News Digest
NEW COLLECTIVE-SECURITY PACT TO BE SIGNED AT DUSHANBE SUMMIT
By empty (4/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan will formally sign the new Treaty on Collective Security in Dushanbe on 28 April, \"Nezavisimaya gazeta\" reported on 21 April. The alliance will be known as the Organization of the Treaty on Collective Security (ODKB). The paper said the summit will formalize a split in the CIS between countries oriented toward Moscow and countries that now openly follow U.ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY-ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF
By empty (4/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Official campaigning for the 25 May parliamentary election began on 21 April, RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau reported. The Central Election Commission has registered 1,084 candidates representing 17 parties and four blocs to contest the 75 mandates to be distributed under the proportional system. A further 406 candidates are competing for the remaining 56 single-mandate seats.AZERI LEADER COLLAPSES LIVE ON TV
By empty (4/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliev, has collapsed twice during a ceremony broadcast live on state television, prompting new speculation about his health. Television showed Mr Aliev, 79, clutching his heart and swaying as he addressed cadets at a military academy in the capital Baku. A statement from the presidential press service later said he had merely lost his balance after suffering a drop in blood pressure and was now recovering well.KAZAKH ACTIVISTS OPPOSE DRAFT LAW ON NONCOMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
By empty (4/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A number of Kazakh nongovernmental organizations oppose a draft law on such bodies that is being discussed by the government. Marat Aytmagambetov, head of the Network of Centers for Support of Civil Society, said in Almaty that the definitions of NGOs contained in the draft are vague and could be interpreted arbitrarily by the authorities. The definition of NGO in the draft includes noncommercial groups that are involved in public-service work and could be used to divide NGOs into those that suit the authorities and those that do not.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Putin's War In Ukraine and the Crimean War), 19fourtyfive, January 2, 2023
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.