News Digest
PARLIAMENTARIANS SEEK INFORMATION ON KAZAKHGATE BRIBERY CASE
By empty (10/6/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Several members of the lower house of the Kazakh parliament have sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft asking to be informed of any progress in the investigation of the so-called Kazakhgate bribery case.UN TO SEND MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN
By empty (10/6/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United Nations Security Council has announced it will send a mission to Afghanistan to investigate ways to strengthen peace-keeping operations in the country. In recent months there has been a marked increase in the number of attacks by Taleban fighters. The UN mission will observe the international peace keeping force, Isaf, which is led by Nato and only operates in the capital, Kabul.POLLS OPEN IN CHECHNYA\'S CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
By empty (10/5/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Polls have opened in Russia\'s breakaway republic of Chechnya in a controversial presidential election, the first here since Russian troops poured in four years ago. The Russian authorities massively tightened security, deploying 15,000 soldiers and armoured personnel carriers to guard the 426 polling stations which opened at 8:00 am (0400 GMT). According to the electoral commission, 560,000 registered voters have a choice of seven candidates in a Kremlin-organized poll which Moscow pledged would be a free and fair opportunity for Chechens to choose their leader.PUTIN DEFENDS RIGHTS OF MESKHETIANS TO LEAVE RUSSIA
By empty (10/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
During a meeting with representatives of the Cossack community and World War II veterans in Krasnodar Krai on 3 October, President Putin said that Meskhetians have the right to return to their historic homeland and that this question has been raised with the leadership of Georgia more than once. However, Georgia\'s leadership \"is not still ready to resolve this problem,\" Putin said. Putin added that while the \"Meskhetian-Turks are living in Russia, they should live normally, observing our laws.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.