News Digest
TAJIK OPPOSITION PARTY\'S REGISTRATION REJECTED
By empty (3/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajikistan\'s Justice Ministry turned down the opposition Taraqqiyot Party\'s application for registration on 29 March. According to the Justice Ministry, 11 of the 1,173 people listed as party supporters have denied involvement with the party. Taraqqiyot Chairman Sulton Quvvatov told the Avesta website on 29 March that party members were \"illegally detained and even tortured\" to force them to renounce their party affiliation.TERROR BLASTS ROCK UZBEKISTAN
By empty (3/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At least 19 people have been killed and 26 others injured in a series of blasts and attacks in Uzbekistan. Prosecutor General Rashid Kadyrov said suicide bombers killed three policemen and a child in an attack at a bazaar in the capital, Tashkent. There were also three fatal shootings of policemen in Tashkent, and a blast at the home of an alleged extremist in Bukhara, that killed 10 people.RUSSIAN BANK TO HANDLE TURKMEN DEBT COLLECTION
By empty (3/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia\'s privately owned National Reserve Bank (NRB) will represent Turkmenistan in the country\'s efforts to recover its international debts. The agreement came in the course of a meeting between NRB President Yurii Kudimov and Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov. Turkmenistan hopes to collect $500 million in debts from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as $50 million from a number of Russian commercial banks.KAZAKHSTAN READIES \'ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT\' PROJECT
By empty (3/26/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A working group led by Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Grigorii Marchenko approved the overall concept and strategy for Kazakhstan\'s \"electronic government\" project at a 26 March meeting. The project\'s stated aim is to increase government efficiency, information accessibility, and transparency by making as much information as possible available to citizens. Project developers include representatives of the executive branch, experts from Kazakhstan\'s information-technology sector, and businesspeople.Visit also
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Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Putin's War In Ukraine and the Crimean War), 19fourtyfive, January 2, 2023
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.