Field Reports
SWAT DEAL IN PAKISTAN CONCEALS VICTORY FOR ISLAMIC RADICALISM
By Roman Muzalevsky (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Following a conflict between militants and the Pakistani Army, the authorities struck an agreement on February 16 with Maulana Sufi Muhammad, reportedly a non-violent leader, to introduce Sharia law in the Swat Valley pending an end of fighting by the militants. Muhammad is expected to convince Maulana Fazlullah, his son-in-law and leader of the militants terrorizing local secular officials, to lay down their arms. The deal will reportedly lead to more speedy Sharia-based justice, a ban on movies and education for women, and above all, peace and stability.
KYRGYZSTAN’S NEW TAX CODE: A MIXED BLESSING?
By Anvar Rahmetov (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On October 20, 2008, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev approved the Tax Code to become effective the following year. The new document was certainly a necessary and long-awaited piece of legislation. Businesses, social organizations and economists were said to have participated in the drafting, alongside public officials.
UNOMIG PROLONGED – BUT WILL IT BE EFFECTIVE?
By Przemyslaw Ozierski (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 13 February 2009, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1866 (2009) on extending the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia for a new period terminating on 15 June 2009. The document recalled previous resolutions on this issue from April and October 2008. The four-month extension period accentuated the provisional character of the mission; before the August war, the mission was renewed in six-month cycles.
ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT COUNTERS THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 12, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan unveiled the main principles of action of his government, which are expected to mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis on the Armenian economy. Its main measures are to encourage small and medium businesses, and boosting the purchasing capacity of the population through increased government involvement in the economy.
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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.