News Digest
INDIA TO BUY AND SERVICE MILITARY AIRCRAFTS FROM UZBEK PLANT
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Visiting Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes held a news conference at Tashkent airport before leaving to ancient Uzbek cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. George Fernandes held a news conference at Tashkent airport. According to Uzbek Radio, no documents have been signed during George Fernandes\' visit to Uzbekistan.U.S. CONCERNED ON UZBEKISTAN HARASSMENT
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The State Department expressed concern Monday about several instances of harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan. Spokesman Richard Boucher cited in particular a case that involved Ergash Bobozhonov, a journalist and a member of the Birlik pro-democracy movement, who was arrested on charges related to several articles he wrote. He has since been released, but the charges have not been dropped, Boucher said.UZBEKISTAN SIMPLIFIES VISA PROCEDURES FOR SOME EU COUNTRIES
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The Uzbek Cabinet has issued a resolution on simplification of procedures for issuing visas to citizens of Austria, Spain and Switzerland visiting Uzbekistan. The move is aimed at boosting political, trade and economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation with these states, the resolution says. From now on the Uzbek Foreign Ministry\'s missions abroad will issue visas to citizens of the specified countries, who are visiting Uzbekistan on business, within two working days for the period of one year.GEORGIAN PRESIDENT DISAPPOINTED BY REJECTION OF LAW ON MILITARY
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In his regular Monday radio address, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze criticized on 3 March parliament\'s failure on 27 February to ratify a defense-cooperation agreement signed with the United States late last year. Shevardnadze pointed out that the United States has contributed more over the past decade to strengthening Georgia\'s defensive potential than any other country. He said he hopes parliament will soon ratify the agreement.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.