U.S. POLICY IN ‘CASPIAN-ASIAN’: THE IMPERATIVES OF STRATEGIC VISION
By Dr. Svante E. Cornell (8/2/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The instability of the Caspian-Asian region, matters profoundly to the west and to the U.S. for several reasons.
SHAMIL BASEYEV, CHECHEN FIELD COMMANDER: RUSSIA’S MOST WANTED MAN
By Dr. Brian Williams (8/2/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Shamil Basayev began his career as a fighter in 1992 when he joined the secessionist Abkhaz fighting for independence against the majority Georgians. Basayev's "Abkhaz Battalion" was responsible for the subsequent Abkhaz defeat of the Georgians. When the Russians invaded Chechnya in 1994, Basayev played a key role in the Chechen fighters destruction of Russian forces in Grozny on New Years Eve 1994-5.
KYRGYZSTAN’S OPPOSITION LEADER FELIKS KULOV FINALLY RELEASED
By Gulsara Osorova (8/16/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The March 2000 parliamentary elections shifted the image of Kyrgyzstan from an "island of democracy" that was supposed to guarantee the freedom of speech and basic norms of human rights, to a powerful image of a strengthening authoritarian regime. Feliks Kulov, the politically disgraced vice-president and former mayor of Bishkek, resigned his office in 1998 to join the political opposition. Kulov resigned his office and quit his political party over conflicts he had with President Askar Akaev and his politics.
CHINA’S "GO WEST" PIPELINE PROJECTS: A "GREAT LEAP WESTWARD"?
By Dr. Robert M. Cutler (8/16/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) asserts that Xinjiang has 17.4 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves. However, it is not clear that they are all recoverable.
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