News Digest
EURASEC TO FOCUS ON ENERGY, CUSTOMS ON DAY 2 OF BLACK SEA SUMMIT
By empty (8/16/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Post-Soviet leaders will continue a two-day informal summit in southern Russian Wednesday, focusing on a common energy market and customs union as part of the five-member Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec). The presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Belarus joined Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Russia\'s Black Sea resort of Sochi Tuesday, along with the prime minister of Armenia, which is an observer in the organization. \"The agenda includes the formation of a customs union within the organization,\" a Kremlin source said earlier in the week.UZBEK AUTHORITIES REPORT PROGRESS IN COMBATING DRUGS AND \'EXTREMIST\' RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA
By empty (8/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General\'s Office released a report on August 15 claiming the breaking up of over 1,000 drug groups in Uzbekistan since January 2005. The report stated that the \"activities of 1,088 interregional criminal groups, which attempted to use the territory of Uzbekistan as a corridor for smuggling drugs to CIS and European countries, were stopped in the country from January 2005 to June 2006.\" Uzbek authorities added that the vast majority of the drugs seized were \"of Afghan origin\" and \"smuggled via Uzbek districts bordering on Tajikistan.IRAN VOWS NOT TO CUT TURKEY GAS SUPPLIES
By empty (8/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iran\'s oil minister promised Tuesday not to reduce gas supplies to Turkey. Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh\'s pledge came after more than two hours of talks with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler. Last winter, Iran -- a major supplier of natural gas to Turkey along with Russia -- reduced the flow of natural gas during a cold snap.IRAN OIL MINISTER DUE TO VISIT TURKEY ON TUESDAY
By empty (8/13/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh is scheduled to leave for Turkey on Tuesday, leading a top oil delegation. Expansion of bilateral relations between the two countries, export of Iran\'s natural gas to Turkey and the transfer of Iran\'s natural gas to Europe via Turkish territory are among the main topics expected to be discussed during the visit. Iran has earlier conducted preliminary negotiations with Turkey over its gas export to Austria through that country.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.