News Digest
GEORGIA QUESTIONS OSCE\'S CONFLICT MEDIATION ABILITY
By empty (9/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili expressed doubt on Wednesday that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe would be able to help Georgia settle its conflicts with its separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Zourabichvili told a news conference that the OSCE had failed to satisfy a Georgian request that it strengthen its monitoring of the South Ossetian conflict zone. This suggested the OSCE would be unable to cope with its mission, she argued.CHECHNYA TO TRY SUSPECTED COMPENSATION EMBEZZLERS
By empty (9/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechnya will very soon hold sensational court trials of officials accused of abuse of a Chechen compensation allowance program, Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said on Wednesday. \"The Ministry of the Interior of the Chechen Republic has initiated many dozens of criminal cases. Thousands of illegal files have been barred from being included in the compensation payment list as a result of inspections by interior services,\" Alkhanov said.CANDIDATE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
By empty (9/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A candidate in Afghanistan\'s election has been shot dead. Mohammad Ashraf Ramazan, an ethnic hazara, was driving through the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif when he was shot by unknown attackers. Mr Ramazan is the first candidate to be killed by militants since the 18 September election.US CONFIRMS UZBEK BASE DEPARTURE
By empty (9/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
US troops will leave their base in Uzbekistan by the end of the year, a senior US diplomat has confirmed. Assistant US Secretary of State Daniel Fried, speaking after talks in Tashkent, said the US had agreed to the demand \"without further discussion\". He admitted bilateral ties had gone through a \"very difficult period\" after the US criticised Uzbek suppression of an uprising in Andijan in May.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.