News Digest
PUTIN UNVEILS RUSSIAN MILITARY-MODERNIZATION DOCTRINE
By empty (10/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin told Defense Ministry officials at a 2 October conference that the military faces no more radical cuts. \"Since 1992 the armed forces have been cut by more than half,\" he said. \"This is enough.KAZAKHSTAN TO INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION
By empty (9/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan intends to increase its share in world oil output from 1.2 percent to 4 or even 5 percent over the next 10 to 15 years, Uzakbay Karabalin, President of the national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz, reported. According to him, this may be done by implementing a state program on developing oil and gas deposits of the Kazakhstani part of the Caspian Sea shelf that was launched this year.ATTACKS AGAINST ETHNIC CHECHENS ON INCREASE IN SOUTHERN REGIONS
By empty (9/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Instances of racially motivated attacks against Chechens in Russian cities outside of Chechnya are increasing, presidential envoy for human rights in Chechnya Abdul-Khakim Sultygov told a human rights conference in Moscow on 29 September, \"Izvestiya\" reported on 30 September. Anti-Chechen incidents have taken place most frequently in Krasnodar Krai and Kabardino-Balkaria. In Nalchik, assaults against Chechens on 15-17 September left one person dead and 54 injured.US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY URGES ANKARA TO OPEN BORDERS WITH ARMENIA
By empty (9/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
US Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman said that they wanted Turkey to open its Armenian border as soon as possible and called Armenia to recognize Turkey. According to Anadolu agency, delivering a speech in the symposium, Edelman said Turkey was very important for the United States, stressing that a strong Turkey was important for the region. He said they wanted to support Turkey to fulfill its targets, and noted that this was important for the interests of United States.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.