News Digest
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DESIGNATES UZBEK GROUP A TERROR ORGANIZATION
By empty (5/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The State Department announced in a press statement on 26 May that it has designated the Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) a terrorist organization. Describing IJG as a splinter group of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the State Department said that IJG members attacked the U.S.AKAYEV\'S FAMILY CAUSED BILLIONS IN DAMAGES – OFFICIAL
By empty (5/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The damage caused by former President Askar Akayev and his family to Kyrgyzstan runs to billions of soms, Daniyar Usenov, acting deputy prime minister and head of the commission probing Akayev\'s property, told reporters on Friday. \"The damage caused by the president\'s family through tax evasion, the violation of privatization rules, duty evasions and other offenses is estimated at billions of soms,\" he said. Speaking in parliament, Usenov said the list of companies and facilities affiliated with the president and his family has grown to 178.RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN TO BUILD NEW LAUNCH COMPLEX
By empty (5/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia and Kazakhstan are set to complete construction on a new unmanned spacecraft launch complex by 2008-2009, the top Russian space official said Friday. Anatoly Perminov, the head of Russia\'s space agency, also said that would-be U.S.MOSCOW TO BUILD NEW MOSQUES
By empty (5/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Five new mosques are scheduled to be built in Moscow in the next few years, bringing the total in the capital to 11, Council of Muftis Chairman Ravil Gainitdin announced on 26 May. He noted that the city\'s central mosque is currently undergoing renovation to double its size, in a project that is being funded by Russia and several unspecified Islamic states. (ITAR-TASS).Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
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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.