MUFTIS TO THE FRONT IN A RUSSIAN JIHAD: OFFICIAL ISLAM GOES TO WAR
By Andrew McGregor (5/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On April 3, 2003, the man who claims the leadership of Russia\'s twenty million Muslims brandished a sword at a rally of 4,000 people in Ufa, Bashkortostan, and declared a jihad against U.S. forces and U.THE RUSSIA-CHINA-INDIA STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING:
By Aftab Kazi (5/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Regional economic and political pressures as well as strategic payoffs by the United States prevented the emergence of the RCI grouping so far. The American-British victory in Iraq and disagreements over the U.S.THE PUTIN-TURKMENBASHI DEAL OF THE CENTURY: TOWARDS A EURASIAN GAS OPEC?
By Ariel Cohen (5/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: “Friendly interaction and businesslike cooperation are the characteristic features of our relations with Turkmenistan,” Interfax quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin. He probably also referred to a security agreement with Turkmenistan signed on January 2, 2003, in Ashgabat. Geopolitical and economic repercussions of this “deal of the century”, however, are broader than its gargantuan size.ALIYEV\'S HEALTH PROBLEMS CREATE POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY IN AZERBAIJAN
By Azer Mamedov (5/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On April 21, speaking at the ceremony devoted to 30th anniversary of Nakhchevanski Military Academy, President Aliyev suddenly felt heartache and collapsed in front of 2,000 attendees. The incident was broadcast live to millions of people in the country. Later, on May 4, Aliyev was flown to Turkey for a health check-up at the Gulhane military hospital.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.