TBILISI AND MOSCOW PONDER NEXT STEPS AFTER SAAKASHVILI’S INAUGURATION
By Richard Weitz (2/6/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Both Georgian and Russian officials have expressed a desire to improve their bilateral relationship. Yet Moscow and Tbilisi each seem to be waiting for the other to take the initiative in overcoming the divisive economic and political issues separating them. In addition, Georgia’s intensified campaign to move closer to NATO will present a major near-term obstacle to an enduring resolution of Georgian-Russian tensions, even if the alliance members themselves remain divided over how to treat Georgia.
ECONOMIC SECURITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY: CONNECTED IN GEORGIA
By S. Enders Wimbush and Mamuka Tsereteli (1/23/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Mikheil Saakashvili begins his second term facing challenges he has not encountered previously as head of state. Georgians want better security, in both national and economic terms. The recent elections revealed that 77 percent of Georgians seek NATO membership for their country.
SELECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGIMES IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Michael Jonsson and Christian Nils Larson (1/23/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes in Central Asia are in their infancy. Several of the region’s countries still lack the basic legal and institutional tools to counter informal and illicit money flows.
UMAROV’S CAUCASIAN EMIRATE: WHERE TO NOW FOR AKHMED ZAKAYEV?
By Kevin Daniel Leahy (1/23/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
October 2007 witnessed the latest in a series of charged discourses involving opposite wings of the Chechen rebel movement. On October 22, the then-separatist foreign minister, Akhmed Zakayev, issued an angst-ridden statement predicting that his president, Doku Umarov, would soon announce the creation of a “Caucasian Emirate†on the territory of the North Caucasus.
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