News Digest
TURKISH PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES ARMENIAN COUNTERPART
By empty (3/24/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President of Turkey Ahmed Sezer congratulated Robert Kocharian on the occasion of his reelection as the president of Armenia. In his message Mr. Sezer particularly stated: \"Your Excellency, I would like to congratulate you on the occasion of your reelection as the president of Armenia.GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES MILITARY AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
By empty (3/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Deputies voted at a special session of parliament on 21 March by 138 in favor with one vote against to ratify the military cooperation agreement with the United States signed in December 2002. The agreement exempts U.S.KAZAKH COMMUNIST PARTY REGISTERED
By empty (3/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan\'s Justice Ministry has reregistered the Kazakh Communist Party, party leader Serikbolsyn Abdildin announced at a press conference on 21 March. The reregistration procedure, required of all political parties in Kazakhstan under a controversial 2002 law adopted, was \"difficult\" for the Communists, according to Abdildin. He had earlier attributed the difficulty to questions about the number of party members.FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY U.S. EFFORTS TO SEIZE IRAQI ASSETS
By empty (3/21/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Igor Ivanov said on 21 March that the U.S. decision to confiscate the assets of Iraqi President Hussein\'s regime is extremely worrying, Russian media reported.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.