ELECTIONS IN PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA – TEST OF DEMOCRACY
By Maia Gvritishvili (11/5/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The parliamentary elections were of great importance for Georgia. These elections were understood as a test of democracy which was all the more important as they formed a dress rehearsal for the Presidential Elections of 2005. Moreover, the parliamentary elections will bring forward the political spectrum that will govern the country in the post-Shevardnadze period.THE AFGHAN DISARMAMENT PROCESS AND ISAF
By Shahin Eghraghi (10/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: On October 13, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution which mandates ISAF to operate beyond its present Kabul boundaries. Germany and NATO have also given a green light for up to 450 German peacekeepers, a force separate from ISAF, to deploy to Kunduz in the north of the country as a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). The British already have a PRT presence in Mazar-e-Sharif with 72 men, and it is planned that they will be followed by others in up to eight different locations, including Herat and Kandahar.GWADAR AND CHABAHAR: COMPETITION OR COMPLIMENTARITY?
By Rizwan Zeb (10/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Pakistan and China last year signed a deal to build the $248 million deep-sea port, to be completed in March 2005. China is funding three-quarters of the project, supplying $ 198 million in a mixture of loans and grants, and Islamabad the remaining $ 50 million. Pakistan intends to take on other Gulf ports, especially Oman’s Salalah and UAE’s Jebel Ali and offer Central Asian states their most efficient warm-water access to both the west and the east.AZERI POLITICS: A NEW REALITY AFTER ELECTIONS?
By Fariz Ismailzade (10/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Incumbent President Heydar Aliyev stepped down 13 days prior to the race, thus ending his nearly 34 year long reign and paving the way for his son Ilham to succeed him. According to the final results from the Central Election Commission, Prime Minister Ilham Aliyev received 76.84 percent of the cast votes and his closest rival Isa Gambar of the Musavat party received 13.Visit also
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