Field Reports
TURKMENISTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN INTENSIFY STRATEGIC PARTNESHIP
By Chemen Durdiyeva (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On September 11, 2007, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbaev, along with a large Kazakh delegation, came to Ashgabat on a two-day official visit. Having discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, the sides appear to have reached new perspectives to intensify Turkmen-Kazakh partnership in the energy sector and trade cooperation.
The relations between Turkmenistan and neighboring Kazakhstan have been growing steadily but rather fruitfully, given Berdimuhamedov’s relatively short period of term as Head of State.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN UZBEKISTAN: FREE AND FAIR?
By Erkin Akhmadov (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
This fall promises to be full of political activity in Uzbekistan. On September 18, Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the date of the next Presidential elections, to be held on December 23, 2007. The election campaign started on September 21.
THE CSTO SEEKS TO BUILD NEW SUB-STRUCTURES
By Erica Marat and Asel Murzakulova (10/3/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has recently declared its wish to pursue energy cooperation among its member states, its regional counterpart, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has also been expanding dynamically, trying to increase its functions beyond anti-terrorism activities.
The CSTO, comprised of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, has limited possibilities for further enlargement. The organization therefore opts for expanding its activities.
JUDICIAL REFORM IN GEORGIA
By Nino Kalandadze (9/20/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Rose Revolution of 2003 not only brought about a new breath of freedom to Georgia, but also triggered wide ranging social and political reforms. These reforms have served to place Georgia on an unalterable course for institutionalizing a democratic process and an open, transparent government. One area that has received special attention is modernizing the Georgian judicial process to place the country within the established parameters of law that members of the European Union follow.
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Staff Publications
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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.