RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN KAZAKHSTAN: DREAM OR REALITY?
By Rafis Abazov (10/5/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
This fall several thousand students in Kazakhstan will enter universities of a very different type – research universities.
CONCERNS OVER URMIA LAKE BOOSTS NATIONALISM AMONG AZERBAIJANIS IN IRAN
By Emil Souleimanov (10/5/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Mass demonstrations of ethnic Azerbaijanis protesting the drying up of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran, the Middle East’s largest water reservoir and the third largest salt-water lake in the world, recently struck the cities of Iranian Azerbaijan. Although information from the region is scarce, numerous reports state that hundreds of protesters have been beaten, arrested and mistreated by Iranian police and security forces.
UZBEKISTAN’S 20th ANNIVERSARY: INDEPENDENCE AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY
By Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro (10/5/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 1, President Islam Karimov delivered his customary speech at the celebrations of Uzbekistan’s 20th anniversary of independence. The emphasis on independence and on the “Uzbek Model” for economic development continues to be expounded as the general principle for how Uzbek authorities wish to engage with international actors.
PAKISTAN, THE U.S., AND THE HAQQANI NETWORK
By Rizwan Zeb (10/5/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Admiral Mullen’s recent statement that the Haqqani network is a strategic arm of Pakistan has given rise to a new crisis in relations between Islamabad and Washington. Many in the U.
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