News Digest
KAZAKH NGOS CRITICIZE DRAFT LAW ON NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
By empty (6/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Members of nongovernmental organizations pointed out flaws in a government-drafted law on NGOs during an OSCE-sponsored discussion in Almaty. In addition to the NGO activists, government officials and foreign experts on NGO legislation took part in the discussion. During the discussion NGO participants noted that the law does not contain a sufficiently specific definition of the term \"nongovernmental organization.ARMENIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO WORK OVERTIME REVIEWING ELECTION COMPLAINTS
By empty (6/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Constitutional Court has received 19 complaints from 24 candidates challenging the official results of the 25 May parliamentary elections in single-mandate constituencies. Those candidates include former Interior Minister and Yerevan Mayor Suren Abrahamian. In addition, the opposition Artarutiun election bloc has appealed the results in the proportional voting.IRAN SEEKS TO BOOST COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA, AMBASSADOR SAID
By empty (6/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iranian ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Koleini praised today the friendly relations between his country and Armenia and reaffirmed his government\'s commitment to seek further close contacts with the neighboring country. The ambassador made today the opening remarks at a conference in the Armenian capital, dedicated to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Khomeini. Speaking to reporters afterwards the ambassador said prospects for Armenian-Iranian cooperation would become more specified after the formation of a new Armenian government following the May 25 elections to parliament.US DIPLOMAT CRITICISES GAZPROM MONOPOLY IN CASPIAN
By empty (6/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A US diplomat complained Tuesday about what he described as the growing monopoly of the Russian oil giant Gazprom in the Caspian Sea area, while defending American action to develop oil exports from the region. \"We welcome our energy cooperation with Russia,\" Steven Mann, whose State Department brief covers Caspian Sea energy resources, told an international energy conference here. \"We look forward to the development of the Iraqi oil sector, but what a constricted view of the world to believe that progress in one area must come at the expense of the other!\" he said.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.