News Digest
TAJIK VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING FREED IN SPECIAL OPERATION
By empty (6/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A joint operation by Tajik police and United Arab Emirates special services freed a group of 40 Tajik women on 30 June in Dubai. The Tajik women, ranging between the age of 14 and 25, were victims of an organized human-trafficking network that preys on impoverished females from Central Asia and other former Soviet states. The operation also resulted in the arrest of an undetermined number of traffickers.GUNMEN ROB TAJIK NATIONAL BANK CHAIRMAN\'S FATHER
By empty (6/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A group of three gunmen broke into the residence of the father of Tajik National Bank Chairman Murodali Alimardonov in the early morning hours of 30 June. The gunmen killed one bodyguard and injured two other guards during the attack and seized more than $7,000 in cash, Interfax reported. Tajik Interior Ministry Major General Tohir Normatov set up a special police unit on 30 June to conduct an investigation, but stressed that it was a robbery with no political motives.SOKHUMI PROTESTS AGAINST TBILISI’S CLOSURE OF MARITIME BORDER
By empty (6/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Defense Minister of breakaway Abkhazia Sultan Sosnaliev said on June 28 that Georgia’s decision to close Abkhaz portion of the maritime border for all forms of maritime traffic is “interference in Abkhazia’s internal affairs,” Apsnipress news agency reported.He warned that “Abkhaz Defense Ministry will undertake adequate measures in case of necessity.” The Georgian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on June 28 saying that the Abkhaz portion of the maritime border remains closed since last August.ANDIZHAN PLOTTED BY AUTHORS OF COLORED REVOLUTIONS – KARIMOV
By empty (6/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
\"The events in Andizhan were organized by the scriptwriters and directors of the \'colored\' revolutions,\" Uzbek President Islam Karimov said on Tuesday. \"It doesn\'t matter what we call these revolutions - tulip or orange ones. I would call them simply operations.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.