sir, Dismantling Totalitarianism? Turkmenistan under Berdimuhamedow, March 2009.

BOOK Christopher Len, Uyama Tomohiko, Hirose Tetsuya, eds., Japan's Silk Road Diplomacy, 208pp. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, 2009.

BOOK CHAPTER S. Frederick Starr, "A Regional Approach to Afghanistan and Its Neighbors", Strategic Asia 2008-09, Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Affairs, 2008.

BOOK Anna Jonsson (ed), Human Trafficking and Human Security, London: Routledge, 2008

ARTICLE Erica Marat, "March and After: What Has Changed? What Has Stayed the Same?", Central Asian Survey, December 2008.


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