Field Reports
DRY LANDS MANAGEMENT PROJECT BOOSTS KAZAKHSTAN’S AGRICULTURE
By Marat Yermukanov (11/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
One of the many paradoxes of Kazakhstan’s agriculture is that the country which possesses immeasurably vast areas of arable land chronically faces crop failure even in good years. Hundreds of farmers end up in bankruptcy due to low crop yields and snowballing debts for fuel, pesticides and fertilizers. Grain producers in the North Kazakhstan, Kostanay and Akmola regions are desperately struggling to sell their wheat for as low as $85 dollars a ton.TURKMENBASHI TIGHTENS HIS GRIP OVER SHORTFALLS IN COTTON PRODUCTION
By Chemen Durdiyeva (11/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Myrat Atagarryev, the former Governor of Akhal velayat, of which Ashgabat is the central city, is one of the dozens of state officials currently falling short of efforts to reach the cotton plan. On September 27, President Niyazov held a plenary session of Cabinet members and particularly addressed Mr. Atagarryev’s case regarding underperformance in ongoing cotton production.BATKEN’S BORDER PROBLEMS
By Zoya Pylenko (11/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
This is where Central Asia’s border problems are most visible. Although in the first half of October, negotiations between the Uzbek and Kyrgyz commissions on demarcation of the border came to an end, there is no end in sight for these problems. During the October meeting, the two countries submitted documents asserting their respective claim to disputed territories.PAKISTAN AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE: ‘COMPASSION FATIGUE’ IS NO REPLY
By Naveed Ahmad (10/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Pakistan’s worst and strongest earthquake originated from an epicenter 10 kilometers deep located somewhere in Mansehra district (34.432°N and 73.537°E).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.