HIV, STI’S AND DRUGS IN XINJIANG AND CENTRAL ASIA
By Eric D. Hagt (2/11/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Although the first case of AIDS was not officially reported until 1995, Xinjiang has emerged as China’s most infected region after Yunnan province. By the end of 2001, there were 6,029 officially reported cases of HIV/AIDS, or 22% of the national total. However, UNAIDS believes that the rate of infection may be underreported by as much as 5 to 10 times.KAZAKHSTAN’S PEACEKEEPING SUPPORT IN IRAQ
By Roger N. McDermott & Col. Igor Mukhamedov (1/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Defense Minister Altynbayev at the time of the deployment made sure to note that Kazakhstan had received a message from the U.S. administration, explicitly requesting a Kazakhstani contingent as a part of coalition stabilization forces within the framework of operation Iraqi Freedom.AHMAD KADYROV’S VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA
By Murad. B. Al-Shishani (1/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Kadyrov intended his visit to win him recognition in the Islamic World as the President of Chechnya, successfully as Saudi Arabia was concerned. He was officially received, and presented himself as “the President of all Chechens”. He announced that the Republic of Chechnya is going to sign a “historic” agreement with Russia giving Chechnya large economic powers by which it will not be exempt from taxes to the Russian Federation, instead using them to rebuild its infrastructure.THE “UZBEK MODEL” OF DEVELOPMENT: SLOW, STABLE AND SHOWING SUCCESS
By Andrew Buchman (1/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In the dozen years following independence, critics have predicted little success for Karimov’s “zig-zag” development policies. Yet Uzbekistan has outperformed expectations. President Islam Karimov has made quite clear, in numerous elaborations of his government’s domestic and foreign policy, that Uzbekistan faces considerable security challenges that limit the degree and pace of liberalization his government can afford to pursue.Visit also
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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.