News Digest
SHELL CLOSES DOWN IN TURKMENISTAN
By empty (4/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The oil multinational Royal Dutch/Shell Group intends to close its offices in Turkmenistan because the company sees no prospects for taking part in realistic oil-and-gas projects in the country. Reportedly, the staff in the Ashgabat office has already been reduced to two people. Royal Dutch/Shell Group had been interested in taking part in building the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline, but the company has decided the project is \"too risky,\" a staff member was quoted as saying.ARMENIAN SCHOLARS FEAR LONG-TERM NEGATIVE IMPACT OF WTO MEMBERSHIP
By empty (4/9/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Addressing a discussion in Yerevan on 9 April, economist Karine Danielian said membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will lead to a deterioration in the socioeconomic and ecological situation as domestic products are replaced on the internal market by cheaper foreign imports. Academician Mikhael Gyulkhassian similarly predicted that the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on agricultural produce beginning in 2009 is likely to lead to the decline of that sector. Armenia was accepted into the WTO in February.ARMENIAN OPPOSITION RALLY PARTICIPANTS CLASH WITH LAW-ENFORCERS
By empty (4/9/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The participants in a procession organized by the Armenian opposition in Yerevan today clashed with the police. Despite the law-enforcers\' efforts to block the central streets of the city, the opposition managed to hold a meeting and a procession aimed to wreck the inauguration of Armenia\'s President. After the meeting in front of the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts two or three thousand of the action participants made for Republic Square, where the inauguration ceremony was being held at the Government building.US EMBASSY ISSUES SECURITY ALERT TO US CITIZENS IN UZBEKISTAN
By empty (4/8/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
US Embassy in Tashkent issued a public announcement to alert US citizens in Uzbekistan to the potential for terrorist actions against Americans in Uzbekistan. US citizens should evaluate carefully the implications for their security and safety before deciding to travel to Uzbekistan, the announcement says. The US Government has received information that terrorists may be planning attacks against hotels in Uzbekistan frequented by Westerners.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.