Field Reports
THE UPCOMING GEORGIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS: TURNOUT IS THE ISSUE
By Kakha Jibladze (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
While the National Movement has been successfully campaigning throughout the summer, the opposition parties have been forced to catch up to prepare. Although the government has taken some steps to ensure the elections will be free and fair, opposition candidates and activists are accusing the ruling party of stacking the odds in its favor. While the government is almost certain to come out victorious in the ballots, a low turnout could turn into a significant political setback for the administration.ISLAM KARIMOV ASKS FOR KAZAKH INVESTMENT TO BOLSTER UZBEK ECONOMY
By Marat Yermukanov (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 4, Uzbek President Islam Karimov arrived in Astana on his first visit to Kazakhstan. He arrived at the invitation, as it was officially announced by the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, of Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Uzbek leader, who incessantly thanked his Kazakh counterpart for the cordial welcome stressing the “historic” friendship between the two nations, lavished praised the fast growth rate of the Kazakh economy and did not conceal his enchantment with the rapidly expanding capital of Astana.SECURITY SERVICE SCANDAL CAUSES POLITICAL CRISIS IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Nurshat Ababakirov (9/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Omurbek Tekebaev, the parliamentarian and ardent critic of the government, was arrested in the airport of Warsaw with narcotics in his suitcase. As widely expected, the political confrontation between the government and opposition started, being fueled by rather intricate scandal. It is broadly believed that National Security Service (NSS) is involved in an attempt to discredit the Omurbek Tekebaev and the opposition.THE U.S.-KYRGYZ MILITARY BASE NEGOTIATIONS
By Joldosh Osmonov (9/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On July 14, 2006, Kyrgyzstan and United States issued a “Joint statement of the U.S. and the Kyrgyz Republic on coalition forces airbase at Manas airport”, resulting from the final round of negotiations on the continued presence of the American airbase on Kyrgyz territory.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.