Field Reports
CONFERENCE AND TRAINING FOR TRAINERS ON HIV/AIDS CONDUCTED IN BISHKEK
By Aziz Soltobaev (7/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Since 2000 a steady growth of HIV infection among Injecting Drug Users has been observed in Central Asia. In Temirtau (Kazakhstan), Osh (Kyrgyzstan) and Janguil (Uzbekistan), outbreaks of HIV have been registered, according to the report “Drugs in Central Asia”.The Head of the Kyrgyz Republican Center of Narcology Tynchtykbek Asanov expressed a positive assessment of training results.
KAZAKH RESEARCHERS CLAIM THEY FOUND HEPATITIS MEDICINE
By Marat Yermukanov (7/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At a press conference in Almaty, the vice-president of the Nutrition Academy Yuri Sinyavsky told the journalists that the hepatitis medicine of a new generation found by a group of researchers could revolutionize the whole concept of treatment of one of the most dangerous diseases, hepatitis B, C and D which cause liver cirrhosis. “Conventional methods of treatment are efficient in no more than 15-20% of cases. In case of chronic hepatitis C, they are entirely useless.“JUMA” COMMUNITY EVICTED FROM MOSQUE IN AZERBAIJAN
By Gulnara Ismailova (7/14/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The “Juma” Mosque was built in 1899-1901. It was opened for worship again in 1992. It presently has about 3 thousand parishioners.PAKISTAN–RUSSIA RELATIONS IN A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT
By Zahid Anwar (6/30/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Certain vigorous efforts from Moscow and Islamabad need to be undertaken to push mutual cooperation forward. Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan, Director of the Area Study Centre, in his introductory speech said that a journey of thousand miles starts with a single step.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.