News Digest
GEORGIA COMMEMORATES FALL OF SUKHUMI
By empty (9/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Georgian government and the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government in exile commemorated on 27 September the fall of the Abkhaz capital in 1993, which effectively ended the 14-month war and triggered the flight from Abkhaz territory of the region\'s ethnic Georgian population. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said at a ceremony in Tbilisi to honor the Georgians killed in the fighting that the war was a defeat for both Georgians and Abkhaz. Parliamentary speaker Burdjanadze vowed that Georgia will \"soon\" restore its control over the breakaway republic by peaceful means.RUSSIA FAILS TO AGREE ON DEBT SETTLEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN
By empty (9/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has met his Afghan opposite number to discuss the settlement of Afghanistan\'s debts to Russia. He told a news conference in Washington that the debt amounts to about $10 billion and is not serviced in any way. \"We are engaged in complex negotiations on restructuring and partly writing it off,\" he said.KAZAKH OPPOSITION PARTY NOMINATES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
By empty (9/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan\'s opposition party Ak Zhol [Bright Path] has nominated its leader Alikhan Baimenov as its candidate for the presidential election to be held on December 4. The nomination was backed unanimously by all of the 117 delegates to this party\'s congress on Sunday. Baimenov, 46, is an engineer and has a candidate\'s degree in mechanical engineering.HAIL STORM DESTROYS 70% OF GEORGIA\'S KHVANCHKARA GRAPE HARVEST
By empty (9/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A hail storm hit vineyards in five villages in Georgia\'s Ambrolauri district on Sunday, destroying 70% of the country\'s harvest of the Khvanchkara grape variety, from which a popular semi-sweet red wine is made. The hail storm continued for 40 minutes, sources in the Racha- Lechkhumi district administration told Interfax. The government plans to pay compensation to residents whose harvest was destroyed.Visit also
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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.
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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.