News Digest
U.S. DIPLOMAT SUMMARIZES KARABAKH PEACE PROPOSAL
By empty (6/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In a June 23 telephone interview with RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza, who was recently named as the U.NEW CHECHEN LEADER PAYS HOMAGE TO PREDECESSOR
By empty (6/23/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The resistance website chechenpress.org posted on June 23 a statement by veteran field commander Doku Umarov, who in his capacity as vice president automatically succeeded Abdal-Khalim Sadulayev following the latter\'s death in a shoot-out with Russian forces on June 17. Umarov paid tribute to his slain predecessor as \"one of the most worthy sons of the Chechen people,\" who, despite his comparative youth, \"was our wise mentor in religious, political, and military matters.U.S. ATTACKS SOME CENTRAL ASIA LEADERS
By empty (6/23/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United States accused certain Central Asian leaders of trying to \"sell their souls\" for personal gain on Friday and denied Washington was seeking undue influence in a region rich in oil and gas. In a sharply worded statement, a U.S.TALKS “HOPELESS” AND AZERBAIJAN READY FOR WAR WITH ARMENIA:PRESIDENT
By empty (6/23/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
International mediation over the disputed Nagorno Karabakh enclave is \"hopeless,\" oil-rich Azerbaijan\'s President Ilham Aliyev said, vowing to retake it by \"peaceful means or by war,\" in a speech to the military. Aliyev, who\'s country fought its neighbour and fellow former Soviet republic Armenia over control of the majority-Armenian enclave in Azerbaijani territory from 1988 to 1994, also said he would use oil revenues to beef up the military.Oil will bring Azerbaijan 140 billion dollars over the next two decades, Aliyev said Fridy and \"there is no doubt we will use this money to strengthen the army so that it can return our lands at any moment.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.