News Digest
RUSSIA AND UZBEKISTAN SIGN TREATY
By empty (11/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Putin and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov signed a bilateral-cooperation treaty on 14 November, Russian news agencies reported the same day. Speaking at a press conference after talks in the Kremlin with Karimov, Putin said the treaty takes Russia and Uzbekistan \"to the closest possible degree of interaction.\" The agreement paves the way for long-term cooperation in trade and security, including defense coordination and intelligence sharing, mutual use of military facilities, and cooperation in battling terrorism and drug trafficking.UZBEK COURT CONVICTS 15 IN UPRISINGS
By empty (11/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Uzbekistan\'s top court on Monday convicted 15 men for organizing a May uprising that killed more than 180 people, ending a trial that was criticized as a government-orchestrated show with testimony coerced by torture. All 15 defendants had pleaded guilty, but human rights groups alleged the confessions came as the result of torture. Judge Bakhtiyor Jamolov said the trial had been objective and fair and passed sentences in line with prosecutors\' requests, giving five defendants 20 years in prison, one man 18 years, three 17 years, two 16 years and the remaining four 14 years.CRITIC OF KAZAKH LEADER FOUND DEAD
By empty (11/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An outspoken critic of President Nursultan Nazarbayev was found shot to death in his home, his family\'s lawyer said Sunday. Zamanbek Nurkadilov was found lying face-down by his wife Saturday night, shot twice in the heart and once in the head, said the family lawyer, Serially Musin. Nurkadilov, 61, fired as emergency situations minister last year after criticizing Nazarbayev, was supporting the opposition candidate in next month\'s presidential elections in this former Soviet Central Asian nation.MORATORIUM ON RALLIES IN KYRGYZSTAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL - OMBUDSMAN
By empty (11/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyz human rights commissioner Tursunbai Bakir uulu has described the two-year moratorium on rallies proposed by the Kyrgyz Writers\' Union as unconstitutional. \"Commenting on the recent appeal of the Writers\' Union to the president and speaker of parliament on the need to impose a two year moratorium on rallies and meetings in Kyrgyzstan, the ombudsman said that the demand contradicts the constitution,\" the press service of the ombudsman told Interfax on Monday. \"The ombudsman notified parliament speaker Omurbek Tekebayev that the proposed moratorium won\'t conform with the provisions of the constitution or the Law \"on Free Organization of Peaceful and Unarmed Rallies and Demonstrations.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.