IS RUSSIA WINNING IN CENTRAL ASIA?
By Martin C. Spechler and Dina R. Spechler (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In keeping with an increasingly assertive stance in Russian foreign policy, especially since 2004, President Putin declared that the Central Asian part of the “near abroad” is a “key national interest.” In light of the independence the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states displayed in their less than supportive reactions to the invasion of Georgia, one might ask whether Russia is succeeding in this former colonial area—as many Western analysts have asserted.
RUSSIA AND INDIA FACE KAZAKHSTAN’S SPACE AMBITIONS
By Sébastien Peyrouse (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Since the 1950s, Kazakhstan has hosted on its territory the famous Baikonur Cosmodrome, but it has otherwise been a passive player in Russia’s space pursuits. Yet in recent years, Kazakh government authorities, interested in sharpening their country’s international image and financial power, have sought to become a part of the space race.
GEORGIAN WAR INCREASES NUCLEAR TERRORISM RISKS
By Richard Weitz (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Although Russian-American bilateral cooperative threat reduction programs continue, the war in Georgia has disrupted U.S.
GLOBAL CRISIS HITS LOCAL COMMUNITITES IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Rafis Abazov (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
This fall the economic slowdown in Kazakhstan and Russia, especially accelerated by the global credit crunch during recent weeks, hit hard the Central Asian seasonal migrants and their families. It is estimated that between two and three million seasonal migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have been working in various regions in Russia and Kazakhstan.
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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.