News Digest
‘JUDGES TO RULE’ ON KABUL CONVERT
By empty (3/22/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Afghan government says it is up to the judiciary to decide the fate of a man who could face death for converting to Christianity. Abdul Rahman, 41, is charged with rejecting Islam and could be executed under Sharia law unless he reconverts. But prosecutors, echoing earlier comments by the judge, said questions had been raised about whether he was mentally fit to stand trial.S. OSSETIA TO SEEK RECOGNITION AS PART OF RUSSIA
By empty (3/22/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
South Ossetia is planning to demand through the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation to be recognized as part of Russia on the basis of historic documents, the president of Georgia’s breakaway republic Eduard Kokoity said on Wednesday. “There is a document on the entry of Ossetia into the Russian Empire in 1774, and there is no document on the withdrawal of the southern part of Ossetia from Russia,” Kokoity said. Meanwhile, an official at the chancellery of the supreme body for Constitutional justice in Moscow told Itar-Tass that the Constitutional Court may consider, in principle, South Ossetia\'s membership bid.KYRGYZSTAN TO BUILD RAILWAY LINK TO CHINA
By empty (3/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyzstan has a big stake in launching the construction of a railway link to China. \"But before the construction is launched, a decision must be made in principle, a feasibility study drawn up and funding provided,\" Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov told the Cabinet on Monday. \"A group of investors are prepared to put money into the project if Kyrgyzstan and China come to terms on when the construction will begin,\" the prime minister said.AFGHAN FORMER GOVERNOR SHOT DEAD
By empty (3/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Suspected Taleban militants have ambushed and killed an influential pro-government figure in Afghanistan. The former governor of Ghazni province, Mullah Taj Mohammad, also known as Qari Baba, was shot dead near his home in Batta, in the Andar district. Three others in a car with him were also killed.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.