ASSESSING CHINA’S REACTION TO KYRGYZSTAN’S “TULIP REVOLUTION”
By Matthew Oresman (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: To date, China has reacted to the Kyrgyz revolution with muted rhetoric. Beijing has let Russia take the lead in responding to developments and has refrained from asserting its desires publicly. Officially, the Foreign Ministry has merely stated that “China hopes the situation in Kyrgyzstan turns stable at an early date… As a friendly neighbor of Kyrgyzstan, China is paying close attention to the development of the situation and wishes social order there restored to a normal state as soon as possible.COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE “KYRGYZ REVOLUTION”
By Maks Kobonbaev (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: At 3 p.m. on March 24, around 20 thousand people gathered on the Ala-Too Square to demand the resignation of Askar Akaev.ARMENIA’S FOREIGN POLICY: TOWARDS REAL COMPLEMENTARITY
By Tevan Poghosyan (3/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Armenia’s close coordination with Russia in foreign policy matters was natural given the alliance between the two countries and the widely based perception in Armenia of Russia as the main provider of security vis-à-vis the potential Turkish threat. At present, Armenian foreign policy is undergoing some changes that can be best described as putting substance to its long-declared policy of complementarity. There is a real desire to strengthen relations with NATO, to have greater involvement with the EU, and also to behave as a true member of the Euro-Atlantic community.GEORGIA’S DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE PROBES MOSCOW’S REAL INTENTIONS ON BASES
By Jaba Devdariani (3/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Russia retains two military bases in Georgia, the Batumi and Akhalkalaki bases, and the South Caucasus Headquarters, in Tbilisi. The total number of Russian personnel in the country is estimated at 3000 men. Following the 1999 agreement concluded in Istanbul, Russia withdrew the Vaziani base near Tbilisi, and partially also the Gudauta base in secessionist Abkhazia.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.