News Digest
ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MEETS IN PARIS WITH FRENCH DEPUTIES
By empty (1/15/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian met with a delegation of French deputies led by Jean-Louis Debre, the president of the French National Assembly, on 15 January during a visit to Paris to discuss measures to expand relations between the two parliaments. Deputies of the 54-member French-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Group pledge their support for Armenian efforts to seek regional stability and the normalization of relations between all countries of the South Caucasus. Baghdasarian expressed Armenia\'s concern over the situation in Georgia, noting the need for stability to ensure reliable transport links and to safeguard the sizable Armenian minority in Georgia.INFORMATION CENTER FOR LABOR MIGRANTS OPENS IN TAJIKISTAN
By empty (1/15/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An information and resource center for Tajik citizens wanting to obtain jobs abroad opened in Dushanbe on 14 January. The center is an initiative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which seeks to prevent many of the problems that have been encountered by Tajiks working abroad because they are unfamiliar with the immigration rules of the countries in which they seek work. The IOM center – located near the Dushanbe railway station from which labor migrants leave for Russia, the favored destination for job seekers -- will provide free consultations, including a 24-hour telephone hotline.UZBEKISTAN PLANE CRASH KILLS AT LEAST 36
By empty (1/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A domestic airliner crashed Tuesday on approach to the airport in Uzbekistan\'s capital, the Interior Ministry said. At least 36 people, including the top U.N.RUSSIA OBJECTS TO KAZAKH PLANS FOR ANTIAIRCRAFT-DEFENSE MODERNIZATION
By empty (1/13/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Prior to the weekend summit of the Kazakh and Russian heads of state, Kazakhstan announced plans to modernize its antiaircraft-defense system with help from the United States, Great Britain, and Germany, \"Kommersant-Daily\" reported on 12 January. However, Russian Defense Ministry officials asserted this would violate a 1995 CIS agreement on a common antiaircraft system. After President Nursultan Nazarbaev\'s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the recent summit, the Kazakh plan for an international tender was dropped.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.