Field Reports
KYRGYZ CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: WHICH SYSTEM IS BETTER?
By Nurshat Ababakirov (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 28, the president in his general address to the public, “The national strategy of development and immediate tasks”, called for a constitution with the capacity to solve the issues of the “reconstruction” period, and discarded the necessity for an “ideal and abstract” one. The president, Kurmanbek Bakiev, underlined the feasibility of a strong executive branch, which he buttresses since the onset of his presidential tenure in August 2005.In late June, the drafts were completed by a working group, financed by foreign organizations, and led by Azimbek Beknazarov, parliamentarian and a former prosecutor general.
MINING ACCIDENT IN CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN TRIGGERS PUBLIC OUTCRY
By Marat Yermukanov (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The explosion of methane gas in the morning of September 20 killed 41 miners working 600 meters deep in the Lenin coal mine owned by Mittal Steel Temirtau company. The explosion was so powerful that it was impossible for relatives and friends to identify the dismembered bodies of many miners. For many hours rescue teams were busy searching for more than eighty bodies trapped in the coal pit.AZERBAIJAN’S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY IN TURMOIL
By Fariz Ismailzade (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On one side stands Rauf Arifoglu, the editor-in-chief of the Yeni Musavat newspaper – the most influential newspaper in the country and deputy chairman of the party, as well as Arif Haci, another deputy chairman. They were arrested in October 2003 in connection with the violent protests that broke out following the Presidential elections. Arifoglu has always been the maverick of the party, often opposing even the leadership style of the party chairman Isa Gambar.LEADER OF ISLAMIC PARTY OF TURKESTAN ELIMINATED BY KYRGYZ SECURITY SERVICE
By Joldosh Osmonov (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Special Forces of the National Security Service (NSS) conducted an anti-terrorist operation with the purpose of eliminating one of the leaders of international terrorist organization �Islamic Party of Turkestan� (IPT), former the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Rasul Akhunov. The operation took place in one of the densely populated districts of Osh, which is the biggest city in the south of Kyrgyzstan, on September 2. The NSS received information that the IPT leader was staying in a private house in Osh city.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.