News Digest
FIRST CRACKS APPEAR IN AZERBAIJANI RULING PARTY
By empty (7/29/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Addressing a 28 July meeting of the ruling Yeni Azerbaycan Party (YAP), parliament deputy Musa Musaev claimed that many of his fellow deputies elected on the YAP ticket, together with an unspecified number of ministers and other senior officials, are betraying the party by conducting clandestine talks with opposition party representatives and forging contingency plans for the transition of power that will follow President Aliev\'s anticipated demise. Musaev did not name any of the individuals in question. The online newspaper also quoted parliament deputy Igbal Alizade of the opposition Umid party as confirming that he has contacts with some YAP members, whom he described as \"people who once trusted Heidar Aliev, but are categorically against entrusting the destiny of Azerbaijan to his entourage.RUSSIA, ABKHAZIA RESUME SEA COMMUNICATION
By empty (7/29/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The first tourist boat in the last ten years set off from Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia\'s breakaway province of Abkhazia, to a Russian city of Sochi on July 26. The Russian media sources reported representatives of the de facto Abkhaz government and different departments of Abkhazia were the first passengers. De facto Abkhaz Prime Minister Raul Khajimba said sea communication was resumed on the level of commercial structures, adding that the necessity for sea communication was caused by the great flow of tourists.THIEVES MAKE OFF WITH MILLIONS FROM IRAQ\'S MOSCOW EMBASSY
By empty (7/29/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Three unidentified people broke into the Iraqi Embassy compound in Moscow in the early morning of 29 July and stole nearly $3 million and 100,000 euros ($115,000) in cash. The intruders reportedly forced an embassy guard to open a safe containing the money. The embassy declined to comment on the incident, except to confirm that police are conducting an investigation.US \'PREPARING AFGHAN AID\'
By empty (7/29/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
US officials have confirmed reports that they are preparing an aid package for Afghanistan worth about $1bn. The funds are reported to be for reconstruction projects, such as building roads and schools, police training and the development of the army. Foreign governments promised Afghanistan aid worth some $4.Visit also
Staff Publications
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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.