News Digest
KAZAKHSTAN TIGHTENS ELECTORAL LEGISLATION
By empty (4/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kazakh parliament passed constitutional amendments in the second reading on Friday to toughen the country\'s electoral legislation. The bill will now be submitted to the president for signing. The amendments ban candidates or political parties running in the elections from organizing any rallies, marches or demonstration during the period between the end of the canvassing campaign and the official publication of the election results.KYRGYZ MPs HEAR AKAYEV FAREWELL
By empty (4/7/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Mr Akayev\'s address was shown on national TV. Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament has heard a taped resignation speech by ousted President Askar Akayev. Mr Akayev said he had intended to step down after October elections anyway, and that his last order as Kyrgyzstan\'s leader for 15 years was \"not to shoot\".\'NO SURVIVORS\' IN US AFGHAN CRASH
By empty (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A US Chinook helicopter has crashed in south-eastern Afghanistan killing 16 people, at least four of them American crew, officials have said. The CH-47 helicopter went down in bad weather in the province of Ghazni, a US military statement confirmed. The statement said there appeared to be no survivors, and two remained missing.KYRGYZ POLITICIAN KULOV AGAINST PUTTING AKAYEV ON TRIAL
By empty (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Prominent Kyrgyz politician Felix Kulov said he is opposed to pressing charges against the country\'s ousted President Askar Akayev. \"I will do everything in my power to help Askar Akayev avoid going on trial,\" Kulov said at a Supreme Court session on Wednesday. The Supreme Court is hearing Kulov\'s appeal against charges previously brought against him by the prosecutor\'s office.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.