News Digest
NEW ARMENIAN PEACEKEEPING DETACHMENT DEPARTS FOR IRAQ
By empty (7/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A small detachment of 45 Armenian troops departed Yerevan on 13 July to replace a contingent of Armenian peacekeepers serving in Iraq. The rotation of Armenian peacekeepers in Iraq was originally scheduled for 10 July but was postponed by the delayed arrival of a U.S.OPPOSITION BLOC APPEALS FOR FORMER AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT\'S RETURN
By empty (7/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Yeni Sisayet (YeS, or New Policy) addressed an open letter on 15 July to President Aliyev asking that former President Ayaz Mutalibov, who has lived in exile in Moscow since May 1992, be permitted to return to Azerbaijan to participate as a candidate in the 6 November parliamentary election. The appeal said allowing Mutalibov to return to Azerbaijan \"for the sake of justice and statehood\" would contribute to the development of democracy. The Social-Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, of which Mutalibov is co-chairman, is a corporate member of YeS.MYERS ACCUSES RUSSIA, CHINA OF BULLYING
By empty (7/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The top U.S. military officer accused Russia and China on Thursday of ``trying to bully\'\' smaller Central Asian nations that host U.KYRGYZ EX-PREMIER TO ANSWER PROSECUTOR’S QUESTIONS NEXT WEEK
By empty (7/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev is due to arrive in Bishkek and come to the Prosecutor General\'s Office for questioning early next week, lawyer Maxim Maximovich said on Thursday. \"Tanayev is coming to Bishkek at the beginning of next week to answer the Prosecutor General Office\'s questions as part of the criminal cases opened [against him],\" Maximovich said. \"Tanayev\'s visit does not mean that he admits his guilt in the crimes he is accused of.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.