Articles authored by the joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Centers’ staff are posted here in reversed chronological order. Most of these publications are available in electronic format and can be downloaded.

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PUBLICATIONS

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "Präsidentwahlschaften in Georgien: Störfaktor Russland Eindämmen" [Georgian Presidential Elections: Contain Russian Factor], Die Welt, 5 January 2008.

OP-ED Nicklas Norling, "Pakistan behöver ny generation ledare," [Pakistan needs a new generation of leaders], Utrikesbloggen, Januari 1, 2008.

CONFERENCE REPORT Klas Kärrstrand, "Countering Narcotics and Organized Crime in the Baltic Sea Region", September 2007.

OP-ED Niklas Swanström and Nicklas Norling, "Editors Note-The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Bishkek Summit," China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly vol. 5. no. 3 (2007).

ARTICLE Niklas Swanström, "China's Role in Central Asia: Soft and Hard Power", Global Dialogue Vol. 9, No. 1-2 (Winter/Spring, 2007).

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell and Niklas Nilsson, "Daha Yakın Bir Avrupa Komşuluğu: Geniş Karadeniz Bölgesi ve Avrupa Güvenliği" [A Closer European Neighborhood: The Wider Black Sea Region and European Security], Avrasya Dosyasi [Ankara], vol. 13 no. 1, 2007.

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "Géorgie: Qu'attend l'UE pour agir face à Moscou?" [Georgia: What is the EU waiting for to act vis-a-vis Moscow?], Le Figaro, 21 August 2007.

ARTICLE Klas Kärrstrand and Michael Jonsson, "The Baltic connection - Money laundering in the Baltic region", Jane's Intelligence Review, September 1, 2007.

ARTICLE Klas Kärrstrand and Anna Jonsson, "Countering narcotics and organized crime in the Baltic region", Trends in Organized Crime, August 9, 2007

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling and Niklas Swanström, "The Virtues and Potential Gains of Continental Trade in Eurasia", Asian Survey, XLVII, No. 3 (May-June 2007): 351-373.

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling, "EU's Central Asia Policy: The Adoption of a Strategy Paper 2007-2013", Central Asia and Caucasus, No. 3 (45), 2007.

BOOK S. Frederick starr, ed., " The New Silk Roads: Transport and trade in Greater Central Asia", Washington: CACI & SRSP, June 2007, 510pp.

BOOK CHAPTER S. Frederick Starr, "Introduction", in The New Silk Roads.

BOOK CHAPTER Niklas Swanström, Nicklas Norling and Zhang Li, "China", in The New Silk Roads.

BOOK CHAPTER Aftab Kazi, "Pakistan", in The New Silk Roads.

ARTICLE Erica Marat, "Fissures in the Force - Multilateral Co-operation Can Only Go so Far", Jane's Intelligence Review, June 1, 2007.

BOOK CHAPTER Svante E. Cornell, "Azerbaijan and the Karabakh Conflict: International Mediation and Future Prospects", The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh: From History to Future Peace Prospects, London: Vision of Azerbaijan, 2007.

BOOK CHAPTER Christopher Len, “Energy Security Cooperation in Asia: An ASEAN-SCO Energy Partnership?” in Mark Hong and Teo Kah Beng, eds., Energy Perspectives on Singapore and the Region, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 2007. pp. 156-175.

SILK ROAD PAPER Bert Edström, The Success of a Successor: Abe Shinzo and Japan’s Foreign Policy, Uppsala & Washington: CACI & SRSP Silk Road Paper, May 2007. (82 pp)

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling, "EU's Central Asia Policy: The Adoption of a Strategy Paper 2007-2013", Central Asia and Caucasus, No. 3 (45), 2007.

ARTICLE Erica Marat, "Fissures in the Force - Multilateral Co-operation Can Only Go so Far", Jane's Intelligence Review - June 01 2007

EDITOR'S NOTE Swanström, Niklas L.P., “Editors Note”, CEF Quarterly, vol. 5 no. 2, May 2007.

BOOK CHAPTER Christopher Len, “Energy Security Cooperation in Asia: An ASEAN-SCO Energy Partnership?” in Mark Hong and Teo Kah Beng, eds., Energy Perspectives on Singapore and the Region, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 2007. pp. 156-175.

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling, "China and Russia: Partners with Tensions", Policy Perspectives 4,1 (2007).

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling and Niklas Swanström, "The Virtues and Potential Gains of Continental Trade in Eurasia", Asian Survey, XLVII, No. 3 (May-June 2007): 351-373.

MONOGRAPH Svante E. Cornell, "Georgia after the Rose Revolution: Geopolitical Predicament and Implications for U.S. Policy", Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College, March 2007.

ARTICLE Klas Kärrstrand and Michael Jonsson, "Going West - Baltic Crime Groups Expand and Diversify", Jane's Intelligence Review, March 20, 2007.

ARTICLE Erica Marat, "Soviet Military Legacy and Regional Security Cooperation in Central Asia"
China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, February 2007.

BOOK CHAPTER S. Frederick Starr, "Regional Development in Greater Central Asia: The Afghan Pivot", in Robert I. Rotberg, ed., Building A New Afghanistan, Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2007, 155-179.

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling, "China and Russia: Partners with Tensions", Policy Perspectives 4,1 (2007).

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell, "Narcotics and Armed Conflict: Interaction and Implications", Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 30 no. 3, 2007.

ARTICLE Erica Marat "Criminal state of play - an examination of state-crime relations in post-Soviet Union Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan", Jane's Intelligence Review, March 1, 2007.

ARTICLE Niklas Swanström, "The Narcotics Trade: A Threat to Security? National and Transnational Implications", Global Crime, vol. 8 no 1, 2007.

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell, "Commentary: So Far, Europe's approach to Central Asia has been moralistic and counter-productive", Europe's World, Spring 2007.

WORKSHOP REPORT Klas Kärrstrand, "Countering Narcotics and Organized Crime in the Baltic Sea Region", February 2007.

OP-ED Klas Kärrstrand & Michael Jonsson, "Samverka mot Banksvindel" [Cooperate against bank fraud], Uppsala Nya Tidning, 3 February 2007.

ARTICLE Michael Jonsson and Svante E. Cornell, "Countering Terrorist Finance: Lessons from Europe", Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2007.

ARTICLE Anna Jonsson "Minsta möjliga tystnad, tack!" [Less silence on Russia], NEO Magazine, January/February 2007.

ARTICLE Michael Jonsson and Klas Kärrstrand, "Money Problems: Tackling Terrorist Financiers in Sweden", Jane's Intelligence Review, 2 February 2007.

SILK ROAD PAPER Ingolf Kiesow and Nicklas Norling, "The Rise of India: Problems and Opportunities", January 2007. (136 pp)

SILK ROAD PAPER Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson and Per Häggström, "The Wider Black Sea Region: An emerging Hub in European Security", December 2006. (120 pp)

SILK ROAD PAPER Ingolf Kiesow and Nicklas Norling, "The Rise of India: Problems and Opportunities", January 2007. (136 pp)

BOOK CHAPTERS Svante E. Cornell, "Taliban Afghanistan: A True Islamic State", and "Pakistan's Foreign Policy: Islamic or Pragmatic?", in Brenda Shaffer, ed., The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy, MIT Press, 2006. (Large files)

OP-ED Erica Marat "Syncretic and 'Synthetic' Islam in Central Asia", The Times of Central Asia, 28 December 2006.

SILK ROAD PAPER Eric Teo Chu Cheow, "Sino-Japanese Relations: Conflict Management and Resolution", December 2006. (91pp)

SILK ROAD PAPER Niklas Swanström & Yin He, "China's War on Narcotics: Two Perspectives", December 2006. (51 pp)

OP-ED Svante Cornell & Per Häggström, "EU kan driva bort Turkiet" [EU could alienate Turkey], Uppsala Nya Tidning, 18 December 2006.

SILK ROAD PAPER Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson and Per Häggström, The Wider Black Sea Region: An emerging Hub in European Security, December 2006. (120 pp)

OP-ED Niklas L.P. Swanström, "Editor's Note," China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly 4, 4 (2006).

ARTICLE Nicklas Norling, "Russia’s Energy Leverage over China and the Sinopec-Rosneft Deal," China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly 4, 4 (2006).

ANALYSIS Fiona J.Y. Rotberg, "A Small Country's Role in the Global Environmental Flurry", World Security Network, 4 December 2006.

ANALYSIS Fiona Rotberg, "The World Must Act to Protect Climate Change Victims", The Local, 20 November 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat "Opposition Celebrates as New Constitution Adopted in Kyrgyzstan", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 9 November 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat "Bakiyev Walks in Akayev's Shoes as Opposition Wants to Replay Tulip Revolution", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 7 November 2006.

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "Time to Pay Attention to Azerbaijan", New Europe, 4 November 2006.

OP-ED Fiona Rotberg, "Pakistan and India’s Siachen Glacier: No Man’s Land for Conservation and Peace", World Security Network, 21 September 2006.

OP-ED Svante E. Cornell, "West Must Take Action to Stop Russia's Slide", The Baltimore Sun, 12 October 2006.

OP-ED Anna Jonsson, "Sluta Hyckla om Ryssland" [End hypocrisy in Russia policy], Svenska Dagbladet, 10 October 2006.

OP-ED S. Frederick Starr, "Don't Play Politics with Kazakhstan", The Washington Post, 27 September 2006.

OP-ED Fiona Rotberg, "Pakistan and India’s Siachen Glacier: No Man’s Land for Conservation and Peace", World Security Network, 21 September 2006.

OP-ED Andreas Jarblad, "Nordkorea - Kinas huvudvärk" [North Korea - A Headache for China], Upsala Nya Tidning, 11 September 2006.

OP-ED Erica Marat "War in Lebanon Stirs Identity Issues in Central Asian States",Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, 6 September 2006, also published at An-Nahar, Beirut, 1 September 2006.

OP-ED Niklas L.P. Swanström, “Editors Note”, CEF Quarterly, vol. 4 no. 3, August 2006.

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell and Niklas L.P. Swanström, "The Eurasian Drug Trade: A Challenge to Regional Security", Problems of Post-Communism, Volume 53, Number 4 / July-August 2006, pp 10-28.

BOOK REVIEW by Erica Marat of Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition, by Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes, in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Summer 2006.

REPORT Emin Poljarevic, "Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Regional Efforts to Combat Organized Crime and Narcotics Smuggling", Summer 2006.

ARTICLE Niklas Nilsson, "Hotbilder och nationell samhörighet i Georgien", [Threat perceptions and national community in Georgia], Nordisk Östforum/Nordic Journal of East European Studies, vol. 20 no. 2, 2006, 141-157.

CONFERENCE REPORT Johanna Popjanevski and Niklas Nilsson, "National Minorities and the State in Georgia", Report of Joint Conference with Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, Tbilisi, June 30, 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Kyrgyz-Uzbek Security Relations: Similar Problems, Different Policies", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 1 August 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Presidential Elections in Tajikistan: Not a Struggle For Regime Survival", Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 26 July 2006.

SILK ROAD PAPER Zeyno Baran, S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Islamic Radicalism in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Implications for the EU , Washington & Uppsala: CACI&SRSP Silk Road Paper, July 2006, 55pp.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Bakiyev Relies on Russia in Domestic Affairs", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 18 July 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Presidential Elections in Tajikistan: Not a Struggle for Regime Survival", Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, 26 July 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Kyrgyz Government Risks Relations with U.S. before G-8 Summit", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 13 July 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Kyrgyz NGOs Warn about Radioactive Waste Problem", Euraisa Daily Monitor, 6 July 6 2006.

OP-ED Andreas Jarblad, "Inget USA-anfall mot Nordkorea" [The United States will not strike against North Korea], Upsala Nya Tidning, 4 July 2006.

ANALYSIS Johan Engvall and Kairat Osmonaliev, "Uncertain Future for Kyrgyzstan's Drug Control Agency", Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 28 June 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat and Anara Tabyshalieva, "Central Asian Youth Encounters Revival of Age-Discrimination Traditions", Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, 28 June 2006.


SILK ROAD PAPER Svante E. Cornell & S. Frederick Starr, The Caucasus: A Challenge for Europe, Uppsala & Washington: CACI & SRSP Silk Road Paper, June 2006.




SILK ROAD PAPER S. Frederick Starr, Clans, Authoritarian Rulers and Parliaments in Central Asia, Uppsala & Washington: CACI & SRSP Silk Road Paper, June 2006.

CONFERENCE REPORT Nicklas Norling, First Kabul Conference on Partnership, Trade, and Development in Greater Central Asia, April 2006.

CONFERENCE REPORT Nicklas Norling, First Kabul Conference on Partnership, Trade, and Development in Greater Central Asia, April 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Kyrgyz Opposition Sets Deadline for Bakiyev to Fight Corruption, Organized Crime", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 9 May 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat "The Isolated Uzbekistan" (in Arabic), An-Nahar, Beirut, 5 May 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Bishkek Welcomes Expanded Russian Military Presence in Kyrgyzstan", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 25 April 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat and Emin Poljarevic, "Muslim Immigrants from Post-Soviet States in Europe: Community Building along Religious Identities", Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 19 April, 2006. [also appeared at An Nahar in Arabic]

ANALYSIS Erica Marat "Leading Kyrgyz Activist Attacked", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 14 April 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat "Kyrgyz NGOs Call On Government to Fight Organized Crime", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 11 April 2005.

ANALYSIS Nicklas Norling "RATS Exercise in Tashkent: Concern Over Nuclear Terrorism?" Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 5 April, 2006.

BOOK REVIEW "Georgia on My Mind", Review of Vladimer Papava's Necroeconomics, in The International Economy, Winter 2006, by Anders Åslund.


REPORT Erica Marat,The Tulip Revolution: Kyrgyzstan One Year After, Washington, DC: Jamestown Foundation, 2006.[Click to download PDF]



POLICY REPORT Niklas L.P. Swanström and Sofia K. Ledberg, The Role of CBMs in Cross-Strait Relations, Policy Report from the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Workshop, Uppsala, Sweden, December 15, 2005, Washington & Uppsala: CACI&SRSP, March 2006, 26 pp.


ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Kyrgyzstan marks first anniversary of Tulip Revolution", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 24 March 2006.

REPORT Svante Cornell, Michael Jonsson, Emin Poljarevic, Trifin Roule, Niklas Swanström, Penningtvätt och Finansiell Brottslighet i Östersjöområdet [Money Laundering and Financial Crime in the Baltic sea Region], Rapport till Mobilisering mot Narkotika, Mars 2006.[Report to the Swedish National Drug Policy Coordinator].

OP-ED Svante Cornell, Michael Jonsson, Emin Poljarevic, Trifin Roule, Niklas Swanström, "Kriminella nätverk föredrar Sverige för att tvätta pengar" [Criminal Networks Prefer Sweden for Money Laundering], Dagens Nyheter, 23 March, 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Bakiyev Faces Strong, Maturing Opposition in Kyrgyzstan", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 14 March 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Chechen and Ingush Communities in Central Asia: Troubled Past, Uncertain Future?", Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, 8 March 2006.

OP-ED Andreas Jarblad, "Visa Nordkorea enad front" [Display a united front towards North Korea], Upsala Nya Tidning, 6 March 2006.

SILK ROAD PAPER John Daly, Kurt Meppen, Vladimir Socor, and Frederick Starr, Anatomy of a Crisis: U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations, 2001-2005, February 2006.



ARTICLE Niklas L.P. Swanström, "Narcotics and China: An Old Security Threat From New Sources", CEF Quarterly vol. 4 no. 1, February 2006.

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell, "The Narcotics Threat in Greater Central Asia: From Crime-Terror Nexus to State Infiltration", CEF Quarterly, vol. 4. no. 1, February 2006.

ARTICLE Erica Marat, "Impact of Drug Trade and Organized Crime on State Functioning in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan", CEF Quarterly, vol. 4. no. 1, February 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Tragedy at Moscow Market Reveals Xenophobia among Russian Public", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 28 February 2006.

REPORT Ingolf Kiesow, Kina i ett tjugoårsperspektiv [China in a Twenty Year Perspective], FOI Försvarsanalys [Swedish Defence Research Institute], February 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Kyrgyz Government Unable to Produce New National Ideology", Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 22 February 2006.

ANALYSIS Christopher Len, "The Growing Importance of Japan's Engagement in Central Asia", The Power and Interest News Report, 17 February, 2006.

ARTICLE Svante E. Cornell, "The War in Chechnya: A Regional Time Bomb", Global Dialogue, vol. 7 no. 3/4, 2005.

OP-ED Erica Marat, "Legacies of Civil War Foster Drug Economy in
Tajikistan" (in Arabic), (PDF) An-Nahar, Beirut, 17 February, 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Bakiyev Wins Battle against Parliament Leader, but Loses Public Support in the Process", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 14 February, 2006.

BOOK Svante Cornell and Niklas L.P. Swanström, Transnationell Brottslighet: Ett Säkerhetshot [Transnational Crime: A Security Threat?], Stockholm: Swedish Emergency Management Agency, 2006, 140pp.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Teenage Fight Sparks Violence between Dungan and Kyrgyz Villagers", Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, 8 February, 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "Iran, Tajikistan Strengthen Cooperation in the Energy Sector", Eurasia Daily Monitor, 1 February, 2006.

ANALYSIS Erica Marat, "The Role of Civil Society in Post-March 24 Kyrgyzstan", Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, 25 January, 2006.

OP-ED S. Frederick Starr and Vladimer Papava, "In the Caucasus, a Neo-Imperial Russian Revival", syndicated article, appearad among other in Daily Starr, Korea Herald, and Taipei Times.

OP-ED Frederick Starr, Karl F. Inderfurth, and Marvin G. Weinbaum, "Don't Shortchange Afghanistan Again", International Herald Tribune, 22 January 2006.