Field Reports
BERDIMUHAMMEDOV SEEKS CLOSER PARTNERSHIP ON HIS VISIT TO EUROPE
By Chemen Durdiyeva (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 13, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov paid a five-day state visit to Germany and Austria. Domestically, Berdimuhammedov’s visits to these European countries, accompanied by a state delegation of 170 people, have largely been viewed as a major breakthrough in Turkmenistan’s foreign relations.
UZBEKISTAN CUTS TERM FOR MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
By Erkin Akhmadov (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 20 November 2008, the President of Uzbekistan approved the decree “On Measures for Improvement of the Conditions for Passing Military Conscription in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan”. From 2009, the term will last twelve months as opposed to the previous 24 months, and the conscripts will be drafted only once a year.
KYRGYZ MINISTER OF ENERGY SACKED, BUT CORRUPTION CONTINUES
By Erica Marat (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 25, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev sacked Minister of Energy Saparbek Balkibekov. The decision came amid a split in the pro-regime Ak Zhol party over the worsening crisis in the hydro-energy sector.
NEW ROUND OF DEMONSTRATIONS STARTS IN TBILISI
By Niklas Nilsson (11/12/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 7, one year after the Georgian police’s crackdown on demonstrators in Tbilisi, parts of the Georgian opposition and their supporters gathered for protest rallies against the authorities. The rallies were organized by the New Rights Party, the Conservative Party, the People’s Party, the Labor Party, and the Movement for United Georgia, as well as several independent politicians, representing most of the parties in the opposition coalition which is boycotting parliament following the May Parliamentary elections.
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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.