News Digest
AZERIS HELD IN PRE-POLL CRACKDOWN
By empty (10/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan has arrested a former aide to President Ilham Aliyev and the head of a major company on coup charges, weeks before parliamentary polls. The men are accused of planning a coup with opposition leader Rasul Guliyev. Mr Guliyev, who had been living in the US, says he was stopped last week from returning to Azerbaijan to contest the election - a charge Baku has denied.\'HARASSED\' BBC SHUTS UZBEK OFFICE
By empty (10/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The BBC is suspending its newsgathering operations in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan due to security concerns. All local staff are being withdrawn and the office in the capital Tashkent will close for at least six months pending a decision on its long term future. Regional Head Behrouz Afagh said the staff had been harassed and intimidated in recent months, making it difficult for them to do their job.KYRGYZSTAN PROTESTS PRESSURE PM
By empty (10/24/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Hundreds of protesters rallied on Monday for a third day in Kyrgyzstan\'s capital Bishkek to call for the resignation of PM Felix Kulov. They said he was indirectly responsible for the death of an MP who was shot by inmates as he visited a jail last week. The demonstrators, who have set up traditional felt tents in front of parliament, are led by the victim\'s brother, Ruspek Akmatbayev.KARIMOV APPROVES OF IDEA OF UZBEKISTAN’S MEMBERSHIP OF EURASEC
By empty (10/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov has approved of the proposal made by the Uzbek and Russian foreign ministers Uzbekistan should join the Eurasian Economic Community, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. Currently the EURASEC has five members – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. “We have confirmed our unanimity in the intention to seek stability in Central Asia,” Lavrov said.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.