Field Reports
PESHAWAR SEMINAR ON GLOBAL TERRORISM
By Zahid Anwar (10/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The seminar, “Global Terrorism: Assessment from Russia, China and Germany,” was organized by the Area Study Centre for Russia, China and Central Asia at Peshawar University in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany, on 1 September 2005. The first guest speaker, Rolf Tophoven from the Institute of Terrorism Research and Security Policy, Essen, Germany, while quoting German intelligence sources, disclosed that the al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden had its cells in sixty countries of the world. In Germany alone, he continued, there were 31,000 sympathizers of Osama bin Laden of whom 500 were to be considered extremely dangerous.CHILLY DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA
By Gulnara Ismailova (10/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Both stations are thought to monitor Iranian airspace, allowing Washington to be timely informed about any launches of the Iranian strategic missiles.That American military installations are built in Azerbaijan is unpleasant news to Russian experts. Explained by the struggle against terrorism, the U.
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIAN BAYAMAN ERKINBAEV ASSASSINATED
By Nurshat Ababakirov (10/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Bayaman Erkinbaev, 39, former wrestler, was shot as he was approaching his apartment in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan. This incident has led not only ordinary people into confusion, but also the people on the top, the government and Jogorku Kenesh. This could be seen in the parliamentary discussions the day after the assassination.POLICE SALARIES IN AZERBAIJAN RAISED IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
By Alman Mir Ismail (9/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The opposition quickly labeled the decision of the government to raise the salaries of the police cadre as an attempt of the ruling party to maintain the loyalty of the police forces on the eve of the November 6 parliamentary elections. Indeed, the fear of the revolutions that have taken place in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan has made Azerbaijani authorities somewhat insecure prior to these crucial elections. The opposition well remembers that it was the police forces that managed to put down the violent protests of opposition activists back in October 2003, following the presidential elections.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.