News Digest
KYRGYZ PRISONERS HAND OVER ARMS
By empty (11/4/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Inmates at several jails in Kyrgyzstan have begun to surrender their weapons ahead of a deadline on Sunday, prison authorities have said. According to the head of the prisons system, inmates at four jails have so far turned over a total of 130 weapons. But in other jails, prisoners are continuing to refuse to co-operate.TENSION AS AZERBAIJAN POLLS LOOM
By empty (11/4/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Campaigning is drawing to a close in Azerbaijan as the country prepares for parliamentary elections on Sunday. Nearly 2,000 candidates are running for 125 seats in the first vote since Ilham Aliyev replaced his father, Heydar Aliyev, as president in 2003. That election was widely criticised for voting irregularities and violence.FORMER KYRGYZ PRESIDENT NOW MOSCOW UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
By empty (11/16/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Former Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev is now working for Moscow University. The Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow is ready to give him support, Ambassador Apas Jumagulov told a Thursday press conference. \"Askar Akayev is currently a professor at Moscow University.BRITAIN SAYS RUSSIA\'S CASE AGAINST ZAKAYEV WEAK - AMBASSADOR
By empty (11/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
British Ambassador to Russia Tony Brenton said Russia has still not provided evidence that a British court could find credible enough to order the extradition of Chechen separatist emissary Akhmed Zakayev. In an interview with Interfax, Brenton noted that taking into account the new level of relations between Moscow and London, and considering that both countries are strong opponents of any forms of terrorism, Britain regrets that a man charged with terrorism is staying on its territory. Brenton suggested that if Zakayev\'s direct involvement in committing terrorist acts is difficult to prove, Russia could probably prove that he might have encouraged terrorism.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.