Field Reports
GEORGIAN OPPOSITION LEADER MAKES CONFUSING POLITICAL MOVES
By Maka Gurgenidze (3/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The upcoming mayoral elections are increasingly causing confusion among Georgian opposition leaders. The political maneuvers of the most popular opposition candidate, Irakli Alasania, between Western-oriented and pro-Russian parties last week have decreased the opposition’s chances of winning the post of Tbilisi Mayor.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE VISITS CENTRAL ASIA
By Erkin Akhmadov (3/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On February 17-21, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, visited the Central Asian states.
ARMENIA TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARDS ENPOWERING LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (3/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On February 1, the Armenian government introduced a bill to the National Assembly which marks a new step in the development of its state structure, as it is intended to radically increase the role of local municipalities. The local self government bodies in Armenia have so far been very week, with limited powers and influence. In particular, this is obvious in the weakness of their financial capacities.
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS PROSECUTED IN TAJIKISTAN
By Suhrob Majidov (3/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On February 23, a preliminary hearing took place in a lawsuit against three independent weekly newspapers and a lawyer that were accused of libel for publishing the content of a press conference. Two judges of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan and one judge of the Municipal Court of Dushanbe sued three media outlets of Tajikistan, the “Asia Plus”, “Farazh” and “Ozodagon” newspapers. The judges demanded to defend their honor and dignity and to recoup moral damage at a total amount of 5,5 million somoni (approximately US$1,2 million).
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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.