News Digest
TROOPS LIFT RUSSIAN-UZBEK TIES
By empty (9/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia and Uzbekistan are holding their first joint military exercises in hills north of the Uzbek city of Samarkand. With 200 soldiers from each side taking part, the three-day drills will also involve paratroopers and an elite Russian commando unit. The exercises are being seen as a sign of closer relations between Moscow and Tashkent.GUNMEN KILL KYRGYZSTAN POLITICIAN
By empty (9/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Gunmen in Kyrgyzstan have killed an MP who was a driving force behind the protests in March which led to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev. Bayaman Erkinbayev was shot in the neck and chest as he arrived by car at his home in the capital, Bishkek. Mr Erkinbayev, 38, was a wealthy businessman in southern Kyrgyzstan, where the anti-Akayev protests began.TASHKENT DEMAND OF U.S. BASE REMOVAL A SOVEREIGN RIGHT - SERGEI IVANOV
By empty (9/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tashkent\'s decision to demand the United States remove its airbase from Uzbekistan is the country\'s sovereign right, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. \"The decision to demand the withdrawal of U.S.RAMZAN KADYROV WILL NOT RUN FOR PARLIAMENT
By empty (9/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechnya\'s First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that he will not run for parliament. \"I officially announce that I will not run for a seat in parliament, nor will I seek election as parliamentary speaker,\" Kadyrov told the press on Thursday. \"I was assigned the important task of ensuring citizens\' security, and I am doing and will continue to do this particular job.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.