RATS EXERCISE IN TASHKENT: CONCERN OVER NUCLEAR TERRORISM?
By Nicklas Norling (4/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Before the break-up of the Soviet Union, Central Asia played an active role in the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) due to its massive reserves of uranium tapped for fissile material. As the Soviet Union disintegrated, the Soviet military-industrial complex left behind significant amounts of WMD as well as poorly guarded reactors and facilities for uranium enrichment. These facilities have been of increasing concern for the states in the region, as well as the United States, as nuclear weapons and material could get into the hands of terrorists or rogue states.IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM MODIFIES TURKISH STRATEGY AND POLICY
By Stephen Blank (4/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Turkey has stated that it has sent messages to Iran asking it to desist from building nuclear weapons. Indeed, as an aspirant to membership in the EU it could do no less without enraging Brussels, and the key members of the EU who are leading the negotiations with Iran. But it has a delicately balanced relationship with Iran.BETWEEN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HARASSEMENT: CHRISTIAN CONVERTS IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Anara Tabyshalieva (4/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The first historical movement of Christians in Central Asia was the Nestorian Church in the fourth century. Nestorian Christian successfully converted a number of Turks to the new faith in the medieval ages. The second migration was related mostly Orthodox Christian during Russia’s colonization of the region in the nineteenth century.KAZAKHSTAN’S MILITARY ARMAMENT PRIORITIES
By Roger N McDermott & Col. Igor Mukhamedov (4/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Astana’s new sense of confidence in its own defense industries was much in evidence on February 10 when Galym Orazbakov, President of Kazakhstan Engineering National Company, explained in Astana, “We expect the export of the company’s special products to double in 2006,” comparing with its record in 2005. This will be most notable in Kazakhstan’s future exports to the Indo-Pacific region. “Recently, we held talks with our partners in India and Egypt who are planning to hold tenders for the purchase of arms.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.