POST-WAR GEORGIA’S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
By Vladimer Papava (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
After the five-day Russian-Georgian war in August 2008, and in consideration of the global financial crisis, Georgia has come to face new economic challenges. These include, in particular, undoing the economic damage caused by the war, avoiding a crisis in the banking sector, preventing further growth of an already high inflation rate, and preserving the stability of the national currency’s – the Georgian Lari (GEL) – exchange rate.
BEHIND UZBEKISTAN’S EAEC SUSPENSION: THE 6+3 INITIATIVE
By Gregory Gleason (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Uzbek government’s notification on October 15, 2008, that Uzbekistan is suspending participation in the Eurasian Economic Community raises as many questions regarding the resilience of traditional political alignment in the “post-Soviet” region as it does regarding the Uzbek government’s assessment of the “neo-Uzbek” future. While many analysts in the post-Soviet regions continue to look at political dynamics in terms of the legacy of the Soviet past and the requirements of the restoration of traditional security and economic linkages, the Uzbek leadership’s bold move is an indication of the growing willingness to look at tomorrow’s policy challenges in innovative terms.
AZERBAIJAN AND KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ: SHIFTS IN EURASIAN PEACEKEEPING POLITICS
By Roger N McDermott (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan announced the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Iraq on October 21, bringing to end a five-year period of a small element of Kazakhstan’s peacekeeping battalion (KAZBAT) presence in Iraq, originally sent in September 2003 as part of Kazakhstan’s efforts to support the war on terror and play an active political role in the coalition of the willing. Azerbaijan announced its withdrawal of 151 peacekeepers from Iraq on November 12, having served for five years under U.
OBAMA TEAM PONDERS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN
By Richard Weitz (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to diverse media reports, South Asian experts associated with incoming U.S.
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