GEORGIA’S DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE PROBES MOSCOW’S REAL INTENTIONS ON BASES
By Jaba Devdariani (3/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Russia retains two military bases in Georgia, the Batumi and Akhalkalaki bases, and the South Caucasus Headquarters, in Tbilisi. The total number of Russian personnel in the country is estimated at 3000 men. Following the 1999 agreement concluded in Istanbul, Russia withdrew the Vaziani base near Tbilisi, and partially also the Gudauta base in secessionist Abkhazia.DID RUSSIA ESCALATE TENSION IN CHECHNYA BY ASSASSINATING MASKHADOV?
By Murad Batal al-Shishani (3/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Aslan Maskhadov was born and raised in Kazakhstan in the middle of the fifties, just like most leaders of the Chechen Independence Movement, such as Jokhar Dudayev and Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev. These leaders have become in the Chechen collective mental recollection an expression of one of the greatest crimes of the twentieth century, the Stalinist deportation and exile. Maskhadov moved up in his military service after graduating from the Military Academy in 1972 in Georgia.KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT’S CONTROL SLIPS, CREATING DANGERS AND OPPORTUNITIES
By Aya Telekova (3/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Kyrgyzstan’s February 27 parliamentary elections was fraught with multiple violations of the Electoral Code which together with inconclusive results brought about a runoff poll on March 13 in those constituencies where candidates failed to win 50% of votes. Even after the second round, the winner of numerous parliamentary seats remain to be determined. Meanwhile, the list of successful candidates is already represented by a considerable number of deputies from the pro-Presidential parties “Alga Kyrgyzstan”, “Adilet” as well as independent loyalists.SHIFTING PATTERNS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN POST-SOVIET UZBEKISTAN
By Timur Dadabaev (3/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: With independence in 1991, the government in Uzbekistan assumed the leading role in conducting economic and political reforms in the country. Due to this and other factors, the state retained its legitimacy in the eyes of people as an organization providing for their needs. The present poll demonstrated that a majority of those asked remain somewhat confident with the central government (57.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.