News Digest
HIZB UT-TAHRIR ADHERENTS PROSECUTED IN SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN
By empty (10/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Three members of the Muslim extremist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir are being prosecuted in Shymkent, the administrative center of South Kazakhstan Oblast, for allegedly running a clandestine printing house that produced Hizb-ut-Tahrir literature. The printing house, which was reportedly set up in a Shymkent apartment by three men from Kyzylorda Oblast, was discovered and shut down by security officials in August. The men are being prosecuted for producing and distributing material inciting interethnic and interconfessional hatred.RUSSIA SEEKS INCREASED INFLUENCE OVER COMPATRIOTS ABROAD
By empty (10/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A conference titled \"The Diaspora Is a Russian Intellectual Resource\" organized by the Russian government opened in Moscow on 15 October, with 300 delegates representing Russian emigre communities in 58 countries, ORT reported. According to the Foreign Ministry, there are about 35 million Russian speakers living outside of Russia, including about 27 million living in the former Soviet republics and 8 million living elsewhere. There are about 3 million Russian speakers -- representing four waves of emigration in the 20th century – living in the United States.AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT\'S SON WINS ELECTION
By empty (10/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Geidar Aliev\'s son won a landslide victory in Azerbaijan to succeed his 80-year-old father, according to election officials, as clashes erupted between police and protesters alleging widespread vote fraud in the former Soviet republic. With 91 percent of the ballots counted, Ilham Aliev had 79.5 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said.HEAVY FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN
By empty (10/15/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Hundreds of Afghan government troops are reported to be fighting up to 50 suspected Taleban rebels in central Uruzgan province. The provincial governor, Jan Mohammad, told the BBC the fighting started when Taleban forces came down from mountain hideouts and killed four government troops. Speaking from the area, where he said fighting was continuing, Mr Mohammad said Afghan forces had asked the United States military for back-up, after the suspected Taleban called in reinforcements.Visit also
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Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.
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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.