News Digest
TWO POLITICAL PARTIES JOIN IN KAZAKHSTAN
By empty (11/10/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan\'s president said Friday the ruling Otan Party would merge with the pro-government Civic Party in what the opposition described as part of efforts to ensure his grip on power in upcoming parliamentary elections. The Civic Party has about 150,000 members, mostly workers of large plants and mines in Kazakhstan\'s heavily industrialized central regions. After the merger, Otan will have approximately 1 million members, making it the largest political party in the former Soviet state of 16 million people.TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL \'SUPER-GIANT\' EMERGES ON ENERGY SCENE
By empty (11/10/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Turkmenistan\'s discovery of a \"super-giant\" natural-gas field with reserves of 7 trillion cubic meters could significantly alter the energy playing field if confirmed. Such a massive new source of gas could cause Western Europe and Russia to rethink their current strategies for ensuring gas deliveries, and threaten some highly touted projects. During his visit to Ashgabat earlier this month, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was asked by Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov if Germany, along with Russia, would be interested in participating in the construction of a new natural-gas pipeline to Europe.OPPOSITION RALLY FINISHED IN KYRGYZ CAPITAL
By empty (11/9/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyz opposition For Reforms! Movement has finished its rally held since November 2. Now the people are dismantling the tents in the Ala-Too Square in Bishkek. The protesters are expected to empty the square by the end of the day, a REGNUM correspondent informs.THIRD MEETING IN FRAMEWORKS OF NEW ‘GROUP OF GEORGIA’S FRIENDS’ TO TAKE PLACE IN SOFIA
By empty (11/9/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 9, third meeting in frames of new ‘Group of Georgia’s Friends’ will take place in Sofia which will be attended by representatives of Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. In this connection, Georgian FM Gela Bezhuashvili departed from France and arrived in Bulgaria on November 8. In frames of his visit scheduled for November 8-11, the Georgian FM’s bilateral meetings with Bulgarian officials are planned for November 10, civil.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.