AFGHAN-PAKISTANI DIFFERENCES REMAIN DESPITE RECENT AMERICAN INITIATIVES
By Richard Weitz (11/14/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
U.S. policy makers have pursued several initiatives to reduce tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan in order to encourage both governments to concentrate their attention on countering the Taliban and al-Qaeda members operating on their territories.
IRAN AND ARMENIA TIGHTEN TIES
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (11/14/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Armenia on October 22-23 marked a new stage in the relationship between the two countries. The former Soviet republic, which has adopted a Western-type market economy principle, and Iran, one of the most closed economies of the world, will make increasing efforts to make their economic ties closer. Moreover, the two countries are likely to initiate some cooperation in the military sphere as well.
BRANDING THE NEW NATIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTH CAUCASUS
By Erica Marat (11/14/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As the states of Central Asia and the South Caucasus celebrate the sixteenth anniversary of independence this year, they are gradually moving toward appreciating their international images ahead of promoting national ideologies domestically. To date, Armenia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan have made the first conscious steps in promoting their national peculiarities in the international arena by designing recognizable images and slogans. But more extensive strategies are soon to be developed if these states choose to compete on the international market for tourists and investments.
WEN JIABAO’S VISIT TO MOSCOW FAILS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS IN RUSSIAN-CHINESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS
By Marcin Kaczmarski (11/14/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 5-6, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao paid an official visit to Moscow, in the framework of regular consultations on the level of heads of governments. Despite numerous agreements signed, the talks, focused on economic issues, failed to produce an agreement in most important area – Russian oil exports to China. Nevertheless, for the very first time, the Chinese side appeared to be ready to make some economic concessions to Russia and open its machinery and high-tech market for Russian enterprises.
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Staff Publications
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.