RUSSIA’S CFE SUSPENSION WORRIES ITS SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS
By Richard Weitz (1/9/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On December 12, the Russian government “suspended†its obligations regarding the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The immediate effect of the suspension, an option not even provided for in the original 1990 treaty, has been that Moscow has stopped providing information about the size, location, and activities of its military forces west of the Ural Mountains, the Russian territory covered by the treaty. Another consequence, however, has been to exacerbate security concerns in countries located near Russia, especially in Georgia and Turkey.
KARABAKH IN MADRID: GREAT POWERS SEEK CONTINUITY IN THE PEACE PROCESS IN TURBULENT YEAR AHEAD
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (1/9/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At the December 2007 Madrid summit of the OSCE, the co-chairs of the Minsk group presented a new document on resolving the Mountainous Karabakh conflict. This was the first such initiative by the co-chairs since 1998. It may reflect the wish of the great powers to secure guarantees that the progress reached so far in the negotiation process is not lost, and that the conflicting parties will not abort the negotiation process under the aegis of the OSCE Minsk group following presidential elections to be held in both countries this year.
AFGHAN-PAKISTANI DIFFERENCES REMAIN DESPITE RECENT AMERICAN INITIATIVES
By Richard Weitz (11/14/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
U.S. policy makers have pursued several initiatives to reduce tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan in order to encourage both governments to concentrate their attention on countering the Taliban and al-Qaeda members operating on their territories.
IRAN AND ARMENIA TIGHTEN TIES
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (11/14/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Armenia on October 22-23 marked a new stage in the relationship between the two countries. The former Soviet republic, which has adopted a Western-type market economy principle, and Iran, one of the most closed economies of the world, will make increasing efforts to make their economic ties closer. Moreover, the two countries are likely to initiate some cooperation in the military sphere as well.
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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.