News Digest
IRAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES SETTING UP PERSIAN LANGUAGE TV NETWORK IRAN, TAJIK, AFGHAN PEOPLE
By empty (7/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed establishment of a Persian language television network for Iranian, Tajik and Afghan people. In a joint press conference with Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov late on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad said \"Tajik officials have welcomed the initiative so it should be discussed with Afghan authorities.\" \"Iran and Tajikistan can also have cooperation in television and radio sector by producing and using joint programs,\" he said.TAJIKISTAN ANZAB TUNNEL OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED
By empty (7/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajikistan\'s Anzab tunnel was officially inaugurated Wednesday in presence of the visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Tajik counterpart Imomali Rakhmonov. The 5-km tunnel, constructed by Iranian experts, links northern and southern parts of Tajikistan. It also connects Dushanbe and capitals of the Central Asian states via land.COURT IN UZBEKISTAN ORDERS ANOTHER U.S. NGO OUT
By empty (7/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A court in the capital of Uzbekistan on Wednesday banned another U.S. nongovernmental organization from operating in the post-Soviet Central Asian country for pursuing activities inconsistent with its charter.RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS STAY AWAY FROM OPERATION IN KODORI GORGE
By empty (7/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian peacekeepers in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict do not interfere in the military operation in the upper part of the Kodori gorge, Deputy Commander of Russia’s Land Forces for Peacekeeping Operations, Lieutenant-General Valery Yevnevich said. He told journalists on Wednesday that “it’s not a police operation, as Tbilisi has announced, but a real military operation.“ “Two more army convoys of Georgian troops were sent to the zone of engagement.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.