News Digest
13 March 2009 News Digest
By Alima Bissenova (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Three British Troops Killed In South Afghanistan 26 February An explosion killed three British soldiers in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, a spokesman for NATO-led forces has said, where U.S. troops are due to be sent to try to turn the tide against Taliban insurgents.
26November 2008 News Digest
By Alima Bissenova (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Afghan Suicide Blast Kills 11; Two British Soldiers Dead 13 November A suicide car-bomber has attacked a convoy of U.S.
12 November 2008 News Digest
By Alima Bissenova (11/13/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Officials deny Chechen-Ingushetia merger 30 October Rumors of a merger between the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia are unfounded, regional and federal officials said Wednesday. Oleg Govorun, head of the domestic policy department, called the rumors "groundless," ITAR-TASS reported. "Neither the presidential administration nor the leaders of these republics have such plans," he said.
29 October 2008 News Digest
By Alima Bissenova (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BP sees boom in Azeri energy sector 17 October BP-Azerbaijan said its total investments for oil fields and pipeline arteries in the region could total $28 billion, top officials said Friday. BP Global Executive Director Andy Inglis said production from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and
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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.