CHINA’S ACQUISITION OF PETROKAZAKHSTAN: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
By Hooman Peimani (9/7/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND The independence of the Central Asian states in 1991 opened a new arena for the Chinese to expand both economically and politically in a neighboring region of significance to their national security. In search of fuel for its growing economy, the prospect of securing access to the region’s significant oil and gas resources has been yet another incentive for China in determining their policies towards Central Asia. In this regard, many small and large plans have been envisaged of which the majority is yet to be implemented.PROGRESS ON ABKHAZIA HANGS IN BALANCE, IN NEED OF INFORMED EXTERNAL SUPPORT
By Jaba Devdariani (9/7/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In 2005, the new authorities of Georgia and Abkhazia have studied each other’s approaches towards the political settlement process. Several informal, closed-door meetings were held in Europe, under the patronage of various international agencies and NGOs. The meetings in a formal and slightly more publicized, UN-led “Geneva process” framework showed that there is room for progress in negotiations.MASS MEDIA TRANSFORMATION AFTER MARCH EVENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Anisa Borubaeva (9/7/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The violent overthrow of the previous regime that took place on March 24, 2005 resulted in a dangerous power vacuum. The hopeful presidential candidate Kurmanbek Bakiev, who for the moment assumed the double roles of the acting president and the acting prime minister, promised to continue the revolutionary momentum. In particular, Bakiev called for the immediate privatization of state mass media.LONDON’S LESSONS FOR CENTRAL ASIA
By Stephen Blank (8/24/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The bombings in the London subway on July 7 and the ensuing foiled attempts at new bombings on July 21 focused global attention on the terrorist threat in Great Britain. But we should not ignore their lessons and implicit warning for the governments of Central Asia that do not command anywhere near the police experience and resources for adequate surveillance and monitoring, let alone suppression, of organized terrorist threats. For example, we can see from British reactions an increase in police monitoring and surveillance as well as heightened restrictions on the public practice of Islam in Great Britain.Visit also
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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.