CENTRAL ASIANS LAUNCH ANOTHER REGIONAL ASSOCIATION
By Ariel Cohen (1/16/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The last days of December 2001 witnessed the creation of yet another regional association in the territory of the former Soviet Union: the Central Asian Cooperation (CAC). It was born after a number of bilateral and multilateral meetings in Tashkent on December 27-28 between the host, President Islam Karimov, and Presidents Nursultan Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan, Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan, and Imomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan. The “permanently neutral” Turkmenbashi was absent.
IS PUTIN PREPARING THE GROUND FOR A “SOLUTION” TO THE CHECHEN ISSUE?
By Anna Jonsson (1/16/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In a December 17th interview, Putin stated that the Russian Federation de facto granted Chechnya independence. Putin referred to the Khasavyurt agreement, and the troop withdrawals that followed it. He further stated that international terrorists and fundamentalists filled the vacuum that Khasavyurt created.
CENTRAL ASIA’S NEW ROMANCE WITH THE WEST: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN?
By Michael Denison (1/16/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On January 9, 3,000 U.S. troops arrived in Kyrgyzstan to supplement the 1,500 troops already stationed in neighbouring Uzbekistan.
COLD WINTERS UPSTREAM, DRY SUMMERS DOWNSTREAM IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Marat Iskakov and Anara Tabyshalieva (1/30/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: A new heated discussion is taking place between Aral Sea Basin countries. Downstream Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan demand more water for irrigation from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which are located upstream in the region's river system. Upstream countries possess significant hydro-energy resources: after Russia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan hold the second and third places in hydropower resources among CIS countries.
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