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.PAKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?
By Hooman Peimani (3/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: As a regional power, Pakistan has sought to increase its presence in the Central Asian countries since their independence in 1991. This policy has reflected certain Pakistani objectives, i.e.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
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Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.