Field Reports
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN POST-MARCH 24 KYRGYZSTAN
By Erica Marat (1/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
With disappointment growing around Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s government and the March 24 Tulip Revolution, it is hard to deny the local NGO’s leverage in setting today’s political agenda. Kyrgyz NGOs played an important role in mobilizing crowds following the rigged elections of early 2005, and continue to be active participants of political life almost a year after the revolution. Representatives of civil society are involved in the commissions on the constitution and national ideology.ASTANA PURSUES OLD TRACK BEHIND NEW ADMINISTRATIVE FAÇADE
By Marat Yermukanov (1/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Presidential inauguration ceremony in Astana on January 11 was a widely trumpeted political event conceived to attract international attention and world leaders to Kazakhstan. But the propaganda effect of the inauguration ceremony obviously fell short of the expectations as most prominent Western leaders did not appear for the event and sent lukewarm messages of congratulation. In all other aspects, it was a pompous and solemn celebration attended by, as announced by official sources, representatives of more than seventy countries.CENTRAL ASIA STILL FEELING THREATENED BY RADICAL ISLAM
By Zoya Pylenko (1/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 15 January, Kyrgyz police arrested a leader of the movement in the southern city of Osh. This arrest coincided with the announcement by the Tajik authorities, on 16 January, that they had arrested 99 members of the organization in 2005. Two of the arrested were high-ranking leaders of the movement in Tajikistan, according to Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov.NEW ZEALAND PROJECT TO DOUBLE POOREST VILLAGE COMMUNITIES\' INCOME
By Aziz Soltobaev (1/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The people behind this project believe it could double their income levels. \"Poverty statistics showed that poverty in mountainous communities was 30-40% higher than in other regions of republic, particularly in valleys. Mountainous communities were places where poverty was concentrated.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.