News Digest
OSCE DELEGATION VISITS TSKHINVALI
By empty (5/30/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A delegation of OSCE ambassadors have traveled to Tskhinvali to obtain firsthand information about the situation in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone. Spanish Ambassador to the OSCE Carlos Sanchez de Boado, who leads the delegation, said the delegation\'s members will meet with South Ossetian leaders. The delegation includes ambassadors from Spain, Germany, Liechtenstein and Norway, who are visiting Georgia as part of their trip to South Caucasus countries.AID WORKERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
By empty (5/30/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Three women and a man working for the ActionAid charity have been shot dead in Afghanistan, officials say. The aid workers - all believed to be Afghan citizens - were killed in Mingajik district in the northern province of Jowzjan. They were reportedly attacked in their vehicle by gunmen riding motorcycles.INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CAMPAIGN FOR DEATH PENALTY BAN IN CENTRAL ASIA
By empty (5/29/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
International organizations are holding a campaign for abolition of the death penalty in Central Asia, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights project coordinator Natalia Lazareva said at a Monday roundtable. \"Some problems have not been resolved, as a moratorium does not mean the abolition of the death penalty,\" she said. The federation launched the two-year project last December \"to give more information to citizens and discuss human rights aspects of the death penalty,\" Lazareva said.FIRST CASPIAN OIL SUPPLIED TO TURKEY ON BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPE
By empty (5/29/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The first Caspian oil was supplied to Turkey on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. The loading of the first tanker began at the oil terminal Ceyhan in the southern Turkish province Adana, the television network CNN Turk reported on Monday. The loading is expected to be completed this week.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.