THE GREAT GAME GOES TO SEA: NAVAL RIVALRIES IN THE CASPIAN
By Stephen Blank (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The Caspian Sea is a hotly contested, albeit enclosed sea. In 2001, Iran threatened Azerbaijani oil platforms and has since then often lambasted Kazakhstan’s energy platforms. Russia has retaliated since then by holding extensive maneuvers and by building up its Caspian Flotilla.ARMENIA’S REFERENDUM: WHAT IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
By Grigor Hakobyan (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: According to official results published by the Armenian government and currently disputed by the country’s political opposition, 93.3 percent of 1.5 million voters expressed their support for the proposed constitutional amendments on November 27.UZBEKISTAN AND RUSSIA: ALLIANCE AGAINST A MYTHIC THREAT?
By Farkhod Tolipov (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Uzbekistan’s falling into Russia’s embrace was preceded by a chain of events that, on the one hand, have led to Uzbekistan’s recent isolation from the West, and, on the other hand, reinforced the geopolitical competition of great powers over Central Asia. The main reason behind the Karimov-initiated Uzbek-Russian alliance was undoubtedly the freezing of Uzbekistan’s relationship with the West in general and America in particular in the aftermath of the May 2005 Andijan events. The Uzbek President met western demands on an international investigation of what was called “indiscriminate use of force against an unarmed population” in Andijan painfully and angrily.WINTER FOR THE KYRGYZ REVOLUTION
By Zoya Pylenko (12/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Kyrgyzstan’s new, post-revolutionary government has turned out to be less strong or united than people had hoped. After Bakiev’s inauguration in mid-August, cracks have appeared. Some icons of the March revolution – very popular with the people – lost, or were dismissed from, their posts.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.