News Digest
CENTRAL ASIAN NATIONS MEET IN AFGHANISTAN TO REVIVE TRADE
By empty (11/10/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Ten Islamic, mostly Central Asian nations met in Afghanistan to push their aim of slashing tariffs and freeing up trade in the region once spanned by the Silk Road.Afghanistan, after decades of war and occupation, told the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) it hoped to become a \"land bridge\", revitalising the ancient trade route that linked Europe and the Far East.The ECO groups Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which together make up six percent of the world population, according to the organisation.KAZAKHSTAN\'S PARLIAMENT OK\'S 2006 BUDGET
By empty (11/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan\'s parliament on Wednesday approved the oil-rich Central Asian nation\'s 2006 budget, sending the draft to President Nursultan Nazarbayev for his signature. The budget forecasts economic growth of 8.3 percent for 2006, up from an estimated 7.1,183 INTERIOR TROOPS KILLED IN NORTH CAUCASUS IN TWO ARMED CONFLICTS
By empty (11/9/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
1,183 Interior Troops have been killed in the two armed conflicts in the North Caucasus, Deputy Commander-in- Chief of Interior Troops Col. Gen. Yevgeny Baryayev has announced.AZERI RULING PARTY \'WINS\' POLLS
By empty (11/7/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan\'s ruling party has won parliamentary elections, according to partial official results. With around 90% of votes counted, the New Azerbaijan Party had won 62 of the 125 seats in parliament, the electoral body said. The main opposition Azadlyq bloc, among those who accuse the authorities of vote-rigging, got five seats.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.