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BIWEEKLY BRIEFING Wednesday/July 31, 2002 COMPROMISED FROM THE START: THE AFGHAN INTERIM ADMINISTRATION AND THE DRUGS TRADE Tamara Makarenko The seizure of 215kg of heroin on the Afghan-Tajik border in early July may be heralded as a triumph of authorities, but does little to suggest that the Afghan drugs trade is under threat. This record seizure highlights that the trade has successfully ...

THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF CENTRAL EURASIA Leonard A. Stone To Serap Central Eurasian Publications On Line 2001 Communicating Eurasian Affairs Worldwide CONTENTS SECTION ONE: CENTRAL EURASIA ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN EURASIAN STUDIES TWO: CENTRAL EURASIA: AN OVERVIEW SECTION TWO: MAJOR PLAYERS THREE: RUSSIA AND THE WEST FOUR: IRAN IN EURASIA FIVE: TURKEY IN EURASIA SECTION THREE: THE CAUCASUS ...