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By Rizwan Zeb (3/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: Pakistan and China signed the deal to build the $248 million deep-sea port on the Arabian Sea coast in Southern Baluchistan in 2002. The project was to be completed by March 2005. China provided $198 million in a mixture of soft loans and grants; Islamabad is paying the remaining 50 million.
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By Marat Yermukanov (2/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: A recently released report of the Healthcare Ministry of Kazakhstan states that the number of officially registered drug users rose from 49,700 in 2002 to 52,800 in 2003. Non-government organizations call these statistics into question, suspecting that these figures are underreported. According to their estimates at least 350,000 people in Kazakhstan regularly use various kinds of drugs and intoxicating substances.
Wednesday, 25 February 2004

FACING THE RUSSIAN RHETORIC IN EURASIA

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By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. (2/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: When Secretary of State Colin Powell landed in Moscow on Monday, January 26, after attending Mikheil Saakashvili’s inauguration, he was facing an atmosphere decisively different than the Georgian celebrations. Over the last several months, Russian leaders have sent signals indicating a less cooperative stance in the CIS. Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has called 2004 a year to reassert Russia’s position in the CIS.
Wednesday, 25 February 2004

IS ILHAM ALIYEV FULFILLING EXPECTATIONS?

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By Fariz Ismailzade (2/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: The presidential elections of October 15, 2003 brought Ilham Aliyev to the presidency of Azerbaijan. Some termed it a dynastic transfer of power from father to son, while others coined it as the beginning of a new era in Azerbaijani politics. Much was expected of the young Aliyev: reforms in the political and civil society sectors, liberalization of the economic sphere from the control of the governmental officials; more rapid integration into the Western institutions and reliance on a younger cadre in the state administration.

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