News Digest
GEORGIA COMMEMORATES FALL OF SUKHUMI
By empty (9/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Georgian government and the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government in exile commemorated on 27 September the fall of the Abkhaz capital in 1993, which effectively ended the 14-month war and triggered the flight from Abkhaz territory of the region\'s ethnic Georgian population. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said at a ceremony in Tbilisi to honor the Georgians killed in the fighting that the war was a defeat for both Georgians and Abkhaz. Parliamentary speaker Burdjanadze vowed that Georgia will \"soon\" restore its control over the breakaway republic by peaceful means.RUSSIA FAILS TO AGREE ON DEBT SETTLEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN
By empty (9/26/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has met his Afghan opposite number to discuss the settlement of Afghanistan\'s debts to Russia. He told a news conference in Washington that the debt amounts to about $10 billion and is not serviced in any way. \"We are engaged in complex negotiations on restructuring and partly writing it off,\" he said.KAZAKH OPPOSITION PARTY NOMINATES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
By empty (9/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan\'s opposition party Ak Zhol [Bright Path] has nominated its leader Alikhan Baimenov as its candidate for the presidential election to be held on December 4. The nomination was backed unanimously by all of the 117 delegates to this party\'s congress on Sunday. Baimenov, 46, is an engineer and has a candidate\'s degree in mechanical engineering.HAIL STORM DESTROYS 70% OF GEORGIA\'S KHVANCHKARA GRAPE HARVEST
By empty (9/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A hail storm hit vineyards in five villages in Georgia\'s Ambrolauri district on Sunday, destroying 70% of the country\'s harvest of the Khvanchkara grape variety, from which a popular semi-sweet red wine is made. The hail storm continued for 40 minutes, sources in the Racha- Lechkhumi district administration told Interfax. The government plans to pay compensation to residents whose harvest was destroyed.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.