News Digest
AZERIS HELD IN PRE-POLL CRACKDOWN
By empty (10/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan has arrested a former aide to President Ilham Aliyev and the head of a major company on coup charges, weeks before parliamentary polls. The men are accused of planning a coup with opposition leader Rasul Guliyev. Mr Guliyev, who had been living in the US, says he was stopped last week from returning to Azerbaijan to contest the election - a charge Baku has denied.\'HARASSED\' BBC SHUTS UZBEK OFFICE
By empty (10/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The BBC is suspending its newsgathering operations in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan due to security concerns. All local staff are being withdrawn and the office in the capital Tashkent will close for at least six months pending a decision on its long term future. Regional Head Behrouz Afagh said the staff had been harassed and intimidated in recent months, making it difficult for them to do their job.KYRGYZSTAN PROTESTS PRESSURE PM
By empty (10/24/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Hundreds of protesters rallied on Monday for a third day in Kyrgyzstan\'s capital Bishkek to call for the resignation of PM Felix Kulov. They said he was indirectly responsible for the death of an MP who was shot by inmates as he visited a jail last week. The demonstrators, who have set up traditional felt tents in front of parliament, are led by the victim\'s brother, Ruspek Akmatbayev.KARIMOV APPROVES OF IDEA OF UZBEKISTAN’S MEMBERSHIP OF EURASEC
By empty (10/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov has approved of the proposal made by the Uzbek and Russian foreign ministers Uzbekistan should join the Eurasian Economic Community, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. Currently the EURASEC has five members – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. “We have confirmed our unanimity in the intention to seek stability in Central Asia,” Lavrov said.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.