News Digest
CENTRAL ASIAN NATIONS MEET IN AFGHANISTAN TO REVIVE TRADE
By empty (11/10/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Ten Islamic, mostly Central Asian nations met in Afghanistan to push their aim of slashing tariffs and freeing up trade in the region once spanned by the Silk Road.Afghanistan, after decades of war and occupation, told the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) it hoped to become a \"land bridge\", revitalising the ancient trade route that linked Europe and the Far East.The ECO groups Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which together make up six percent of the world population, according to the organisation.KAZAKHSTAN\'S PARLIAMENT OK\'S 2006 BUDGET
By empty (11/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan\'s parliament on Wednesday approved the oil-rich Central Asian nation\'s 2006 budget, sending the draft to President Nursultan Nazarbayev for his signature. The budget forecasts economic growth of 8.3 percent for 2006, up from an estimated 7.1,183 INTERIOR TROOPS KILLED IN NORTH CAUCASUS IN TWO ARMED CONFLICTS
By empty (11/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
1,183 Interior Troops have been killed in the two armed conflicts in the North Caucasus, Deputy Commander-in- Chief of Interior Troops Col. Gen. Yevgeny Baryayev has announced.AZERI RULING PARTY \'WINS\' POLLS
By empty (11/7/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan\'s ruling party has won parliamentary elections, according to partial official results. With around 90% of votes counted, the New Azerbaijan Party had won 62 of the 125 seats in parliament, the electoral body said. The main opposition Azadlyq bloc, among those who accuse the authorities of vote-rigging, got five seats.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.