News Digest
U.S. FUNDS CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE BETWEEN TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
By empty (7/14/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United States has earmarked $12 million for construction of a bridge over the Pyandzh River between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe.AZERBAIJANI SUPREME COURT REJECTS OPPOSITION BID FOR PRESIDENTIAL
By empty (7/14/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Azerbaijani Supreme Court ruled on 14 July against a motion by the opposition Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (ADP) seeking to register its exiled leader, former parliament speaker Rasul Guliev, as its candidate in the 15 October presidential election. The opposition party was petitioning the court to overturn a decision by the Central Election Commission declaring Guliev ineligible. The head of the Baku office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Peter Burkhardt, expressed concern over the ruling.NINE RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN KILLED IN CHECHEN REBEL ATTACK
By empty (7/13/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Nine Russian servicemen died when their vehicle ran over a mine in southern Chechnya and rebel Chechens lying in ambush nearby opened fire, military sources said. Five other servicemen were seriously wounded in the incident late Saturday, the sources at federal military headquarters for the Northern Caucasus at Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, said as quoted by the Interfax news agency. The rebels opened fire with grenade-launchers and automatic weapons from the right bank of the Argun river after an explosive device had caused the vehicle to stop.FOREIGN MINISTRY DEPLORES AMBASSADOR\'S STATEMENTS
By empty (7/13/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko said on 13 July that Ambassador Vershbow\'s statement implying that Russia has information about the whereabouts of deposed Iraqi President Hussein or his sons is \"incorrect.\" He said that bilateral relations have reached such a level that there are constant, reliable channels for the exchange of such information, including confidential channels. Therefore, Yakovenko said, it is wrong to appeal for such information through the mass media.Visit also
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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.