U.S. AND RUSSIAN INTERESTS IN AFGHANISTAN: WILL PARTNERSHIP CRACK?
By Yuri V. Bossin (3/13/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: At least three potential issues may sow seeds of discord between the U.S. and Russia in the short term.
ARMENIAN CENSUS NUMBERS SPARK DEBATE BUT ARE GOOD NEWS FOR PRESIDENT
By Jeffrey Swedberg (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On February 15, 2002, the National Statistics Service of Armenia held a press conference announcing that there were 3,020,768 people in Armenia. The preliminary census data, collected from October 10-19, 2001, indicated that 950,000 Armenians have emigrated since the Soviet collapse in 1991. According to the United Nation's International Organization for Migration (IOM), Armenia has the highest rate of population outflow in the former Soviet Union.
AMID ROUGH TIMES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE IN GEORGIA
By Mamuka Tsereteli (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In early 1994, Georgia emerged from two years of civil conflict with a collapsed economy, widespread crime and a weak government. It took a tremendous effort by the people and government of Georgia to implement a policy of stabilization. President Shevardnadze led that process.
CHALLENGES TO SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN
By Douglas L. Tookey (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Uzbekistan's leadership often stresses the importance of small and medium enterprise development. In a recent speech to Uzbekistan's Cabinet of Ministers, President Islam Karimov stated that in 1991 SMEs accounted for 1.5% of Uzbekistan's gross domestic product, and that by 2000 this figure increased to 31%, with 3 million people employed in the same sector.
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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.