Field Reports
IS AZERBAIJAN TURNING TOWARDS RUSSIA?
By Fariz Ismailzade (2/11/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
During his three-day visit, Aliyev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, Chairman of the Council of Federation Sergey Mironov and the Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov. A previously unplanned meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov also took place. In addition to this, he made a speech at the Institute of International Studies in Moscow and held a press conference at ITAR-TASS news agency.ELECTION CODE CHANGES IN KAZAKHSTAN
By Olivia Allison (2/11/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The parliamentary working group on the amendments is currently considering hundreds of suggestions from other deputies and deciding which to work into the new draft. Nonetheless, most observers expect these changes to be minor, compared to the significant work that has already taken place.Many sources have said the reason for uncontroversial approval of the amendments last month was the extensive discussion that has already taken place, and the willingness of the working group to compromise.
SEVERE FLOOD HITS SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN
By Marat Yermukanov (2/11/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The first warnings of the impending flood came from environmental groups in early December. These sources said that the level of the Syrdarya River which is shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan was rising rapidly. But these warnings were not heeded in time by clumsy government bureaucracy.HARASSED JOURNALISTS IN KAZAKHSTAN GET OPPOSITION BACKING
By Marat Yermukanov (1/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Last year, the highly-rated “Vremya” newspaper ran a series of articles shedding light on the roots of corruption and large-scale embezzlement among the top echelons of power. One of these criticisms touched on the raw the director of the “Republican Innovation Foundation” (RIF) Asgat Zhabagin, who served as deputy prime minister in the years 1993-1994 and then as a Minister of Energy Resources. The journalist alleged that US$1.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.