Field Reports
RUSSIAN EMBARGO BEGINS TO BE FELT IN GEORGIA
By Kakha Jibladze (10/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the Kremlin, the embargo was enforced due to Georgia’s decision to arrest and deport four Russian military officers accused of spying. However, in Georgia and internationally, analysts believe the embargo was one of many measures Moscow has devised to ‘punish’ Tbilisi for pursuing Intensified Dialogue with NATO and promoting, in the eyes of the Kremlin, an anti-Russian rhetoric.The embargo is really made up of three parts: transportation, postal, and social.
FRANCE LOOSES CREDIBILITY IN AZERBAIJAN
By Fariz Ismailzade (10/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The protests were started by the United Azerbaijan Popular Front party, whose members were shouting such slogans as “Shame on the patrons of the aggressor Armenia!†Local police forces broke up the picket and arrested one of the activists of the party. The protests were followed up by the Karabakh Liberation Organization, notorious for its anti-peace stance and more radical attitude towards Armenia than the government’s. Besides shouting anti-French slogans, the picketers managed to divert the police’s attention and throw eggs at the embassy building.“I LIKE! YOU LIKE?â€: BRITISH COMEDIAN CHEERS, DISGUSTS KAZAKHSTANIS
By Erica Marat (10/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In his acting, Borat jokes with most embarrassing and controversial issues, including illiteracy in etiquette, anti-Semitism, racism, alcoholism, incest, homosexuality, prostitution and Kazakhstan’s relations with Uzbekistan.Most people in Kazakhstan appear rather disgusted with Borat’s jokes. As one World Bank representative comments, “Kazakhstan is a Muslim country, there should be boundaries especially towards women.
GEORGIA GAINS NATO INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE AMID RUSSIA CRISIS
By Kakha Jibladze (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 21, NATO announced that Georgia’s application for Intensified Dialogue with the alliance was approved. While the ID is not an official stage of membership, it is a substantial leap forward for Georgia. Just a year ago, NATO officials visiting Georgia were less then impressed with the pace of reforms, particularly in the military.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.