Field Reports
TAJIKISTAN’S NEW ELECTIONS GIVE HOPE FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES
By Yakobjon Abdukhalikov (3/1/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The start of the millennium finds the Republic of Tajikistan at a period of self-searching, of political compromise, and hopefully of consolidating peace in society. It is also a period of activity by political parties and other social organizations that may further the development of democracy in the country. On 27 February and 23 March, 2000, elections to the Supreme Legislature (Majlisi Oli) and local representative organs, the Majlisi Milli (Upper House) and Majlisi Namoyandagon (Lower House) will be held.
TAJIKISTAN’S FIRST PRIVATE RADIO STATION
By Konstantin Parshin, Music Editor Radio NIC (3/1/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In 1995, two Tajik journalists, Andrey Sidorin and Konstantin Parshin, decided to create a private radio company despite the fact that private electronic media activity was prohibited in Tajikistan until 1998. None of the local business companies were eager to help as the country was struggling through post-war conditions. A grant applications was submitted to the Regional Office of UNESCO, Almaty, Kazakhstan which rendered assistance to this first alternative radio company in Tajikistan.
JOINT UN PROJECT TO PREVENT STDs AND HIV/AIDS IN AZERBAIJAN
By Jason Thomson is the Baku-based Assistant Project Manager of the joint UN Project on the Prevention (3/15/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Health indicators in Azerbaijan have deteriorated during the 1990s, reflecting the economic hardship, widespread unemployment, environmental pollution, military conflict and population displacement in the country. Low incomes and high costs for preventive medical care have resulted in many people utilizing health services only when in dire need. While an immunization campaign has reduced the prevalence of some diseases, the health of the population remains compromised by unsanitary housing conditions, inadequate nutrition and increased formal and informal charges for health care services.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY—ISLAMIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE ON VEILING
By Beatrice Hogan, contributor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Weekday Magazine and the United (3/15/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On International Women’s Day, March 8, the first-ever West Asian Women’s Conference called called "Beyond My Veil and Yours," took place in New York City. The conference sought to change entrenched stereotypes of Islamic women, and gave attendees a reality check about the real-life women who live behind Islamic veils and beyond the wall of cultural ignorance. The event was held at the Limelight, a throbbing nightclub five days of the week that doubles as a reception hall and art gallery.
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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.