Field Reports
RUSSIA-TAJIKISTAN RELATIONS: POLICIES OF THE STRONG AND THE WEAK
By Sergey Medrea (11/12/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On October 25-26, Tajikistan hosted the third Inter-parliamentary forum “Russia-Tajikistan: Potentials for Inter-Regional Cooperation” with the participation of the Tajik president, Emomali Rahmon; the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Mironov; and parliamentarians and representatives of the business communities in the two countries. The forum’s agenda included plenary sessions and roundtables devoted to issues of intra-regional trade, mutual investments, economic partnership and cooperation, aiming to increase the overall turnover between the two countries by 20%, bringing the total to US$ one billion in the coming year.
BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TO IMPORT KOREAN ECONOMIC MODEL
By Chemen Durdiyeva (11/12/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 5, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov paid a three-day state visit to South Korea for the first time in his presidency. Having met with his counterpart President Lee Myung-bank and a wide circle of business elite representatives, Berdimuhammedov vowed to follow the Korean experience of economic development.
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE FATA OF PAKISTAN
By Zahid Anwar (11/12/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Area Study Centre of the University of Peshawar and the Hanns Siedel Foundation (Germany) jointly organized a two day conference on, “The Current Situation in the FATA of Pakistan” in Peshawar on October 22 and 23, 2008. Many retired ambassadors, civil and military officers, journalists, academics, and area research scholars met to discuss the mayhem in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
ELECTIONS IN AZERBAIJAN CONSTITUTE STEP FORWARD, BUT INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS REMAIN AMBIGUOUS
By Alman Mir Ismail (10/29/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Presidential elections in Azerbaijan, which took place on October 15, were the calmest and most properly organized in the country’s history. In spite of a tough neighborhood, geopolitical rivalry over its natural resources and a history of a tense election environment, Azerbaijan managed to conduct the latest race with maintained stability and internal order.
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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.