News Digest
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS
By empty (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Political scientist Aram Karapetian, the youngest of the 11 presidential candidates, on 27 January accused incumbent Robert Kocharian of violating the Elections Code by using government buildings and other property for his campaign, RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau reported. Karapetian claimed in a statement that many of Kocharian\'s district campaign offices are located in local government offices. He also accused the authorities of mobilizing the police and \"criminal elements\" to create \"an atmosphere of fear and terror\" and said Kocharian supporters have attempted to buy votes in Yerevan and Giumri.JOURNALISTS\' HUNGER STRIKE IN AZERBAIJAN ENDS AFTER SEVEN DAYS
By empty (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
More than 100 journalists and activists on Tuesday ended a seven-day hunger strike that had been undertaken to protest what they say is government pressure on the news media. Rauf Arifoglu, editor of the country\'s most prominent opposition newspaper Yeni Musavat, launched the hunger strike last Wednesday, demanding an end to lawsuits against his paper that he says have been organized by the government. By the time the organizers called off the strike, 102 people had joined the action, said Arif Aliev, head of the Baku press club.ABKHAZIA FEARS POSSIBLE NEW INVASION ATTEMPT BY GEORGIA IN APRIL-MAY
By empty (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Abkhazia\'s authorities have not ruled out the possibility of Georgia yet again attempting to invade Abkhaz territory in April or May, 2003. Abkhaz Vice-President Valery Arshba told Interfax on Monday that the republic\'s leaders \"do not rule out that in April or May of this year after the snow thaws in the mountain passes, Georgia may again try to invade Abkhazia by using the upper part of the Kodori Gorge.\" Arshba believes that in this military operation, \"Tbilisi will involve international terrorist groups.GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN PLEASED WITH KAZAKH ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN 2002
By empty (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kazakh government is satisfied with the country\'s economic performance in 2002, Prime Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov said on Tuesday. \"Last year\'s developments followed the best-case scenario for our country\'s economy. That is why many of the government\'s goals were met,\" Tasmagambetov said opening a Cabinet session on the results of the country\'s socioeconomic development in 2002.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.