GEORGIA’S POST-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD ENDS, POSING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
By Temuri Yakobashvili and Johanna Popjanevski (1/9/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The January 5 presidential elections vindicated Georgia’s democratic credentials. It brought Mikheil Saakashvili a second term in power, but one which will be distinctively different from his first. With Georgia’s post-revolutionary period coming to an end, parliamentary elections this spring are certain to yield a much more diverse and contested political scene.
EDUCATION REFORMS IN TURKMENISTAN: WHERE WILL IT GO?
By Rafis Abazov (1/9/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In January 2008, government officials in Turkmenistan reiterated their commitment to education reforms and announced a 46 percent increase in budgetary spending on schools and universities. These steps come on top of a 40 percent increase of educational spending in 2007. These public announcements also intensified heated debates about the state of education in Turkmenistan and the direction of the reforms: should the reforms be oriented toward open private initiatives and fee-based education (the American market-oriented model) or should the education system remain subsidized and state-supported as in north European countries?
BACKGROUND: Turkmenistan entered independence with a strong commitment to radically reform its education system.
RUSSIA’S CFE SUSPENSION WORRIES ITS SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS
By Richard Weitz (1/9/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On December 12, the Russian government “suspended†its obligations regarding the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The immediate effect of the suspension, an option not even provided for in the original 1990 treaty, has been that Moscow has stopped providing information about the size, location, and activities of its military forces west of the Ural Mountains, the Russian territory covered by the treaty. Another consequence, however, has been to exacerbate security concerns in countries located near Russia, especially in Georgia and Turkey.
KARABAKH IN MADRID: GREAT POWERS SEEK CONTINUITY IN THE PEACE PROCESS IN TURBULENT YEAR AHEAD
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (1/9/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At the December 2007 Madrid summit of the OSCE, the co-chairs of the Minsk group presented a new document on resolving the Mountainous Karabakh conflict. This was the first such initiative by the co-chairs since 1998. It may reflect the wish of the great powers to secure guarantees that the progress reached so far in the negotiation process is not lost, and that the conflicting parties will not abort the negotiation process under the aegis of the OSCE Minsk group following presidential elections to be held in both countries this year.
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