News Digest
PHILANTHROPIST TOUTS DEMOCRATIC CHANGE FOR CENTRAL ASIA
By empty (7/7/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
American financier and philanthropist George Soros told the \"Los Angeles Times\" on 5 July that Central Asia is the new focus of his Open Society Institute network. Soros described his general approach to authoritarian regimes as an attempt to bring \"such great benefits to the people that even a repressive regime finds it advantageous to accept your presence.\" Soros singled out the Uzbek government, which recently denied the Open Society Institute registration, as \"very repressive.REBELS WILL FAIL IN PLUNGING CHECHNYA INTO VIOLENT PAST - DZHABRAILOV
By empty (7/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechen State Council Chairman Taus Dzhabrailov, commenting on reports that separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov wants to negotiate with Russia\'s leaders, said there will be no replay of the violence of the mid-\'90s. \"By making such statements, Maskhadov is trying to pose as a significant political figure,\" he told Interfax on Tuesday. \"A return to 1996 would spell a new tragedy for the republic\'s people.TALKS WITH MASKHADOV ARE MATTER FOR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES - ZYAZIKOV
By empty (7/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
It is up to the federal authorities to decide whether or not to hold talks with Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, president of the republic of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov said. \"[Talks] are a matter for the federal center. But no option should be ruled out.AZERBAIJANI POLICE ARREST WORSHIPPERS
By empty (7/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Over the past two days police have arrested 26 members of the congregation of the Djuma mosque in Baku\'s old town. They include 10 women detained on their return home after attending prayers on 5 July. Police had entered the mosque during the evening of 4 July, arrested four people and forcibly evicted up to 300 more worshippers from the building.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.