Field Reports
RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN TENSION RAISE CONCERNS IN ARMENIA, BUT NO REAL IMPACT YET
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (11/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Second, the Russian-Georgian conflict, not to mention any instability in Armenia’s northern neighbor, would cut the most important communication link between Armenia and the outer world. As the land borders of Armenia with two of its neighbors – Azerbaijan and Turkey – are closed due to political reasons, Armenia can trade goods with the outer world only through Iran and Georgia, the latter serving more than half of Armenia’s foreign cargo turnover. Third, worsening Georgian-Russian relations could hinder vital supplies from Russia from reaching Armenia, first of all natural gas, which flows to Armenia through a pipeline crossing the territory of Georgia.TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV REELECTED WITH A LANDSLIDE
By Zoya Pylenko (11/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 8, the chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that after counting 91 percent of the votes, President Rahmonov had received 79.3 percent of the vote and won the election. Participation in the election had been high, according to official figures, and amounted to 91 percent of the registered voters.UZBEK AND KAZAKH LEADERS PROP UP BAKIYEV’S REGIME
By Marat Yermukanov (11/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Unofficial sources say Nursultan Nazarbayev took an apparently sudden decision to travel to Tashkent while on a tour of the city of Shymkent in the South Kazakhstan region, from where he was escorted to the Uzbek capital by car. What official sources state is that the unofficial private talks between Islam Karimov and Nursultan Nazarbayev took place in the Uzbek President’s Durmen residence, and that the two leaders “discussed questions of bilateral relations and exchanged views on regional and international problems”. Nothing particular could be discerned at the briefing given in Islam Karimov’s residence immediately after the talks.HIV SCANDAL IN SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN REVEALS POOR MEDICAL STANDARDS
By Marat Yermukanov (11/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The shocking news that nine toddlers in children’s clinics of Shymkent contracted AIDS reached the public late in March. A group of parliament members sent an inquiry to the Health Ministry and demanded a thorough investigation into the case. Furious parents and relatives stormed newspaper offices.Visit also
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.