Field Reports
PRO-OPPOSITION JOURNALIST FOUND GUILTY IN YEREVAN COURT
By Vahagn Muradyan (2/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On January 19, Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of pro-opposition Haikakan Zhamanak Daily, was sentenced to seven years in prison for organizing mass disorders during the opposition protests on March 1-2, 2008, following the disputed presidential election in February 2008. At least 10 people died and hundreds were injured in the clashes between government forces and protesters who challenged the official results that gave victory to current president Serzh Sargsyan. Pashinyan, an active supporter of former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s bid to challenge Sargsyan’s planned ascension to power, went into hiding and turned himself in on July 1, 2009.
TAJIKISTAN SEEKS ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS FOR ITS LABOR MIGRANTS
By Alexander Sodiqov (2/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking to journalists on January 7, Tajikistan’s Migration Service chief Safiallo Devonaev said the government is strengthening efforts to diversify destinations for the country’s surplus labor. Already this year about 1,000 physicians and nurses from Tajikistan will get jobs in Saudi Arabia under an agreement reached in November 2009. They can soon be followed by engineers, drivers and construction workers.
WHO BENEFITS FROM THE STATUS QUO IN TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS?
By Armen Grigoryan (2/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Soon after signing the Turkish-Armenian protocols in October 2009, Turkish officials asserted that their ratification would depend on developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process, i.e. the return of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control.
REMOVAL OF SOVIET MONUMENTS IN UZBEKISTAN
By Erkin Akhmadov (2/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On January 12, Tashkent held an opening ceremony for a new monument called “An oath to the Motherland” (“Vatanga Kasamyod”). The opening ceremony was held on the eve of the Defenders of the Motherland Day. Apparently, the new monument replaced the older one dedicated to “A defender of the southern borders of the Soviet Union”.
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Staff Publications
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.