Field Reports
IREX PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL LINK BETWEEN US, CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS
By Maria Utyaganova, student of American University in Kyrgyzstan, International Relations Department (8/30/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In 1992, IREX together with the US Information Agency, opened advising centers in Central Asia and the Caucasus states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan. Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan. IREX advising centers facilitate international exchange throughout the world, hold international conferences, seminars, and professional training, as well as provides students and scholars with current information on educational testing.
CAFE—HELPING BUILDING A HEALTHY NATIONALISM IN UZBEKISTAN
By Daniel Stevens, doctoral candidate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of Lond (9/13/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
It was a surreal moment that makes living in Uzbekistan such a stimulating experience for the foreigners living there. In Mustaqalik (Independence) Square, the "public square" of Tashkent, towering lighting galleries and impressive seating stands were being erected for the nation’s most important nationalistic celebration. The stage was being set for the 1st September Independence Day celebrations in which Uzbekistan would once again indulge in a huge nationalistic revelry.
BETTER TO BE A SLAVE IN KAZAKHSTAN THAN A RULER ABROAD
By Marat Yermukanov (9/13/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Next year will be the tenth anniversary of independent Kazakhstan when exiled ethnic Kazakhs living outside the country of their ancestors could return home.. It is officially estimated that four million Kazakhs, mainly descendents of those who fled Stalinist repression, the starvation of the thirties, and collectivization, still live outside of Kazakhstan, mainly in China, Iran, Turkey, and Mongolia.
KYRGYZSTAN EXTERNAL DEBT SITUATION "CRITICAL"
By Aziz Soltobaev, American University in Kyrgyzstan, Economics department (9/13/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Amangeldy Muraliev, believes Kyrgyzstan’s external debt payment situation has reached a crucial point. The Kyrgyz government has to mobilize all possibilities to prevent the country from defaulting on its external debt. The government has decided to maximally decrease foreign donor credit as a means to decrease the size of its external debt.
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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.