Field Reports
IS RUSSIA PREPARING TO SOLVE THE CASPIAN SEA PROBLEM BY FORCE?
By Gulnara Ismailova, a freelance journalist based in Baku, Azerbaijan. (5/8/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The first summit of the five Caspian sea countries on April 24 in Ashgabat finished in failure, when the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia failed to sign a joint declaration. The very day after the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to hold large-scale exercises in the Caspian Sea. The timing of the decision was probably not a coincidence.KURULTAI AND FORUM ON THE SUBJECT OF AKSY BLOODSHED IN KYRGYZSTAN
By Anna Kirey (5/8/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The aftermath of the Aksy events in Kyrgyzstan has called for discussion because of their ambiguous interpretation by the two poles of the political system of the country. Two citizen’s gatherings were scheduled within a three-day period in the middle of April. The idea to initiate a Kurultai (People\'s Congress) was announced right after six people were shot and dozens injured on March 17-18 in the Aksy district of the Jalal-Abad region.FLAWED KYRGYZ REFERENDUM SPRAKS CONTROVERSY
By Aijan Baltabaeva (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A week prior to the referendum, the \"NK Alyance\" oil company broadcasted advertisement that \"people endorse President\". During the entire week, KOORT TV broadcasted an advertisement, where on vote bulletins \"no\" answers were crossed out, implying to support proposed issues. Two weeks ahead of referendum day, the state machinery had been working at the breaking point.AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION GETS DECISION OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICE REPEALED
By Gulnara Ismailova (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In 2000, the Popular Front party split up into to two groups, the \"classics\" (leader Mirmahmud Fattaev) and the \"reformers\" (Ali Kerimli). Both of these groups, rejecting the opposite side\'s legitimacy, proclaimed their own group as the only legitimate organization with the name APFP. Each side applied to the ministry of justice and stated that it represents APFP.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.