News Digest
U.S., COUNCIL OF EUROPE EXPRESS CONCERN OVER PRESSURE ON AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION PARTIES...
By empty (8/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In a statement released on 21 August, U.S. State Department official Joanne Propovicz noted Washington\'s concern that some candidates wishing to contest the 15 October presidential election have been denied registration, and that opposition politicians are subjected to harassment, Turan reported.RUSSIA\'S POPULATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND ALCOHOL GETS LARGE SHARE OF THE BLAME
By empty (8/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia\'s population dropped by 454,200 during the first half of 2003 to 144.5 million, according to the State Statistics Committee. The birthrate lagged behind the death rate.MOSCOW AUTHORITIES TO \'PROTECT\' MIGRANT WORKERS
By empty (8/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
More than 60 illegal immigrants have been detained at the Moscow International Air Show since it opened on 19 August, and deportation orders have already been issued for four illegal migrants from Uzbekistan. Moscow Vice Mayor Valerii Shantsev declared on 20 August that city authorities do not intend to rescind the new registration rules for people from other cities arriving Moscow to work. According to Shantsev, the rules might be amended, but \"we will protect these people, who should not become 21st-century slaves.U.S. GIVES UZBEK BORDER TROOPS 17 TONS OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
By empty (8/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent handed over 17 tons of communications and other equipment worth $1.Visit also
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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.