News Digest
KYRGYZSTAN TO RECEIVE $15 FOR STRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTY
By empty (10/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
International Development Association (IDA) will grant $15mln to finance the Second Rural Investment and Services Project for Kyrgyzstan on October 3. The grant agreement was signed in Washington, REGNUM correspondent was informed at the Kyrgyzstani foreign ministry press office. The project is aimed at combating poverty in Kyrgyzstan’s rural areas.GEORGIAN MINERAL WATER, WINE WILL RETURN TO RUSSIAN MARKET AFTER PROOF OF QUALITY - ONISHCHENKO
By empty (10/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgia\'s mineral water may be allowed to return to the Russian market only after there is proof of its quality and safety, Federal Consumer Rights Oversight Service head Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Friday. \"The principle is the same: you can return after you prove quality is there,\" said Onishchenko, who doubles as Russia\'s chief epidemiologist. The Georgian authorities have not yet come up with any initiatives and proposals on how they intend to improve the quality of their mineral water, he said.RAMZAN KADYROV DOES NOT HAVE PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS YET
By empty (10/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On October 5, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov celebrates his 30th birthday. According to the Chechen constitution, he may become president since this day. However, Mr.SAAKASHVILI REPORTS HIS NATIONAL MOVEMENT\'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN LOCAL POLLS
By empty (10/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgia\'s ruling National Movement won a landslide victory in Thursday\'s municipal elections, President Mikheil Saakashvili told his fellow party members on Thursday evening. \"Exit polls show that we received an overwhelming majority of votes, at least 70%,\" he said, adding that the elections were \"clean\". The preliminary results will be announced within hours.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.