YET ANOTHER ROSE REVOLUTION? GEORGIA’S “TWO BROTHERS” CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH OSSETIA
By Theresa Freese (6/2/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The Georgian government’s strategy in South Ossetia is threefold. First, anti-contraband activities are meant to financially weaken the authorities and pro-Russian criminal figures governing South Ossetia and to provide security forces to the region. Second, Kmara and civil society activists are operating in Tskhinvali to attract revolutionary support from within the Ossetian community.COLLECTIVE SECURITY EXERCISES IN CENTRAL ASIA: WRONG MEDICINE?
By Aziz Soltobaev (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) of the Collective Security Treaty are designed to combat international extremist groups. This year, collective security exercises will be conducted in a different way than previously. Military units and observers of members states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will take part in massive scale tactical exercises, although they are not part of the CSTO.NATO’s OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD REGIONAL STABILITY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
By William D. O’Malley & Roger N. McDermott (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The militaries of the South Caucasus states are facing significant problems and challenges as they each work to strengthen the foundation of their armed forces and adjust to their new and rapidly evolving security environment. Although these states are involved internationally, the military commitments remain small and supported by assets and personnel from only a few élite formations, with most of the force still struggling with readiness and capabilities issues. These states are in the midst of reform programs that they know must be effectively completed, but they are most challenged in how to proceed.IS THE SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION CRACKING?
By Stephen Blank (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Trubnikov, whose remit comprises Russian relations with CIS members and intelligence sharing and collaboration with Washington in the war on terrorism, strongly denounced U.S. military policy and presence in Central Asia even though he has frequently extolled the cooperation with Washington in the war against terrorism.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.