EURASIAN CORRIDOR PIPELINES: UNDERMINING TRANSCAUCASIAN SECURITY?
By Khatuna Salukvadze (4/26/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The success of the Eurasian corridor pipeline deal (Baku-Ceyhan and Transcaucasian gas pipelines) represents a breakthrough, for Georgia and Azerbaijan that have envisioned a new strategic reality based on a revival of the ancient Silk Road. The pro-Western oriented Eurasian corridor project signifies the creation of a new geo-economic regional partnership, that will create a joint military force to defend the pipelines from military and terrorist attack. This new partnership will creating a route for Central Asian oil outside the control of Russia, despite Russia’s demand that Caspian oil flow through Russian territory to Novorosiisk.
ASIAN INVESTMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA: IS IT COMING BACK?
By Gael Rabelland (4/26/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The consequences of the Asian and Russian economic crises of 1998 seem more and more evanescent in East Asia. For Central Asia the effects are still devastating. Before the crisis, Asian investment to the region, mainly from South Korea, was accelerating.
IRAN AS A MAJOR POWER IN THE CASPIAN SEA BASIN
By Ali A. Jalali (6/7/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The break-up of the Soviet Union seemed to open new opportunities for spreading Iranian influence in Central Asia. But Iran faced major obstacles in influencing the newly independent states in the region. One hurdle was Iran's limited knowledge of Central Asia.
LESSON OF BATKEN: REGIONAL INTEGRATION KEY TO CENTRAL ASIAN SECURITY
By Kunduz Sydygalieva (6/7/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: One of the main goals of the Islamic rebels congregated on the Kyrgyz border is to facilitate drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe. Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has turned into a hotbed of international terrorism and a major source of the illegal narcotics trade. Today, Afghanistan has become a homeland for training terrorists and military mercenaries.
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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.