News Digest
SOUTH OSSETIAN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM SLATED FOR NOV 12
By empty (9/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia will hold a referendum on its independence on November 12, 2006, head of its information and press committee Irina Gagloyeva has announced. She said the decree of South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity setting the date for the referendum was announced at a Monday conference of top government officials of the breakaway territory. (Interfax).ONE MILITANT ELIMINATED, THREE SURRENDER IN CHECHNYA
By empty (9/10/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An active member of a criminal armed group was eliminated in a sweep operation in Argun early on Sunday, Chechen Interior Ministry spokesman Magomed Deniyev told Interfax. \"The militant had been on the federal wanted list on suspicion of committing serious crimes. He was eliminated in an exchange of fire after he offered resistance.GEORGIA CLASHES WITH REBEL FORCES
By empty (9/9/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Four people are reported to have been killed in clashes in Georgia\'s breakaway region of South Ossetia. Georgian police said they were fired upon as they tracked smugglers. One of their number died and two were hurt.KAZAKH MIGRANT-LEGALIZATION PROGRAM CONTINUES
By empty (9/7/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Under the terms of a program to legalize migrant workers in Kazakhstan, a total of 45,440 such workers have been registered by the Interior Ministry. They include 33,500 Uzbek citizens (74.4 percent of the total), 6,000 Kyrgyz citizens (13.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.