News Digest
US AND RUSSIA WARN IRAN
By empty (10/8/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The US and Russian presidents have called on Iran and North Korea to stop their suspected nuclear weapons programs. President Bush said the two leaders shared a common goal - \"to make sure that Iran doesn\'t have any nuclear weapon or a nuclear weapons programme\". Russia\'s President Putin said they wanted to send \"a clear but respectful signal to Iran\" to increase its co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which oversees nuclear non-proliferation.U.S. ANNOUNCES CUT IN AID TO GEORGIA
By empty (9/26/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Meeting with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on 24 September, U.S. State Department official Thomas Adams said Washington will reduce aid to Georgia in 2004 from this year\'s level of $100 million, Georgia.TAJIK GOVERNMENT WANTS RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS TO STAY, SAYS DEPUTY PREMIER
By empty (10/25/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajik Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zukhurov said on 25 September that the Tajik government does not share the opinion of State Border Committee First Deputy Chairman Major General Nuralisho Nazarov that Tajik border troops are ready to take over responsibility for guarding the country\'s frontiers. According to Zukhurov, who is responsible for Tajikistan\'s law enforcement agencies, the official position of the Tajik government is that the Russian border guards should stay. A Tajik-Russian commission that oversees implementation of bilateral agreements on the status of Russian border troops in Tajikistan is due to decide on the future protection of Tajikistan\'s borders soon.US GRANTS TURKEY 8.5 BLN DOLLAR LOAN TO AID ECONOMY AFTER IRAQ WAR
By empty (9/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United States granted Turkey a loan of up to 8.5 billion dollars to help Ankara\'s economic reform program and soften the blow struck to its battered economy by the war in neighboring Iraq. Announcing the loan on the sidelines of the IMF meeting in Dubai, US Treasury Secretary John Snow said Turkey must in return cooperate with the United States in Iraq.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.