UZBEKISTAN’S 20th ANNIVERSARY: INDEPENDENCE AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY
By Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro (10/5/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 1, President Islam Karimov delivered his customary speech at the celebrations of Uzbekistan’s 20th anniversary of independence. The emphasis on independence and on the “Uzbek Model” for economic development continues to be expounded as the general principle for how Uzbek authorities wish to engage with international actors.
PAKISTAN, THE U.S., AND THE HAQQANI NETWORK
By Rizwan Zeb (10/5/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Admiral Mullen’s recent statement that the Haqqani network is a strategic arm of Pakistan has given rise to a new crisis in relations between Islamabad and Washington. Many in the U.
NORTH OSSETIA: JIHADIZATION IN THE MAKING?
By Emil Souleimanov (6/8/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On May 26, the beheaded body of Shamil Jikayev, a venerated Ossetian poet and dean of the Department of Ossetian Philology of the North Ossetian State University was found in a village near the republic’s capital city of Vladikavkaz. Three days later, in a fierce shootout with North Ossetian police forces, Jikayev’s alleged murderer, David Murashev, was shot dead.
MONGOLIA’S RARE EARTH RESERVES DRAW FOREIGN INVESTOR INTEREST
By John C.K. Daly (6/8/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
China’s announcement earlier this year that it would restrict the export of rare earths caused a wave of anxiety among manufacturers, as the elements are used in the construction of everything from iPhones to cruise missiles. China’s sole source for the rare earths is a mine complex in Inner Mongolia near Baotou city.
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