IS RUSSIA WINNING IN CENTRAL ASIA?
By Martin C. Spechler and Dina R. Spechler (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In keeping with an increasingly assertive stance in Russian foreign policy, especially since 2004, President Putin declared that the Central Asian part of the “near abroad” is a “key national interest.” In light of the independence the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states displayed in their less than supportive reactions to the invasion of Georgia, one might ask whether Russia is succeeding in this former colonial area—as many Western analysts have asserted.
RUSSIA AND INDIA FACE KAZAKHSTAN’S SPACE AMBITIONS
By Sébastien Peyrouse (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Since the 1950s, Kazakhstan has hosted on its territory the famous Baikonur Cosmodrome, but it has otherwise been a passive player in Russia’s space pursuits. Yet in recent years, Kazakh government authorities, interested in sharpening their country’s international image and financial power, have sought to become a part of the space race.
GEORGIAN WAR INCREASES NUCLEAR TERRORISM RISKS
By Richard Weitz (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Although Russian-American bilateral cooperative threat reduction programs continue, the war in Georgia has disrupted U.S.
GLOBAL CRISIS HITS LOCAL COMMUNITITES IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Rafis Abazov (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
This fall the economic slowdown in Kazakhstan and Russia, especially accelerated by the global credit crunch during recent weeks, hit hard the Central Asian seasonal migrants and their families. It is estimated that between two and three million seasonal migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have been working in various regions in Russia and Kazakhstan.
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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.