Field Reports
NEW SUPPLY ROUTES TO AFGHANISTAN COULD BOOST DRUG TRAFFICKING
By Umida Hashimova (5/27/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Due to the likely closing of the U.S.
COMMEMORATION OF ‘ANDIJAN EVENTS’ IN UZBEKISTAN
By Erkin Akhmadov (5/27/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
For many, in Uzbekistan and abroad, May 13 is the day of commemoration of the tragic events taking place four years ago in Andijan. The official version of what happened in Andijan suggests that state forces defeated an uprising by a small group of radicals. The exact number of victims is still unknown.
ANOTHER MISFORTUNE FOR TAJIKISTAN’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
By Suhrob Majidov (5/27/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the first weeks of May, Tajikistan suffered from continuous heavy rainfalls. The cotton sector, which was already on the brink of ruin due to the financial crisis and the huge debts of cotton farms, is threatened by a natural disaster. Experts claim that due to the continuous heavy rainfalls, there is a risk that cotton crops will not even start growing.
BORDER DELIMITATION PROBLEMS BETWEEN TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN
By Erkin Akhmadov (5/6/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On March 25, 2009, the Treaty on the State Border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan came into force.
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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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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.