News Digest
OSCE CONDEMNS MARRED GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY POLL
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The weekend parliamentary election in the former Soviet republic of Georgia was marred by \"spectacular\" voting irregularities, international observers warned. \"We all yesterday witnessed some quite spectacular failures of the electoral administration,\" said Bruce George, president of the parliamentary assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe which had more than 400 observers monitoring the vote. The failures \"raise questions about the capacity of the parliamentary and government authorities to run a credible election,\" George said Monday at a news conference in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.GEORGIAN ELECTIONS MARRED BY CHAOS, FALSIFICATION ALLEGATIONS
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Voting in the 2 November Georgian parliamentary elections was marred by chaos and numerous reported violations. Up to 10 percent of voters, including opposition National Movement (EM) Chairman Mikhail Saakashvili, found their names were omitted from electoral rolls, but they were nonetheless permitted to cast ballots upon producing reliable identification in line with a ruling the previous day by Central Election Commission Chairwoman Nana Devdariani. Some polling stations in Kutaisi opened late, and remained open for an additional two hours after polls closed elsewhere so that all those waiting in line would be able to vote.RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LASHES OUT AT U.S. \'DOUBLE STANDARD\'
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Igor Ivanov on 1 November reacted angrily to a 2 November statement by U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher in which he said the Yukos situation \"raised serious questions about the rule of law in Russia, and we\'ve noted that it sparks concerns among domestic and international investors about respect for ownership rights in Russia,\" RTR reported.UN SEEKS TO BOLSTER AFGHAN LEADER
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A high-level United Nations delegation is in Afghanistan to underline support for the country\'s leader, Hamid Karzai. The team - including representatives from all 15 members of the UN Security Council - has met Mr Karzai at the beginning of the trip. They are due to travel to key cities to urge powerful provincial commanders to co-operate with the government.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.