News Digest
TROOPS LIFT RUSSIAN-UZBEK TIES
By empty (9/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia and Uzbekistan are holding their first joint military exercises in hills north of the Uzbek city of Samarkand. With 200 soldiers from each side taking part, the three-day drills will also involve paratroopers and an elite Russian commando unit. The exercises are being seen as a sign of closer relations between Moscow and Tashkent.GUNMEN KILL KYRGYZSTAN POLITICIAN
By empty (9/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Gunmen in Kyrgyzstan have killed an MP who was a driving force behind the protests in March which led to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev. Bayaman Erkinbayev was shot in the neck and chest as he arrived by car at his home in the capital, Bishkek. Mr Erkinbayev, 38, was a wealthy businessman in southern Kyrgyzstan, where the anti-Akayev protests began.TASHKENT DEMAND OF U.S. BASE REMOVAL A SOVEREIGN RIGHT - SERGEI IVANOV
By empty (9/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tashkent\'s decision to demand the United States remove its airbase from Uzbekistan is the country\'s sovereign right, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. \"The decision to demand the withdrawal of U.S.RAMZAN KADYROV WILL NOT RUN FOR PARLIAMENT
By empty (9/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechnya\'s First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that he will not run for parliament. \"I officially announce that I will not run for a seat in parliament, nor will I seek election as parliamentary speaker,\" Kadyrov told the press on Thursday. \"I was assigned the important task of ensuring citizens\' security, and I am doing and will continue to do this particular job.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.