News Digest
AZERBAIJAN\'S ALIYEV UNDERGOES SURGERY IN US
By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev has undergone surgery for inguinal hernia at a US clinic, the presidential press service in Baku said Monday. The surgery of the 80-year-old leader, who had been treated at the Cleveland clinic for his prostate in February last year, went well, the press service said. Aliyev was elected as chief of the oil-rich former Soviet republic in 1993, and has announced his intention to run for reelection this year despite health concerns.RUSSIA ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF 1,000 TROOPS FROM CHECHNYA
By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking in Grozny on 3 March, Chief of the General Staff General Anatolii Kvashnin said that beginning on 5 March, more than 1,000 Russian servicemen will be withdrawn from Chechnya to their place of permanent deployment. The total number of troops currently in Chechnya is estimated at 80,000. Kvashnin said most of them are regular army troops, but some are Interior Ministry forces.PUTIN REJECTS REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ
By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin told journalists in Sofia on 2 March that \"international law\" is the only basis for resolving the Iraq crisis, newsru.com reported on 3 March. Putin said the international community cannot interfere with the domestic affairs of any country in order to change its regime, and that the only legitimate goal the United Nations can pursue in this situation is the disarmament of Iraq.AT LEAST FIVE KILLED IN GEORGIAN EARTHQUAKE
By empty (4/26/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At least five people are known to have died as a result of an earthquake that hit the Georgian capital in the late evening of 25 April. The quake measured a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale. Numerous buildings in Tbilisi were badly damaged, especially in the old part of the city, including the Foreign Ministry building and a women\'s prison.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.