Field Reports
PLAYING THE IRAQ CARD IN KAZAKHSTAN
By Marat Yermukanov (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the early phases of the Iraq-US standoff the best policy for Kazakhstan appeared to be to distance itself from this explosive issue, which had no immediate bearing on domestic matters, as far as possible. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for policy-makers to remain silent, although many of them don\'t show much interest in what is considered to be the business of others. The strongest criticism of the official passive attitude to the events in the Persian Gulf came from the furious opponent of the government Gani Kasymov, a member of parliament, who unsuccessfully contested the presidency in the 1999 elections.TAJIKISTAN: TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS
By Alexei Igushev (2/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Afghanistan still produces up to 70 percent of the world\'s heroin. Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has had serious implications for the security and economy in the whole region. Now drug abuse is spreading in Afghanistan\'s northern neighbors.TAJIKISTAN: COUNTERING POVERTY, TRYING TO STAY IN GOOD TERMS WITH RUSSIA AND WEST
By Alexei Igushev (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the latest UN Human Development Report, 83 percent of Tajikistan\'s population of six million live below the poverty line of subsisting on under $1 a day. According to international relief organizations accredited in Tajikistan, almost one million Tajik citizens are in the state of permanent labor migration, i.e.KYRGYZSTAN FACES THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN
By Gulzina Karim kyzy (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
According to the International Organization for Migration, at the moment the number of trafficked women from Kyrgyzstan for the global sex industry constitutes around 4,000, which puts the country among the leading countries in human trafficking. The majority of women are taken to the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea and to some other countries. The trafficking in Kyrgyzstan has become established to such a degree that special firms have developed, which claim to provide highly paid work abroad without requiring special skills or qualifications from potential employees.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.