Expanding Security Eastward: NATO Military Engagement in the South Caucasus and Central Asia

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. DeTemple
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Military Engagement

Preface – Why Focusing on the South Caucasus and Central Asia?

2018 ◽  
Vol 385 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Mathias Jopp ◽  
Tatjana Kuhn ◽  
Janny Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus

scholarly journals New records of leeches of the genus Limnatis (Hirudinea, Praobdellidae) from the South Caucasus and Central Asia: phylogenetic relationships of Eurasian and African populations

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
S. Utevsky ◽  
Y Mabrouki ◽  
A. F. Taybi ◽  
M. Huseynov ◽  
A. Manafov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
North African ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Low Genetic Diversity ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
First Time

Leeches of the genus Limnatis Moquin–Tandon, 1827 infest mucous membranes of various mammals, including humans and domestic ungulates. The type species of the genus L. nilotica (Savigny, 1822) was initially thought to occur throughout the Western Palaearctic, from North Africa to the Middle East and Central Asia. It was later found that L. paluda (Tennent, 1859) is a widespread Western Asian species. However, the South Caucasus and vast areas of Central Asia have not been explored sufficiently in terms of leeches of the genus Limnatis. We recorded L. paluda from Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan for the first time. We also carried out the first molecular characterisation of L. nilotica herein. We found a deep genetic differentiation (8 %) between the Western Asian L. paluda and North African (Moroccan) L. nilotica based on their COI sequences. This finding corroborates a previous morphology–based hypothesis on their separate species assignments. The low genetic diversity of L. paluda is explained by the recent colonisation of arid landscapes of Western Asia.

scholarly journals Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment Trends in the South Caucasus and Central Asia

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Slavica Penev
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Central Asian

Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment Trends in the South Caucasus and Central AsiaThis paper analyzes and compares investment climates and trends in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The analyses and comparisons were conducted in view of the impacts of transitional progress, economic development, and the energy reserves from these regions on the inflow of foreign direct investment. Improvement of the investment climate by accelerating the transition process and reducing investment risks can be seen as the most important determinants of FDI inflows into the countries of these two regions. Structural diversification of South Caucasian and Central Asian natural resource-based economies would be essential in ending dependence on the energy and mining sectors and would have positive long-term effects on economic growth and the investment climate, and attract other, additional types of FDI.

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