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.
TURKMEN ELITE RESHUFFLES
By Slavomír Horák (6/17/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Turkmenistan’s domestic politics remain in the shadow of a new round of the “Caspian gas game,” which in the last two years has centered on this energy-rich country. However, the external actors have thus far achieved few concrete results. A deeper look at the new regime in Turkmenistan makes evident the unpredictability of the regime, which arises very much from the personality of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov himself.
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