News Digest
RUSSIA CLAIMS GEORGIA PREPARING NON-PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO OSSETIA CONFLICT
By empty (9/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Steps similar to a Georgian helicopter\'s recent inspection flight over the territory of the breakaway province of South Ossetia show that the Georgian authorities are openly engaged in preparations for a non-peaceful solution to the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. \"Monitoring reports suggest that helicopters of the Georgian Air Force entered the airspace of the Georgian-[South] Ossetian conflict zone without permission on 12 occasions in July-August alone. The Foreign Ministry of Russia regards such moves by the Georgian authorities as a provocation,\" he said.RUSSIA TRYING TO DESTABILIZE SITUATION IN GEORGIA – MINISTER
By empty (9/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Merab Antadze has accused Russia of attempts to destabilize Georgia and of escalating hostilities in the Tskhinvali district. \"Yesterday\'s shooting at a Georgian helicopter was further proof that the Russian political administration, which fully controls the peacekeeping operation in the Tskhinvali district, does not assist the comprehensive peace settlement of the conflict, and instead tries to retain real mechanisms for provocative acts in Georgia, destabilization and a resumption of the hostilities,\" he told a Monday press briefing. \"Statements by Russian officials who accused Georgia of a provocative act in the helicopter shooting incident, are totally unacceptable,\" Antadze said.CENTRAL ASIA TO BE DECLARED NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE – SOURCE
By empty (9/3/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A treaty on turning Central Asia into a nuclear-free zone is expected to be signed in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on September 8, a military-diplomatic source in Moscow told Interfax-AVN. \"The treaty will be signed by the foreign ministers of the five Central Asian states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan,\" the source said. The treaty consists of two parts.UN WARNS OF SOARING AFGHAN OPIUM
By empty (9/2/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is expected to soar by 59% this year, providing 92% of the world\'s supply of opium, the United Nations says. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime predicted a 6,100-tonne harvest of opium, with much of the rise coming in Taleban strongholds in the south. The US is the main backer of a huge drive to rid Afghanistan of opium.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.
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.