News Digest
U.S. CENTRAL ASIA PRESENCE SET BY BILATERAL DEALS – EMBASSY
By empty (7/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The presence of U.S. bases in Central Asian countries is determined by bilateral agreements with these countries, the U.DATE SET FOR AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
By empty (7/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 4 July scheduling the upcoming parliamentary election for 6 November. Meeting in Baku on 5 July, the Central Election Commission set a 24 July deadline for the nomination of candidates, who must submit the required lists of signatures in support of their nomination by 28 August. The election campaign will last from 7 September-5 November.RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN TO SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENTS WEDNESDAY
By empty (7/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian and Kazakh presidents Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev are expected to sign a package of energy agreements Wednesday, which they think will promote trade between the two countries and draw their economic interests closer. \"We will sign major energy agreements which will increase trade and help draw Russia and Kazakhstan\'s economic interests closer together,\" Nazarbayev told Putin in Astana on Tuesday. Putin said in turn that the agreements are the outcome of joint work and would mark a major step forward.TURKISH PREMIER REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR AZERBAIJANI POSITION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
By empty (7/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on 30 June to uphold Turkish support for Azerbaijan\'s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service reported. Erdogan reaffirmed that any normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations will continue to remain conditional on the withdrawal of Armenian forces from all areas of Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev also promised to \"help northern Cyprus to find a way out of isolation\" by granting diplomatic recognition of passports issued by northern Cyprus and announced that a delegation of Azerbaijani businessmen will be sent to northern Cyprus.Visit also
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.