News Digest
EX-SOVIET STATES SEE DIFFERENT \"TERRORISTS\" TO WEST
By empty (1/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia and other ex-Soviet states said on Wednesday they wanted to fight international terrorism but disagreed with the West on whom to brand \"terrorist\". At a meeting of the U.N.BRITISH AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS ELECTION AID TO KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (1/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
James Sharpe, Britain\'s ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, told a news conference in Bishkek on 25 January that the British government will provide $92,000 to ensure free and fair parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan on 27 February, Kyrgyz Television reported. Stressing that the aid is not intended to influence the election outcome, Sharpe said that the money will go to Kyrgyz NGOs. Sharpe explained that Britain has supported a number of programs, including the training of 2,000 independent observers, information campaigns for voters, and exit polls, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported.BUSH TO SEEK $80BN FOR WAR FUNDS
By empty (1/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The White House has confirmed it plans to ask Congress for an extra $80bn (£43bn), mainly to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of the money will go to the army to pay for salaries and to fund the replacement or repair of equipment. Congress has already approved $25bn in emergency funds for this tax year.SYRIAN PRESIDENT HOPES FOR RUSSIA REGAINING ITS POSITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ARENA
By empty (1/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hopes that Russia will regain its standing in the international arena. \"We support Russia\'s policies in the world. Its political policies are balanced and logical,\" Mr.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.