News Digest
SOME HOSTAGES RELEASED IN SOUTH OSSETIA
By empty (11/8/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Following talks between Georgian and South Ossetian representatives, some, but apparently not all the several dozen hostages taken over the previous few days in the conflict zone were released. The Ossetian side released \"several dozen\" Georgian women, while the Georgians freed either nine or 10 Ossetians. But according to South Ossetian government spokeswoman Irina Gagloeva, several Ossetians remain in captivity.INGUSHETIA\'S MUSLIM CLERICS APPEAL TO PUTIN
By empty (11/8/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Ingushetia has addressed an appeal to President Putin in connection with the wave of abductions of residents of the republic, ingushetiya.ru reported on 5 November. The appeal notes that at least 40 people are still missing after having been abducted by armed men in camouflage uniforms since the beginning of this year.CHECHEN REBELS KILLED IN CLASHES
By empty (11/8/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The pro-Moscow security forces in Chechnya say they have killed 22 separatist fighters loyal to rebel leader Shamil Basayev. Unconfirmed reports from senior officials claimed some of the fighters had been involved in the Grozny bombing which killed president Akhmad Kadyrov. Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the May attack.TENSIONS HIGH IN UZBEK BAZAARS
By empty (11/8/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
There is continued tension in Uzbekistan over a presidential decree that triggered an unprecedented wave of civil disorder last week. The decree places new restrictions on trade and makes it very difficult for people to buy and sell. Friction is focused in the bazaars, especially those in Fergana Valley, the most populated eastern part of Uzbekistan.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.