Field Reports
BERDIMUHAMMEDOV SEEKS CLOSER PARTNERSHIP ON HIS VISIT TO EUROPE
By Chemen Durdiyeva (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 13, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov paid a five-day state visit to Germany and Austria. Domestically, Berdimuhammedov’s visits to these European countries, accompanied by a state delegation of 170 people, have largely been viewed as a major breakthrough in Turkmenistan’s foreign relations.
UZBEKISTAN CUTS TERM FOR MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
By Erkin Akhmadov (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 20 November 2008, the President of Uzbekistan approved the decree “On Measures for Improvement of the Conditions for Passing Military Conscription in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan”. From 2009, the term will last twelve months as opposed to the previous 24 months, and the conscripts will be drafted only once a year.
KYRGYZ MINISTER OF ENERGY SACKED, BUT CORRUPTION CONTINUES
By Erica Marat (11/26/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 25, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev sacked Minister of Energy Saparbek Balkibekov. The decision came amid a split in the pro-regime Ak Zhol party over the worsening crisis in the hydro-energy sector.
NEW ROUND OF DEMONSTRATIONS STARTS IN TBILISI
By Niklas Nilsson (11/12/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On November 7, one year after the Georgian police’s crackdown on demonstrators in Tbilisi, parts of the Georgian opposition and their supporters gathered for protest rallies against the authorities. The rallies were organized by the New Rights Party, the Conservative Party, the People’s Party, the Labor Party, and the Movement for United Georgia, as well as several independent politicians, representing most of the parties in the opposition coalition which is boycotting parliament following the May Parliamentary elections.
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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.