News Digest
PUTIN WELCOMES TURKEY\'S INTEREST IN SHANGHAI ORGANIZATION
By empty (1/12/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described Turkey\'s interest in establishing contacts with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a positive sign. \"I was very pleased when the Turkish prime minister, during our recent meeting, unexpectedly expressed Turkey\'s interest in arranging cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This is a positive signal,\" Putin said before negotiations with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Almaty on Wednesday.OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION CONTINUES IN KYRGYZ CAPITAL
By empty (1/11/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Supporters of Roza Otunbaeva, the co-chairwoman of the opposition movement Ata-Jurt who was recently denied registration to run in the 27 February parliamentary elections, continued to demonstrate in Bishkek on 10 January, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. The protestors, who were joined by members of the People\'s Movement of Kyrgyzstan, numbered 150, and wore yellow to symbolize imminent change. A counterdemonstration of about 200 carried placards condemning Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament and sported the colors of a pro-presidential party.WORKERS APPEAL TO AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION TO CLOSE RANKS
By empty (1/11/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The independent Union of Workers of Azerbaijan has issued an appeal to the country\'s various opposition parties to set aside their rivalries and covert overtures to the authorities and close ranks in a Unified Opposition Movement. The appeal accuses the present leadership of being solely preoccupied with retaining power, rather than seeking solutions to the problems the country faces. It argues that those problems can be resolved only after a fair presidential election, not as a result of parliamentary elections.PUTIN, TURKISH PRIME MINISTER HOLD MOSCOW SUMMIT
By empty (1/11/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 11 January. Ergodan arrived in Moscow on 10 January for a three-day working visit, primarily to discuss trade and economic relations. At a joint news conference, Putin said that Russia has \"consistently ranked as Turkey\'s second-largest trading partner.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.