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, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.