News Digest
KAZAKHSTAN\'S ONLY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT GOES BANKRUPT
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The only nuclear power plant in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan was declared bankrupt Thursday by a court after accumulating unbearable debts. The Mangyishlak plant in western Kazakhstan was driven into the red because of reduced demand for energy and low prices enforced by local anti-monopoly authorities there, said Valikhan Asambayev, who was appointed to bring the plant back to profitability. The plant has been struggling in recent years and in February 1999 was ordered to restructure, having accumulated a debt of 3.FORMER ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BARRED FROM PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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The Central Election Commission (CEC) voted on 15 January by seven in favor with two abstentions not to register U.S.-born former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian as a candidate for the 19 February presidential election, RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau reported.U.S. CONGRESS SLAMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA
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A 14 January joint resolution of the U.S. Congress registers concern at human rights violations -- including arbitrary arrests, restrictions on the media and religious freedom, and the use of torture -- by the governments of the five Central Asian states.UN STEPS UP HUNT FOR AL-QAEDA
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The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend and improve efforts to control the remnants of Afghanistan\'s former Taleban government and the al-Qaeda network of Osama Bin Laden. The resolution aims to tighten monitoring procedures and keep sanctions in place. It indicates the seriousness the UN attaches to the potential threat from these organisations - despite the defeat of the Taleban in Afghanistan and the ongoing action against al-Qaeda.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.