Field Reports
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA LOSES MAJOR COALITION PARTNER
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (6/27/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On May 24, 2012, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party (PA, ”Bargavach Hayastan” in Armenian) Gagik Tsarukian declared that his party, the second largest in the parliament according to the results of the vote of May 6, would not enter the governmental coalition with the Republican Party (RP) of President Serzh Sargsyan. The president later entered a coalition agreement with a smaller party, Country of Law (“Orinats Yerkir”).
AZERBAIJANI-TURKMEN DISAGREEMENT ENDANGERS TRANS-CASPIAN PIPELINE
By Mina Muradova (6/27/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The competing political and economic interests of the five littoral countries of the Caspian Sea after the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in a prolonged dispute over the definition of the legal status and fair division of the basin according to national segments. Different legal interpretations have led to political and even military clashes between countries. The former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have recently exchanged barbs over a disputed oilfield in the Caspian Sea.
TAJIK OPPOSITION PARTY VOWS TO REWARD OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS
By Alexander Sodiqov (6/13/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On May 21, Muhiddin Kabiri, the leader of the opposition Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) announced that his party will reward Tajik athletes who bring home medals from the forthcoming Summer Olympic Games in London. Each medalist will receive a one-bedroom apartment in the country’s capital Dushanbe.
CLINTON SPEAKS OF DEFENSE SUPPORT AND DEMOCRACY DURING GEORGIA VISIT
By Eka Janashia (6/13/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
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Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.