News Digest
U.S., COUNCIL OF EUROPE EXPRESS CONCERN OVER PRESSURE ON AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION PARTIES...
By empty (8/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In a statement released on 21 August, U.S. State Department official Joanne Propovicz noted Washington\'s concern that some candidates wishing to contest the 15 October presidential election have been denied registration, and that opposition politicians are subjected to harassment, Turan reported.RUSSIA\'S POPULATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND ALCOHOL GETS LARGE SHARE OF THE BLAME
By empty (8/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia\'s population dropped by 454,200 during the first half of 2003 to 144.5 million, according to the State Statistics Committee. The birthrate lagged behind the death rate.MOSCOW AUTHORITIES TO \'PROTECT\' MIGRANT WORKERS
By empty (8/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
More than 60 illegal immigrants have been detained at the Moscow International Air Show since it opened on 19 August, and deportation orders have already been issued for four illegal migrants from Uzbekistan. Moscow Vice Mayor Valerii Shantsev declared on 20 August that city authorities do not intend to rescind the new registration rules for people from other cities arriving Moscow to work. According to Shantsev, the rules might be amended, but \"we will protect these people, who should not become 21st-century slaves.U.S. GIVES UZBEK BORDER TROOPS 17 TONS OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
By empty (8/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent handed over 17 tons of communications and other equipment worth $1.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.