INDEPENDENT ELECTRONIC MEDIA NETWORK IN UZBEKISTAN SET TO CHALLENGE STATE TV IN ELECTION COVERAGE
By Frederick Starr (11/17/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Private television in Uzbekistan dates to 1990, when Firdaus Abdukhalikov of Samarkand, a journalist by training, established STV or Samarkand Television. Since the USSR still existed, Abdukhalikov took his proposal directly to Moscow, where it was three times rejected. A chance meeting in May, 1990, at the Samarkand airport with future Uzbek President Islam Karimov (a Samarkand native) led to the issuance of the first license to a private TV channel, STV.GEORGIA: REVOLUTION HAS ENDED, KEY REFORMS STILL AHEAD
By Jaba Devdariani (11/17/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On November 23, 2003 popular protests, spearheaded by the key opposition parties – New National Movement and United Democrats – forced the ageing President Eduard Shevardnadze into resignation. Following this “Rose Revolution”, Georgian public voted the triad opposition leaders – Mikheil Saakashvili, Zurab Zhvania and Nino Burjanadze – overwhelmingly into the office. Analysts were suggesting initially, that the degree of hopes that Georgians pinned on the new government was unrealistically high.NATO DEEPENS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL ASIA
By Roger N McDermott (11/17/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Some progress was made on the diplomatic front, amidst the predictable accolades heaped on each state for their cooperation in the War on Terror. Uzbekistan has proven strategically important and remains so, given its proximity to Afghanistan where NATO’s has its peacekeeping role. However, many human rights groups have criticized western governments for their close military and security cooperation with Tashkent, raising potential problems in plotting a stable long-term course between NATO and Uzbekistan.REACTIVATING THE ECO: A MYTH?
By Asma Shakir Khwaja (11/3/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: During the summit, leaders vowed to reactivate the ECO. Pakistan was the torchbearer of this idea. While reasserting Pakistani President Musharaff’s “enlightened moderation” as a prescription for peace & harmony, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz proposed a strategy, which calls for result-oriented policies within ECO, suggesting that an implementation mechanism should be devised by member states.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Putin's War In Ukraine and the Crimean War), 19fourtyfive, January 2, 2023
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.