News Digest
KYRGYZSTAN TO RECEIVE $15 FOR STRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTY
By empty (10/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
International Development Association (IDA) will grant $15mln to finance the Second Rural Investment and Services Project for Kyrgyzstan on October 3. The grant agreement was signed in Washington, REGNUM correspondent was informed at the Kyrgyzstani foreign ministry press office. The project is aimed at combating poverty in Kyrgyzstan’s rural areas.GEORGIAN MINERAL WATER, WINE WILL RETURN TO RUSSIAN MARKET AFTER PROOF OF QUALITY - ONISHCHENKO
By empty (10/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgia\'s mineral water may be allowed to return to the Russian market only after there is proof of its quality and safety, Federal Consumer Rights Oversight Service head Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Friday. \"The principle is the same: you can return after you prove quality is there,\" said Onishchenko, who doubles as Russia\'s chief epidemiologist. The Georgian authorities have not yet come up with any initiatives and proposals on how they intend to improve the quality of their mineral water, he said.RAMZAN KADYROV DOES NOT HAVE PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS YET
By empty (10/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On October 5, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov celebrates his 30th birthday. According to the Chechen constitution, he may become president since this day. However, Mr.SAAKASHVILI REPORTS HIS NATIONAL MOVEMENT\'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN LOCAL POLLS
By empty (10/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgia\'s ruling National Movement won a landslide victory in Thursday\'s municipal elections, President Mikheil Saakashvili told his fellow party members on Thursday evening. \"Exit polls show that we received an overwhelming majority of votes, at least 70%,\" he said, adding that the elections were \"clean\". The preliminary results will be announced within hours.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.
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.