News Digest
AFGHAN RAIDS \'KILL 100 MILITANTS\'
By empty (8/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
More than 100 suspected militants have been killed in the past three weeks in operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the US military says. More than 40 were killed in operations in eastern Kunar province, where the US lost 19 personnel in June. Another 65 died in fighting in southern Zabul province, the US military said.CHINA TAKES A GREAT LEAP FORWARD INTO KAZAKHSTAN
By empty (8/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
CNPC’s purchase of PetroKazakhstan marks a great leap forward for China into Kazakhstan\'s booming oil business, where so far western and Russian investors have held sway. The $4.18bn deal would be the most expensive oil acquisition ever in Central Asia, providing CNPC with 150,000 barrels a day of oil production in central Kazakhstan just 1,000km from the Chinese border plus access to promising exploration acreage.KYRGYZ EX-PM RETURNS FROM EXILE
By empty (8/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyzstan\'s former Prime Minister, Nikolai Tanayev, has arrived from self-imposed exile in Russia to face allegations over abuse of power. He quit his post when the former president fled the ex-Soviet republic during an uprising in March. Mr Tanayev, who denies any wrongdoing, says he has not been formally charged with any crime.SAAKASHVILI VISITS ARMENIA
By empty (8/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili arrived in Armenia on August 21 for a two day informal visit to hold talks with his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian, Georgian and Armenian media sources reported. Saakashvili is reportedly accompanied by Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili. The Armenian President paid an informal visit to Georgia in April and held talks with Saakashvili in Georgia’s ski resort Gudauri.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.