Field Reports
CLINTON DISCUSSES ENERGY, SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DURING AZERBAIJAN VISIT
By Mina Muradova (6/13/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
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KYRGYZSTAN COMMEMMORATES OSH EVENTS
By Aigul Kasymova (6/13/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On June 4, 2012 President Almazbek Atambaev signed the decree “Day of remembrance of tragic events in cities of Osh, Jalalabad and separate districts of Osh and Jalalabad regions in June 2010” in Bishkek. As stated by the office of the President, June 10 serves as a day of remembrance of victims of the tragic events, help consolidating society, and promote peace and stability in Kyrgyzstan.
GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF ESTABLISHING ARMED MILITIA
By Niklas Nilsson (3/21/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The most recent dispute in Georgian politics contains serious allegations of government misconduct ahead of the October 2012 elections and ambitions to form armed militias to intimidate opposition supporters. The allegations come as campaigning for the parliamentary election in October gain speed and can be viewed in the context of a framing contest between the government and opposition that has been ongoing for several years, the ultimate price of which is the international legitimacy of power in Georgia.
RUSSIA TRANSFERS TROOPS TO DAGESTAN
By Olof Staaf (3/21/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On March 14, Russia began transferring troops from Chechnya to the unstable highland- and forest districts in Central Dagestan. This move was effectuated after a series of violent events during the transition period between winter and spring had demonstrated that the aforementioned regions will very likely continue to be the core of the North Caucasus insurgency.
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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.