Field Reports
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT, OPPOSITION MIMIC RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN CONSTRUCTING POLICIES
By Erica Marat (6/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On June 24, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced that he will reinforce a long-term development strategy until 2020. The same day, a group of renown officials, academics and NGO activists came up with a new political bloc, "United Kyrgyzstan". Both the 2020 Strategy and United Kyrgyzstan are conspicuously reminiscent of policies pursued by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who enjoys the widest popularity among Kyrgyz politicians and society.
AZERBAIJAN TO HOLD ITS FIRST MILITARY PARADE SINCE 1992
By Azer Karimov (6/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On June 26, Azerbaijan will be celebrating the day of the National Army. On that day in 1918, the first independent Azerbaijani army was established by a decree issued by the leadership of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. That was a historic moment for the country.
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS MOSCOW
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (6/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The new Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan paid his first official visit to Russia on June 23-25, which was not unexpected given the importance of the relations between Moscow and Yerevan for Armenia. Russia has been Armenia’s main partner in both the political and military spheres, and the economic component of bilateral relations is continuously growing. The new presidents elected this year in both countries, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitri Medvedev, had already met twice in March and in early June (during the unofficial CIS summit in St.
TAJIK GOVERNMENT REGULATES WEDDING SPLENDOR
By Erica Marat (6/11/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
One year ago, the Tajik parliament adopted a law regulating the population's spending on wedding and funeral ceremonies. The law was considered after Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon noticed how these ceremonies produce a devastating economic impact on the impoverished population.
Weddings in particular are an important part of the local culture with many rituals involved.
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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.