Field Reports
CENTRAL ASIAN YOUTH ENCOUNTERS REVIVAL OF AGE-DISCRIMINATING TRADITIONS
By Erica Marat and Anara Tabyshalieva (6/28/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Rates of child labor are increasing throughout Central Asia, while the schooling system is rapidly deteriorating. Despite the fact that children under 17 years constitute more than one third of the total population in each Central Asian state with the exception of Kazakhstan, neither national governments nor local civil society organizations address these problems.In the 1990s the Soviet welfare system disintegrated, placing a bigger burden on Central Asia’s women and youth.
KAZAKHSTAN’S SATELLITE LAUNCH: POLITICAL WINDOW-DRESSING VERSUS ECONOMIC RATIONALE
By Marat Yermukanov (6/28/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The start of the first Kazakh communication satellite KazSat went off smoothly as planned and representatives of Russian and Kazakh space agencies applauded enthusiastically as the satellite launched by the Russian Proton K rocket carrier reached its orbital location. The successful launch of KazSat is a matter of political importance for Astana, which regards it as a significant step towards joining the 50 most competitive countries in the world, something obsessively strived for by the leadership. Only a short while ago, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were considering the possibility of cooperation in the sphere of space and aviation technology.KYRGYZSTAN: MINISTERIAL CONFIRMATIONS ALMOST COMPLETED
By Nurshat Ababakirov (6/28/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The parliament approved Daniyar Usenov with 49 votes against 17 as First Deputy Prime Minister; Medetbek Kerimkulov with 42 votes against 26 as Minister of Industry, Trade, and Tourism; Azim Isabekov with 48 votes against 20 as Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Processing Industry. The government would have been complete, if Ishengul Boljurova, the would-be first lady in the government, had been accepted as Deputy Prime Minister. She gained the confidence of 26 parliamentarians against 42, thus being unable to pass the threshold of 38 votes.KYRGYZ PROGRAM ON DECREASING IDD LEVELS FAILS TO ACHIEVE AIMS
By Janyl Bokonbaeva (6/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the framework of combating IDD, international development agencies have provided invaluable assistance to the Kyrgyz government in the form of technical assistance and consultancy support, humanitarian aid, legislative inputs, capacity building and a large-scale communication and education campaign.Thus attempts have been made to elaborate a national Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency elimination strategy, and introducing Universal salt iodization (USI) as a joint initiative of the government, the donor community and civil society. However, the National Program for Decreasing IDD Levels in the Kyrgyz Republic for the years 2003-2007 is not being satisfactorily implemented.
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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.