Field Reports
AUDIT LEADS TO SCANDAL FOR TAJIK NATIONAL BANK
By Suhrob Majidov (5/6/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The National Bank of Tajikistan made public a special audit report revealing the improper usage of several hundred million dollars and unprecedented criticism towards the former head of Tajikistan’s National Bank, Murodali Alimardon, who is an acting deputy prime minister in Tajikistan’s Government. The special independent audit of Tajikistan’s National Bank was conducted by the international corporation Ernst & Young, following an agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government of Tajikistan.
NEW PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN – THE ROLE OF UZBEKISTAN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
By Umida Hashimova (5/6/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Obama announced a new plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan on March 27, 2009. In the Central Asian context, two aspects of the plan beg closer scrutiny: the increase in military and civilian presence in Afghanistan, and the creation of a Contact Group that invites NATO, the Central Asian states, the Gulf nations, Iran, Russia, India and China to participate in resolving the Afghanistan issue.
Analysts can be divided into two groups regarding their opinions and forecasts on the implications of the new plan.
EXPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY GENERATES FRUSTRATION IN TAJIKISTAN
By Bek Boriev (5/6/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajik president Emomali Rakhmon appears to be losing common ground with Moscow, as Russian president Dmitry Medvedev set aside joint agreements on the Roghun hydro-electric power plant. Tajik authorities perceive the Roghun project as a necessity and apply all means necessary to have it accomplished, but so far to no avail. Also, Rakhmon sought financial support from the EU and returned with promising agreements on multi-dimensional cooperation.
IS THERE ANY FUTURE FOR UZBEKISTAN IN THE CSTO?
By Erkin Akhmadov (4/23/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 16-17 April 2009, the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) held a session in Yerevan, Armenia. While Uzbekistan is a member of the regional military-political bloc along with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, it declined the invitation to the meeting. The republic’s foreign policy agency stated that there is no rationale for the participation of Uzbekistan’s representatives in the course of the session.
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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.