A MEDVEDEV PRESIDENCY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHECHEN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND RAMZAN KADYROV
By Kevin Daniel Leahy (2/6/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
It was never a secret that Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s pro-Moscow president, wanted his most powerful political benefactor, Vladimir Putin, to retain the Russian presidency for at least another four years. Nevertheless, Kadyrov seems quite at ease with Putin’s chosen successor, current First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev. Why is Kadyrov so comfortable with Medvedev’s candidature? How do the two men regard one another? What implications will Medvedev’s expected inauguration hold for future relations between Moscow and Grozny? Â
BACKGROUND: In fact, there is no way of knowing for certain how Dmitri Medvedev regards the situation in Chechnya as it presently stands.
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.
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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.