BEHIND UZBEKISTAN’S EAEC SUSPENSION: THE 6+3 INITIATIVE
By Gregory Gleason (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Uzbek government’s notification on October 15, 2008, that Uzbekistan is suspending participation in the Eurasian Economic Community raises as many questions regarding the resilience of traditional political alignment in the “post-Soviet” region as it does regarding the Uzbek government’s assessment of the “neo-Uzbek” future. While many analysts in the post-Soviet regions continue to look at political dynamics in terms of the legacy of the Soviet past and the requirements of the restoration of traditional security and economic linkages, the Uzbek leadership’s bold move is an indication of the growing willingness to look at tomorrow’s policy challenges in innovative terms.
AZERBAIJAN AND KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ: SHIFTS IN EURASIAN PEACEKEEPING POLITICS
By Roger N McDermott (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan announced the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Iraq on October 21, bringing to end a five-year period of a small element of Kazakhstan’s peacekeeping battalion (KAZBAT) presence in Iraq, originally sent in September 2003 as part of Kazakhstan’s efforts to support the war on terror and play an active political role in the coalition of the willing. Azerbaijan announced its withdrawal of 151 peacekeepers from Iraq on November 12, having served for five years under U.
OBAMA TEAM PONDERS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN
By Richard Weitz (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to diverse media reports, South Asian experts associated with incoming U.S.
IRAN’S NEW DIPLOMACY IN THE CAUCASUS
By Stephen Blank (11/12/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia’s war with Georgia has triggered a diplomatic upheaval across the region, but also in the international relations of the Caucasus. Not only has Russia laid down a forceful marker claiming its right to an exclusive sphere of influence there and across the CIS, it has moved to follow it up by placing pressure on Azerbaijan’s foreign, defense, energy, and economic policies.
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
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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.