Field Reports
PERCEPTIONS OF NATO’S FUTURE IN AZERBAIJAN
By Gulnara Ismailova (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Already in May 1994, Azerbaijan joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, PfP. Since 1996, official Baku has been increasingly active in the framework of PfP. Since 1996, Azerbaijani military representatives take part in exercises, workshops and trainings in skills development.SECURITY, GOVERNANCE, AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN SHIDA KARTLI
By Theresa Freese (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
These reform measures in Shida Kartli region combine with other efforts to constitute the largest anti-corruption campaign in the country. The new governor, Mikheil Kareli, aims to install loyal, law-abiding leaders in his region in order to institute governance, security, and economic reforms that will attract investment and prompt economic recovery. Tangible activities are just getting underway.KAZAKHSTAN IS SET TO ROOT OUT CANNABIS FIELDS
By Marat Yermukanov (5/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Easily accessible fields of wild Chu hemp cover vast expanses of the Moyunkum Desert. In the past century, as chronicled by old-timers, local government planted Indian hemp in some areas. The purpose was to stop the advancing sands to save pasture lands.PACE INCIDENT COULD HURT AZERI-TURKISH RELATIONS
By Fariz Ismailzade (5/5/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In these meetings, Aliyev again indicated at Baku\'s desire for development of cooperation with Strasbourg. Aliyev stressed that Baku intended to fulfill all obligations toward the Council of Europe. \"Azerbaijan will soon make a breakthrough in field of democracy and everyone will see that\", he said.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.