News Digest
OSCE REGIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE ENDS IN KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (9/19/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The fifth regional conference of Central Asian media sponsored by the OSCE\'s Office of the Representative for Freedom of the Media ended in Bishkek on 18 September with the adoption of a declaration that called for the media to be able to \"exercise their corrective function toward the economic interests and activities of politicians and their families without any legal or other consequences,\" uzreport.com reported on 19 September. The declaration, signed by the 120 participants in the conference, added that the corrective function of the media is essential for the future success of Central Asia\'s economic development.LEADING AZERBAIJANI NEWSPAPERS SIGN MEMORANDUM ON ELECTION COVERAGE
By empty (9/18/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Reacting to an initiative by Azerbaijan\'s recently created Press Council, the editors of Azerbaijan\'s leading print media signed a memorandum in Baku on 17 September undertaking to observe strict objectivity in their coverage of the ongoing presidential-election campaign and to refrain from libelous statements. The signatories further pledge to give all presidential candidates the opportunity to publicize their campaign programs and to respond to criticism. (zerkalo.US PLEDGES EXTRA AFGHAN AID
By empty (9/18/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United States Treasury Secretary, John Snow, says America intends to give Afghanistan about $1bn in extra aid, and called for other countries to match that amount. Speaking during a visit to Kabul, Mr Snow said Afghanistan remained a critical priority for the United States, and reconstruction must succeed. Mr Snow is due to attend a donor conference on Afghanistan in Dubai over the weekend.CHAIRMAN OF KAZAKH LOWER HOUSE QUESTIONS USE OF ARMS BY UZBEK GUARDS ON KAZAKH BORDER
By empty (9/17/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Kazakh parliament, Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, told journalists on 17 September that he has asked Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov to clarify the situation along the Kazakh-Uzbek border, where there have been at least 16 cases of Uzbek border guards using weapons against Kazakh citizens since the common border was delimited. The most recent incident was reported on 9 September. Tuyakbai asserted that such use of weapons by border guards is illegal.Visit also
Staff Publications
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.