KAZAKHSTAN’S ECONOMIC PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Sebastien Peyrouse (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In his April 2007 visit to Bishkek, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his desire to create a Union of Central Asian states. Projects of regional integration are usually ill-received among Central-Asian elites, who suspect the country initiating them of seeking to arrogate the role of a new “big brotherâ€.
PROGRESS IN DAGESTAN: TAKING A BACKSEAT TO OTHER REPUBLICS
By Michael Coffey (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Plans to send more contract troops to the northern Caucasus, trained specifically for mountain and counterinsurgency operations, is a sign that the Russian defense ministry has a firm grasp of the security needs for the region. Still, despite some progress on the security front, poverty and lawlessness remain acute problems in Dagestan, as elsewhere in the Caucasus. The appointment of a new, reform-minded president, and the reported deaths of significant terrorist leaders, suggests authorities may be replicating Chechnya’s modest success.
SINO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE SCO
By Nicklas Norling and Niklas Swanström (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization recently held its annual summit in Bishkek. Energy-security was reported to be the primary focus of the summit while the Sino-Russian military exercises Peace Mission 2007 held a few days later attracted much attention. Even if these recent events suggest that China-Russia relations may be at an all-time high, the strains between them in the energy sector will likely impede a further strengthening of bilateral ties.
BERDIMUHAMMEDOV-RICE MEETING HIGHLIGHTS US INTEREST IN TURKMENISTAN’S ENERGY
By Richard Weitz (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At the end of September, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov undertook his first visit to the United States as Turkmenistan’s new president. His five-day sojourn has revived speculation about the direction of his administration’s foreign policy. Berdimuhammedov has indicated that he might reconsider several of Niyazov’s isolationist policies.
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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.