RUSSIA, THE WTO, AND THE CIS
By Stephen Blank (7/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia has announced it will no longer apply for World Trade Organization membership as a single state. Rather, it would only consider joining the WTO if it came in as the head of a customs union, i.e.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE YEVKUROV ATTACK: DOES A NEW REGIONAL ROLE BECKON FOR RAMZAN KADYROV?
By Kevin Daniel Leahy (7/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Following an failed assassination attempt on June 22, Ingush President Yunas-Bek Yevkurov is current receiving treatment for serious injuries at a medical facility in Moscow. Although the attack on Yevkurov was probably the work of Islamist militants, it is an arch-enemy of the latter, Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, who stands to benefit the most from Yevkurov’s misfortune. The main strategic consequence of Yevkurov’s near-assassination may well be the bestowal of a region-wide mandate for counter-insurgency operations on the ambitious Chechen leader.
BAKIYEV WINS NEW GEOPOLITICAL GAME OVER MANAS BASE
By Erica Marat (7/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
To many, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s decision on June 23 to continue his anti-terrorism cooperation with the United States was expected. According to the new agreement with the United States, Kyrgyzstan will receive US$60 million in annual rent from the U.S.
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CONTINUED LACK OF WESTERN INTEREST?
By Fariz Ismailzade (6/17/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The initial hopes that the change of administration in the U.S. would bring new momentum to the deadlocked Nagorno-Karabakh peace process are starting to fade.
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
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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.