Field Reports
TAJIKISTAN ON THE WAY TO THE W.T.O.
By Konstantin Parshin (3/13/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Republic of Tajikistan has the lowest GDP per capita among the CIS countries. According to the latest UN Human Development Report, average salaries are less than $10 a month in nominal terms. More than 80 percent of the population can be classified as poor and 20 percent as extremely poor.
KYRGYZSTAN IS THREATENED BY TUBERCULOSIS.
By Gulzina Karim kyzy (3/13/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the last few years, Kyrgyzstan has faced a dramatic tuberculosis epidemic. In spite of measures taken by the Kyrgyz government, the number of people infected with tuberculosis is increasing day by day. The government adopted a National Tuberculosis Program in 1995, Tuberculosis II in 2001, and a Law on Tuberculosis in 1998.
KYRGYZSTAN IS THREATENED BY TUBERCULOSIS.
By Gulzina Karim kyzy (3/13/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the last few years, Kyrgyzstan has faced a dramatic tuberculosis epidemic. In spite of measures taken by the Kyrgyz government, the number of people infected with tuberculosis is increasing day by day. The government adopted a National Tuberculosis Program in 1995, Tuberculosis II in 2001, and a Law on Tuberculosis in 1998.
CASPIAN COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR SUMMIT
By Gulnara Ismailova, a freelance journalist, based in Baku, Azerbaijan (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
There is no common approach among littoral countries of the Caspian sea regarding the legal basis of the Caspian Sea. Relations between Caspian countries regarding exploitation of the sea determinate two treaties concluded in 1921 – between Soviet Russia and Persia, and also in 1940 –between Soviet Union and Iran.
Baku, Moscow and Astana have basically agreed on a solution dividing the bottom of the sea and keeping the water common, however, Iran’s position remains the main impediment to a solution.
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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.
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