News Digest
AZERBAIJAN\'S ALIYEV UNDERGOES SURGERY IN US
By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev has undergone surgery for inguinal hernia at a US clinic, the presidential press service in Baku said Monday. The surgery of the 80-year-old leader, who had been treated at the Cleveland clinic for his prostate in February last year, went well, the press service said. Aliyev was elected as chief of the oil-rich former Soviet republic in 1993, and has announced his intention to run for reelection this year despite health concerns.RUSSIA ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF 1,000 TROOPS FROM CHECHNYA
By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking in Grozny on 3 March, Chief of the General Staff General Anatolii Kvashnin said that beginning on 5 March, more than 1,000 Russian servicemen will be withdrawn from Chechnya to their place of permanent deployment. The total number of troops currently in Chechnya is estimated at 80,000. Kvashnin said most of them are regular army troops, but some are Interior Ministry forces.PUTIN REJECTS REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ
By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin told journalists in Sofia on 2 March that \"international law\" is the only basis for resolving the Iraq crisis, newsru.com reported on 3 March. Putin said the international community cannot interfere with the domestic affairs of any country in order to change its regime, and that the only legitimate goal the United Nations can pursue in this situation is the disarmament of Iraq.AT LEAST FIVE KILLED IN GEORGIAN EARTHQUAKE
By empty (4/26/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At least five people are known to have died as a result of an earthquake that hit the Georgian capital in the late evening of 25 April. The quake measured a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale. Numerous buildings in Tbilisi were badly damaged, especially in the old part of the city, including the Foreign Ministry building and a women\'s prison.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.