IS THERE A BASIS FOR RE-ENGAGING UZBEKISTAN?
By Stephen Blank (8/23/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Since the Andijan crackdown of May 13, 2005 U.S. relations with Uzbekistan have declined to the point of frigidity.THE BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE: A RETROSPECTIVE AND A LOOK AT THE FUTURE
By Richard Morningstar (8/23/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: One need only look at a map of the greater Caspian region, which stretches from Turkey to Kazakhstan, to realize its huge geopolitical and economic importance. The United States’ strong interest in the Caspian dates to the break-up of the Soviet Union. Virtually overnight, eight new independent states came into existence in an area rich with natural resources.PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TAJIKISTAN: NOT A STRUGGLE FOR REGIME SURVIVAL
By Erica Marat (7/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Since 1991, every Central Asian leader managed to win presidential elections with at least 75% of popular support. The higher, the better, - with 99.9% being the record for the Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov in 1992.THE REHABILITATION OF “GREAT RUSSIAN CHAUVINISM”: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NORTH CAUCASUS
By Kevin Daniel Leahy (7/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: During his time as president, Boris Yeltsin pursued a distinctly asymmetrical policy toward Russia’s regions. This often entailed making compromises with certain regional leaders which might have seemed quite gratuitous when it came to dealing with other, less entrenched local elites. His successor, Vladimir Putin, has proven far less flexible in this regard, and clearly disapproves of the loose tactical bargaining which characterised Yeltsin’s tenure.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.