Field Reports
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY WINS LANDSLIDE IN TAJIK PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
By Alexander Sodiqov (3/18/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The February 28 election to Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament predictably ended in a landslide victory for the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT), headed by President Emomali Rakhmon. With 43 elected party members and 12 nominally independent candidates that had been fielded and supported by the party, the PDPT has extended its control of the 63-seat parliament for another five years. The remaining eight seats went to the Agrarian Party (APT), Communist Party (CPT), Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) and the Party of Economic Reforms (PERT) which will be represented in the parliament with two seats each.
IRAN SEEKS A ROLE IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
By Mina Muradova (3/18/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As the peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh continue, the interest and involvement of regional players increases. In recent months, Iran appears to seek to increase its role in Caucasus along with its competitors, Turkey and Russia.
BERDIMUKHAMMEDOV CALLS FOR MAJOR REFORMS IN TURKMENISTAN
By Chemen Durdiyeva (3/18/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking at the extended Cabinet meeting on February 18, President Gurbanguly Bedimuhammedov announced that Turkmenistan should register new political parties that would compete with the sole existing Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. At another meeting with the State Security Council on March 1, the president also declared his plans to liberalize Turkmenistan’s major legislation on criminal law.
After its last amendment in 2008, article 30 of Turkmenistan’s constitution guarantees the rights for Turkmen citizens to form political parties and public associations.
RUSSIA AND ABKHAZIA AGREE ON MILITARY BASE IN GUDAUTA
By Joanna Dziuba (3/18/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On February 17, Russia and Abkhazia signed a treaty on building a military base in Gudauta during the official visit of Abkhazia’s president Sergei Bagapsh in Moscow. The document is a result of the general agreement on military cooperation between Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia established in September 2009. The Russian land base will be established using and modernizing the existing military infrastructure in Gudauta, where 1,700 soldiers are already deployed.
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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.