Field Reports
ALASANIA’S CANDIDATURE FOR TBILISI MAYOR’S OFFICE HINTS AT HIGHER AMBITIONS
By Oscar Pardo Sierra (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
This summer President Saakashvili offered the opposition the possibility of directly electing all mayors of Georgia, a promise made in 2004, shortly after the Rose Revolution. This is especially relevant for the capital Tbilisi, where until now the mayor has been elected indirectly by a city council, similar to the British model with the exception of London.
TAJIK PRESIDENT PROMOTES ENERGY-SAVING LAMPS
By Suhrob Majidov (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In April 2009, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon proposed to the people of his country to switch from tungsten bulbs to energy-saving lamps. On April 27, the President issued a decree “On additional measures on economical use of energy and energy-saving”, calling for a compulsory switch to energy-saving lamps by October 1.
ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI DISAGREEMENT ON MADRID PRINCIPLES STALLS KARABAKH SETTLEMENT PROCESS
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (10/14/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The latest meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Chisinau, Moldova, brought no visible progress in the efforts to reach a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh process. This is clear from the conflicting statements made by the two leaders after the October 8 meeting.
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIAN LOSES IMMUNITY
By Nurshat Ababakirov (10/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 18, the parliament stripped Kubanychbek Kadyrov, parliamentarian from the Social Democratic Party (SDPK) faction, of his immunity. The decision was pushed through by the presidential Ak Jol party and supported by the pro-governmental Communist Party and is widely seen as politically driven.
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
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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.