Field Reports
PESHAWAR CONFERENCE ON PAKISTAN’S TRIBAL AREAS
By Zahid Anwar (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
With the exception of the Orakzai agency, the remaining six tribal agencies of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province are located along the Durand line and have a direct impact on developments in Afghanistan. Since this British devised system, with very insignificant changes, is still operational, there need arises to conduct an extensive analysis and assessment to judge its effectiveness, validity and relevance in a changing environment. The Afghan crisis has deeply affected these agencies, including through a massive influx of Afghan refugees to Pakistan, Islamabad’s role as the frontline state for the Afghan Mujahideen Resistance against the Soviet occupation, and the prolonged stay of the refugees in the country.KAZAKHSTAN BALANCES ON THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN VELVET REVOLUTION AND “GOVERNABLE DEMOCRACY”
By Marat Yermukanov (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Events in Kyrgyzstan, portrayed as “banditry and marauding” perpetrated by an unmanageable mob in the public speeches of top echelons officials of Kazakhstan, present a striking contrast to the thesis of step-by-step political reform favored by official Kazakh ideology. By all standards, the repetition of the Kyrgyz scenario in Kazakhstan is almost unthinkable. Even fierce critics of the regime admit that a number of factors strongly minimize, if not exclude altogether, the threat of a Kyrgyz-style uprising in Kazakhstan.DEMONSTRATION IN JAVAKHETI MARKS INCREASED TENSIONS IN ARMENIAN POPULATED REGIONS OF GEORGIA
By Grigor Hakobyan (4/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The estimates for the number of participants vary. An article in April 1, 2005 issue of the Armenian Aravot newspaper cited 3, 000 participants, while an article in the April 2, 2005 issue of the daily Azg cited 6, 0000-9,000 participants. Despite unsuccessful attempts by the Georgian police to prevent the gathering, the rally went ahead as planned.CENTRAL ASIAN EFFORTS TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS
By Nazgul Baktybekova (3/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Since 2000, Central Asia has witnessed a steady growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The already high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, growing drug addiction and lack of state resources have made the region even more vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Currently, the official number of HIV/AIDS infected persons in Kyrgyzstan is 669, while the figure for Uzbekistan is 5,680 and for Tajikistan 370.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.