News Digest
US forces in new Afghan operation
By empty (9/10/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
United States forces have announced a new offensive in eastern Afghanistan aimed at al-Qaeda forces. An American military spokesman, Major Richard T Patterson, said the operation codenamed Champion Strike began a few days ago near the town of Shkin, in Paktika Province, close to the border with Pakistan. Major Patterson said US forces had been involved in one skirmish already.UN warns on Afghan security
By empty (9/10/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that insecurity in the country remains a major concern threatening to undermine the peace process and the transitional government. Mr Brahimi told a conference at the United Nations that many Afghans still felt that they were at the mercy of local commanders or armed groups. Rival factions clashed in the Afghan city of Khost over the weekend, leaving at least 15 people dead, just days after a failed assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, in the city of Kandahar.Georgian parliamentary deputy demands Shevardnadze's resignation
By empty (9/11/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian parliament deputy, leader of the Pan-Georgian political movement Ertoba (Revival) and former secretary of the Georgian Communist Party Dzhumber Patiashvili on Tuesday demanded President Eduard Shevardnadze's immediate resignation. He argued that Shevardnadze "is incapable of performing his constitutional duties, as he cannot ensure the country's territorial integrity and the citizens' security, and does not defend Georgia's interests on the international arena." He also said the authorities and the president have led Georgia "into a catastrophic deadlock, as a result of which the country may lose its state system.President of Russia condoles with George Bush on the eve of the anniversary of September 11 terrorist acts
By empty (9/11/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist acts in the USA Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to George Bush in a phone conversation. As press secretary of the president of Russia Alexei Gromov told, Putin noted that he wanted to talk to the U.S.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.