News Digest
ALKHANOV WANTS PUBLIC CONTROL OF RECONSTRUCTION FUNDING
By empty (7/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The rebuilding of Grozny and other towns in Chechnya may take decades if control over the spending of reconstruction funds is not tightened, Interior Minister Gen. Alu Alkhanov told a public meeting in Grozny on Thursday. \"We will be reconstructing Grozny and villages for decades without public control,\" he said.AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT DOUBLES MINIMUM WAGE
By empty (7/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 30 June raising the minimum monthly wage for some 538,000 people employed in the public sector from 60,000 to 100,000 manats ($12-$20.25), effective 1 July. Aliyev also doubled the wages of police officers and civilian employees of the Interior Ministry.KAZAKH PRESIDENT\'S DAUGHTER GIVES UP MEDIA POST UNTIL AFTER
By empty (7/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The pro-presidential Asar party announced in a 1 July press release that party leader Darigha Nazarbaeva, the daughter of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, will give up her post as CEO of Khabar news agency from 1 July to 30 September. Asar will field candidates in 19 September parliamentary elections, and Nazarbaeva is temporarily relinquishing her post \"to avoid possible speculation by [Nazarbaeva\'s] political opponents over the situation.\" Nazarbaeva said that while legal advisers told her that it would be legal to retain her position at Khabar, she decided against it nonetheless.KARZAI\'S PLEA TO NATO ON TROOPS
By empty (6/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has addressed Nato leaders at a summit in Istanbul, urging them to send promised extra peace-keepers immediately. Nato has agreed to increase its forces from 6,500 to 10,000 to bolster security during September elections. Mr Karzai thanked the leaders, but added: \"I would like you to please hurry.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.