Field Reports
SWAT DEAL IN PAKISTAN CONCEALS VICTORY FOR ISLAMIC RADICALISM
By Roman Muzalevsky (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Following a conflict between militants and the Pakistani Army, the authorities struck an agreement on February 16 with Maulana Sufi Muhammad, reportedly a non-violent leader, to introduce Sharia law in the Swat Valley pending an end of fighting by the militants. Muhammad is expected to convince Maulana Fazlullah, his son-in-law and leader of the militants terrorizing local secular officials, to lay down their arms. The deal will reportedly lead to more speedy Sharia-based justice, a ban on movies and education for women, and above all, peace and stability.
KYRGYZSTAN’S NEW TAX CODE: A MIXED BLESSING?
By Anvar Rahmetov (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On October 20, 2008, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev approved the Tax Code to become effective the following year. The new document was certainly a necessary and long-awaited piece of legislation. Businesses, social organizations and economists were said to have participated in the drafting, alongside public officials.
UNOMIG PROLONGED – BUT WILL IT BE EFFECTIVE?
By Przemyslaw Ozierski (3/11/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 13 February 2009, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1866 (2009) on extending the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia for a new period terminating on 15 June 2009. The document recalled previous resolutions on this issue from April and October 2008. The four-month extension period accentuated the provisional character of the mission; before the August war, the mission was renewed in six-month cycles.
ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT COUNTERS THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 12, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan unveiled the main principles of action of his government, which are expected to mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis on the Armenian economy. Its main measures are to encourage small and medium businesses, and boosting the purchasing capacity of the population through increased government involvement in the economy.
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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.