CAN THE KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS BE SAVED?
By Blanka Hancilova (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: As no elections are scheduled either in Armenia or Azerbaijan in 2006, the OSCE and its Chairman-in-Office, Belgium, considered that it would be politically feasible to reach a breakthrough in a resolution to the long-standing Karabakh conflict. The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan discussed a one-page document listing basic principles for a settlement of the conflict at the February summit in Rambouillet, France, but failed to reach an agreement on two of nine principles. The Presidents met once more in June in Bucharest on the margins of the Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation and again no progress was registered.THE ARMISTICE IN WANA: WILL IT LAST?
By Rizwan Zeb (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Since September 11, 2001 and the American attacks on Afghanistan, many have claimed that Pakistan’s Tribal areas, and especially Waziristan, right across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, is a readily available hideout for Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. Since the beginning of the on-going war against terror, Pakistan is a frontline state and a major U.S.IRAN AND TURKMENISTAN: WHAT BROUGHT AHMADINEJAD TO ASGHABAT?
By Muhammad Tahir (9/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The relationship between Iran and Turkmenistan officially began shortly after the Turkmenistan’s independence in 1991, when they officially inaugurated diplomatic missions. Since then, Iran has become an important player among nations fighting to increase their influence in Central Asian countries. Iran, despite its reputation of being a repressive Islamic regime, had an advantageous position to take this struggle one step ahead of the others, since it was also welcomed by Turkmenistan, because, in contrast to western countries, Tehran had no interest in the political system of Turkmenistan.SOCHI SUMMIT STRENGTHENS EURASEC
By Richard Weitz (9/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Eurasec was established in 2000. Its membership roster includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and now Uzbekistan. Armenia, Moldova, and Ukraine enjoy observer status.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.