The Johns Hopkins University
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Washington, DC 20036


The Central Asia- Caucasus Institute of SAIS was founded in 1996, and has in five years grown to be the primary institution in the Washington area for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region.
The institute aspires to conduct impartial research on the region; to act as a forum for policymakers both in Washington and abroad; to act as a 'switchboard' of resources and information concerning the Central Asia-Caucasus region; and to provide access for its sponsors in business to relevant expertise on the region.


Institute Staff and Visiting Scholars' Profile


Recent Publications:

Op-eds

Russia's Ominous Afghan Gambit
S. Frederick Starr, Wall Street Journal Europe, 11 December 2001. 

America's Three Afghan Challenges

S. Frederick Starr, Christian Science Monitor, 23 November 2001.
Thank the Northern Alliance but Also Rein It In

Svante E. Cornell, Los Angeles Times, 14 November 2001.

Ethnic Groups Must Share in the Pie
S. Frederick Starr, Los Angeles Times, 4 November 2001
Afghanistan's Biggest Problem - Poverty - Can Be Solved
S. Frederick Starr, Christian Science Monitor, 16 October 2001
Finessing Two Rivals Is Essential-The Trick Is Balancing India And Pakistan
Svante E. Cornell, Los Angelest Times, 22 October 2001.
Afghan Northern Alliance Makes A Dangerous Friend

S. Frederick Starr, The Baltimore Sun, 17 October 2001.
China Unnerved With War, West So Close To Its Door
Svante E. Cornell and Niklas Swanström, The Baltimore Sun, 23 October 2001.

Recent Staff Journal Articles

S. Frederick Starr, 'The Investment Climate In Central Asia and the Caucasus' for a volume prepared under the leadership of Eugene Lawson and Jan Kalicki for the Woodrow Wilson International Center of Scholars.

Svante E. Cornell and Regine A. Spector, 'Central Asia: More than Islamic Militants', The Washington Quarterly, vol. 25 no. 1, Winter 2002.

Charles H. Fairbanks, 'Disillusionment in the Caucasus and Central Asia', Journal of Democracy, vol. 12 no. 4, 2001. (PDF)

S. Frederick Starr, 'Altitude Sickness', The National Interest, no. 65, Fall 2001.

Svante E. Cornell, 'Democratization Falters in Azerbaijan', Journal of Democracy, vol. 12 no. 2, 2001. (PDF)

Svante E. Cornell, 'The Kurdish Question and Turkish Politics', Orbis, vol. 45 no. 1, 2001.

Talks, Testimonies, Interviews

The War Against Terrorism And U.S. Bilateral Relations With Central Asia
U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus, 13 December 2001

Twenty Theses on Afghanistan
S. Frederick Starr,
Brookings Institution/Asia Society Conference, 18 May 2001

NPR: America Responds -- The Mobilization
10-10-01, National Public Radio Broadcast
As the Pentagon continues its air raids on Taliban targets in Afghanistan, one key question is how closely the United States should work with resistance groups already fighting the Taliban forces. With Professor S. Frederick Starr

The "Stan's"
10-09-01, National Public Radio Broadcast
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, about "the Stans."

NPR News Special: Afghanistan: How to Fight a War
09-25-01, National Public Radio Broadcast
With Frederick Starr

Afghan Primer
09-20-01, National Public Radio Broadcast
To help understand the geography of the area in and around Afghanistan, Noah Adams talks with S. Frederick Starr.


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