News Digest
RUSSIA REPORTEDLY TO HALT NUCLEAR EXPORTS TO IRAN
By empty (6/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin told his fellow G-8 leaders at their summit in Evian, France, on 2 June that Russia will halt \"all nuclear exports\" to Iran until that country signs on to a stricter protocol on nuclear inspections. Iran earlier the same day said it will not accede to the Additional Protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty under which signatories would make their nuclear facilities available for unannounced inspections. Putin\'s statement came after the G-8 leaders signed a statement that called weapons of mass destruction the \"preeminent threat\" to international security.G8 ISSUES WEAPONS WARNING
By empty (6/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Leaders of the world\'s richest nations have called for tighter control of arms, including nuclear weapons and missiles which could be used by terrorists. A statement issued at the end of a Group of Eight (G8) meeting in France made specific reference to Iran and North Korea, urging them to comply with international nuclear safeguards. The summit was the first opportunity for many of the leaders to meet since sharp divisions developed over the war in Iraq.TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES RUSSIAN MEDIA OF DEFAMATION
By empty (5/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Turkmen Foreign Ministry on 30 May issued a statement accusing the Russian media, particularly NTV, of misleading public opinion and defaming Turkmenistan. The statement said the previous day\'s NTV evening news broadcast attempted to damage Turkmen-Russian relations, and complained that the Russian Foreign Ministry and other Russian agencies have failed to take measures to stop such activities. Among the specific complaints in the Turkmen Foreign Ministry statement were the network\'s allowing the sister of imprisoned former Turkmen Foreign Minister Boris Shikhmuradov - whom the statement described as a \"terrorist\" -- to make \"slanderous statements.U.S. TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE TO TAJIKISTAN IN FIGHTING DRUG-TRAFFICKING
By empty (5/30/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Under an agreement signed in Dushanbe on 29 May by Tajik Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zuhurov and U.S. Charge d\'Affaires Kenneth Gross, Washington will provide Tajikistan with a further $2.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.