News Digest
GEORGIA QUESTIONS OSCE\'S CONFLICT MEDIATION ABILITY
By empty (9/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili expressed doubt on Wednesday that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe would be able to help Georgia settle its conflicts with its separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Zourabichvili told a news conference that the OSCE had failed to satisfy a Georgian request that it strengthen its monitoring of the South Ossetian conflict zone. This suggested the OSCE would be unable to cope with its mission, she argued.CHECHNYA TO TRY SUSPECTED COMPENSATION EMBEZZLERS
By empty (9/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechnya will very soon hold sensational court trials of officials accused of abuse of a Chechen compensation allowance program, Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said on Wednesday. \"The Ministry of the Interior of the Chechen Republic has initiated many dozens of criminal cases. Thousands of illegal files have been barred from being included in the compensation payment list as a result of inspections by interior services,\" Alkhanov said.CANDIDATE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
By empty (9/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A candidate in Afghanistan\'s election has been shot dead. Mohammad Ashraf Ramazan, an ethnic hazara, was driving through the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif when he was shot by unknown attackers. Mr Ramazan is the first candidate to be killed by militants since the 18 September election.US CONFIRMS UZBEK BASE DEPARTURE
By empty (9/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
US troops will leave their base in Uzbekistan by the end of the year, a senior US diplomat has confirmed. Assistant US Secretary of State Daniel Fried, speaking after talks in Tashkent, said the US had agreed to the demand \"without further discussion\". He admitted bilateral ties had gone through a \"very difficult period\" after the US criticised Uzbek suppression of an uprising in Andijan in May.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.