News Digest
TAJIKISTAN REDUCES NUMBER OF MILITARY OFFICERS TO BE TRAINED IN RUSSIA
By empty (5/26/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajikistan\'s Defense Ministry announced on 26 May that the number of Tajik officers to be sent to Russia for training this year is being reduced to 16. Previously, 100 Tajik officers were trained in Russia each year. The ministry was quoted as saying that the reason for the reduction was the increase in foreign offers of training for Tajik military personnel.ARMENIA VOTES FOR NEW PARLIAMENT
By empty (5/26/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Armenia is holding elections for a new parliament, with more than 20 parties competing. International observers have said they fear a repetition of the alleged ballot-rigging which marred the presidential election won by Robert Kocharyan in March. But the elections look likely to be overshadowed by a constitutional referendum being held at the same time.KYRGYZ SECURITY OFFICIAL SAYS UIGHUR SEPARATISTS MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN BOMBINGS
By empty (5/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
First Deputy Chairman of Kyrgyzstan\'s National Security Service Boris Poluektov told the lower house of parliament during its 23 May discussion of security that his service does not rule out the involvement of Uighur separatists and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in the December 2002 bombing of a Bishkek market, the May 2003 bombing of an exchange office in Osh, and an alleged attempt on the life of National Security Council Secretary Misir Ashyrkulov in September 2002. Poluektov asserted the service has determined that the two bombings were organized by IMU members financed from abroad. He said the bombers were closely linked with Uighur separatists and had received training in Chechnya.TOTAL, KAZAKHSTAN STATE OIL CO TALK NEW CASPIAN PROJECTS
By empty (5/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
French oil giant Total SA (TOT) said Wednesday it started talks with Kazakhstan\'s state oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz (R.KMGZ) on the joint development of oil fields in the Caspian Sea. \"We are looking closely at the possibility of developing reserves in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea and plan to use all opportunities to enter into new Caspian projects,\" the agency quoted Total\'s general director Pascal Laluel as saying.Visit also
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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.
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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.