CACO MERGES WITH EEC: THE THIRD STRIKE ON CENTRAL ASIA’S INDEPENDENCE
By Farkhad Tolipov (10/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Since the dissolution of the former Soviet super-state, the newly independent Central Asian states have undertaken different attempts to strengthen their independence by means of modeling integration. The first name of the model was the Central Asian Commonwealth, which in the mid-1990s was changed to the Central Asian Economic Community. In 2001, the name was changed to the Central Asian Cooperation Organization (CACO).RUSSIA OUT OF PEACEKEEPING? GEORGIA CHALLENGES THE STATUS QUO
By Khatuna Salukvadze (10/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On October 11, the Georgian Parliament unanimously passed a resolution instructing the government to take measures for the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces from the South Ossetian and Abkhazian conflict zones if their performance in South Ossetia and Abkhazia does not improve before February and July, 2006, respectively. Since the early 1990s, the Abkhazia and South Ossetia peace processes have been mediated by Russian peacekeepers deployed in both breakaway regions. In reality, the contingents stationed in the conflict zones have been used by Russia to consolidate its effective control over the regions rather than to fulfill the core functions stipulated by the peacekeeping mandate, such as preventing the militarization and the formation of illegal armed groups.FROM GROZNY TO NALCHIK: IS THE NORTH CAUCASUS HEADING BACK TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY?
By Murad Batal al-Shishani (10/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The “Domino Effect” was a key Russian concern over Chechen calls for independence, or separation as dubbed by Russia, since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ensuing beginning of the Russo-Chechen war in 1994. Russia’s concern was that the Chechen model would be replicated all over the North Caucasus, causing Russia lose one of the strategic areas under its control. However, this did not happen.ENGAGING ISRAEL: BLESSING OR CURSE FOR MUSHARRAF?
By Naveed Ahmad (10/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Historically, the Muslims of South Asia stood for Palestine as far back as March 23, 1940, when they gathered in Lahore to demand the creation of an independent homeland of their own. It was no coincidence that after passing the Pakistan resolution, the Muslims of the subcontinent had also unanimously adopted a pledge on Palestine. The resolution recorded, “.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
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Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
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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.